Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
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.
 Stamp marking the 1956 Spartakiad in Moscow | |
| First event | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Occur every | 4 years |
| Last event | 1991 |
| Purpose | National qualifiers |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1956 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| II | 1959 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| III | 1963 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| IV | 1967 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | July | August |
| V | 1971 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| VI | 1975 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | March | August |
| VII | 1979 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| VIII | 1983 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | May | August |
| IX | 1986 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | June | September |
| X | 1991 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | March | September |
Winter
| Edition | Year | City | Nation | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1962 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| II | 1966 () | Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Terskol and Kiev | Soviet Union | March | March |
| III | 1974 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| IV | 1978 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| V | 1982 () | Krasnoyarsk | Soviet Union | 4 March | 16 March |
| VI | 1986 () | Krasnoyarsk | Soviet Union | 24 February | 11 March |
| VII | 1990 () | Kiev | Soviet Union | March | March |
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
- Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
External links
- 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
