Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR
Stamp marking the 1956 Spartakiad in Moscow
First event1956
Occur every4 years
Last event1991
PurposeNational qualifiers
HeadquartersMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR (Russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR[1]) were mass multi-event competitions in the Soviet Union in 1956–1991, descendants of the 1928 All-Union Spartakiad that took place in Moscow. The competitions were conducted between constituent republics of the Soviet Union, with the summer editions always held in Moscow and winter editions held four times in Sverdlovsk, twice in Krasnoyarsk and once in Kiev. There were ten summer Spartakiads and seven winter Spartakiads.

Background

In 1952, the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However, the term continued to exist for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The latter event was held twice in four years: Winter Spartakiad and Summer Spartakiad.

The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956. Until 1975, all summer finals were held in Moscow, later in some other cities throughout the Soviet Union (though most events were still held in Moscow). The winter finals were often held in Sverdlovsk.

List of Spartakiades of Peoples of USSR

  • Summer (1956, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1991)
  • Winter (1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)

Summer

Edition Year City Nation Start Date End Date
I1956 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
II1959 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
III1963 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
IV1967 ()MoscowSoviet UnionJulyAugust
V1971 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
VI1975 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMarchAugust
VII1979 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
VIII1983 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMayAugust
IX1986 ()MoscowSoviet UnionJuneSeptember
X1991 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMarchSeptember

Winter

1982 Winter Spartakiad (post stamp)
Edition Year City Nation Start Date End Date
I1962 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
II1966 ()Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Terskol and KievSoviet UnionMarchMarch
III1974 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
IV1978 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
V1982 ()KrasnoyarskSoviet Union4 March16 March
VI1986 ()KrasnoyarskSoviet Union24 February11 March
VII1990 ()KievSoviet UnionMarchMarch

Sports

Summer

Sports 1956 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1991 Total
Archery X X X X X X 6
Athletics () X X X X X X X X X X 10
Badminton X X 2
Basketball X X X X X X X X X 9
Boxing X X X X X X X X X X 10
Chess X X X X X X X X 8
Cycling (track) X X X X X X X X 8
Cycling (road) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Diving X X X X X X X X X X 10
Equestrian X X X X X X X X X X 10
Fencing X X X X X X X X X X 10
Field hockey X X X 3
Football () X X X X 4
Gorodki X X 2
Gymnastics (acrobatic) X X 2
Gymnastics (artistic) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Gymnastics (rhythmic) X X X X 4
Gymnastics (trampolining) X X 2
Handball X X X X X 5
Judo X X X X 4
Kayak and Canoe X X X X X X X X X X 10
Kettlebell lifting X 1
Modern pentathlon X X X X X X X X X 9
Motorcycle sport X 1
Rowing X X X X X X X X 8
Sailing X X X X X X 6
Sambo X X X X X X 6
Shooting X X X X X X X X X 9
Skeet shooting X X X X X X X X X 9
Swimming X X X X X X X X X X 10
Synchronized swimming X X X 3
Table tennis X X X X X 5
Tennis X X X X X X X X X 9
Underwater sports X 1
Volleyball (men) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Volleyball (women) X X X X X X X X X 9
Water polo X X X X X X X X X 9
Water skiing X 1
Weightlifting X X X X X X X X X X 10
Wrestling (freestyle) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Wrestling (Greco-Roman) X X X X X X X X X X 10

References

  1. Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
  • Spartakiads at RSSSF
  • Spartakiad in the Soviet Union Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR in 1956 and 1959.
  • Kostenko, A. Summer spartakiads of peoples of the USSR. Blogs at sovsport.ru. 2011
  • Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR. Dynamo Encyclopedia at Google Books. "OLMA Media Group", 2003. ISBN 9785224043996

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