Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

This article is about All-Union Soviet games that existed after the World War II. For Soviet alternative Olympic games in 1928-37, see Spartakiad.

Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR
First event	1956
Occur every	4 years
Last event	1991
Purpose	Olympic reserves exhibition
Headquarters	Moscow, 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, while the Russian side was represented by three teams and included separate teams from Leningrad and Moscow. The competitions also were organized as winter and summer. There were 10 summer Spartakiads and 7 winter Spartakiads.

Background

In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However the term persisted 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, with international participation.

The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956. These events were of huge importance for Soviet sports. Everyone could participate in them - from ordinary people to top-level athletes. The number of participants, for example, in the 6th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, was 90 million people (twice the number of athletes in the USSR in that time), including 8,300 Masters of Sports of the USSR. And in the 3rd Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR 20 million people took part, including some 1,000 Masters of Sports of the USSR.^[2] The Winter and Summer Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR were each commemorated on a series of postage stamps, released in millions of copies (an example of such a stamp is pictured).^[3] Until 1975 all summer finals were held in Moscow, later in other cities throughout the Union. The winter editions final were often held in Yekaterinburg (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)

Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

Summer Spartakiads

Sports	1956	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1986	1991	Total
Acrobatics									X	X	2
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
Track cycling	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Road bicycle racing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Water polo	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Water skiing									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
Freestyle wrestling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Handball					X	X	X	X	X		5
Kettlebell lifting										X	1
Gorodki									X	X	2
Rowing			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Kayak and Canoe	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Judo						X	X	X	X		4
Greco-Roman wrestling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Equestrian sport	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Athletics	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Motorcycle sport		X									1
Table tennis		X	X					X	X	X	5
Sailing				X	X	X	X	X	X		6
Swimming	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Underwater sports										X	1
Diving	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Trampolining									X	X	2
Sambo					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Synchronized swimming								X	X	X	3
Modern pentathlon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Artistic gymnastics	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Shooting	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Skeet shooting	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Arching					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Tennis	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	9
Powerlifting	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Fencing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Association football	X						X	X	X		4
Field hockey							X	X	X		3
Rhythmic gymnastics							X	X	X	X	4
Chess		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	8

Winter Spartakiads

1982 Winter Spartakiad (post stamp)

References

↑ Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
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↑ Catalogue of Postage Stamps of the USSR 1918–1974, “Soyuzpechat” Central Philatelic Agency (CPA) of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR publisher, Moscow, 1976. See also subsequent yearly catalogues.

External links

Spartakiads at RSSSF
Spartakiad at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
Spartakiad in the Soviet Union
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

Multi-sport events

Global

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Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games Worldwide Nomad Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

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Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

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Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Asian Beach Games Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Central Asian Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

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