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Spartakiad
"The Red Sport International defends the Soviet Union": Poster of the 2nd International Spartakiad of the Red Sport International (Berlin, 1931)
Status	Defunct
Genre	Multi-sport event
Begins	1928
Ends	1937
Years active	1928 (1928)–1937 (1937)
Organised by	Red Sport International

For other uses, see Spartakiad (disambiguation).

The Spartakiad (or Spartakiade) was an international sports event that was sponsored by the Soviet Union. Five international Spartakiades were held from 1928 to 1937. Later Spartakiads were organized as national sport events of the Eastern Bloc countries. The games were organised by Red Sport International.

Background

Further information: Red Sport International

The Soviet Union attempted to use Spartakiads to both oppose and supplement the Olympics. In Russian, there is a certain parallelism in the names: "Spartakiada" and "Olimpiada". The name, derived from the name of the slave rebel leader, Spartacus, was intended to symbolize proletarian internationalism. As a classical figure, Spartacus also stood directly in contrast to the aristocratic nature of the Ancient Olympic Games on which the modern "capitalist" Olympics were based. The first Winter Spartakiad was held in February 1928 in Oslo, and the first Summer Spartakiad was held in August 1928 in Moscow.

The first Spartakiads in the USSR took place in 1923 within formations of the Red Army and the Spartak Physical Culture organization in Petrograd. The Moscow Spartakiad in 1928 was also known as the All-Union Spartakiad. From the start of the 1930s in the Soviet Union, spartakiads of trade unions and the Dynamo physical culture sports society took place. In the 1950s, spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR, DOSAAF of the USSR, all-Union Spartakiads of students, international Spartakiads of "friendly armies of socialist and developing countries", and others were introduced.

List of Spartakiads

Summer

1928 – Moscow
1931 – Berlin

Winter

1928 – Oslo
1936 – Oslo

After World War II

Soviet Union

Main article: Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

In 1952, the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased, but 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 (Russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR). The latter event was held twice in four years: Winter Spartakiad and Summer Spartakiad.

The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, the number of participants 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 20 million in the 3rd Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, including some 1,000 Masters of Sports of the USSR. These numbers however have been frequently called into question due to the low reliability and ideological bias of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 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. Until 1975, all summer finals were held in Moscow, later in other cities throughout the Soviet Union (though most events were still held in Moscow). The winter editions' finals were often held in Sverdlovsk.

Czechoslovakia

Albania

Other

In 1984, the Soviet Union organised the Friendship Games, aimed at countries which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

References

Riordan, James (2013). "The sports policy of the Soviet Union, 1917–1941". In Arnaud, Pierre; Riordan, Professor Jim (eds.). Sport and International Politics. Routledge. pp. 79–90. doi:10.4324/9780203476581. ISBN 978-0-203-47658-1. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
Carr, G.A. (May 1987). "The Spartakiad: Its Approach and Modification from the Mass Displays of the Sokol". Canadian Journal of History of Sport. 18 (1): 86–96. doi:10.1123/cjhs.18.1.86. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
Serious Fun: A History of Spectator Sports in the USSR Archived 16 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Robert Edelman, pg 149
^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, volume 24 (part 1), p. 286, Moscow, Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya publisher, 1976
^ Spartakiad at Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
"The Validity of Soviet Economic Statistics — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
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.
Spartakiada (Praha-1985-Strahov) Sila, muznost, pripravenost, archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 21 May 2020
Rozhlas.cz – Jak vzniklo slovo "spartakiáda"
http://www.iliriadaportal.com/opinion-f34/lindja-zhdukja-dhe-rilindja-e-olimpizmit-shqiptar-t1669.htm
"Unofficial Site of Albanian Football since 1913: Republic Cup, Supercup, National Spartakiada and Under 18/19 Championships".

External links

KÙPELE CENTRAL, avant-garde film by Sabine Maier (MACHFELD) dealing on the Spartakiad.

Multi-sport events

Global
Olympic Games	Olympic Games Summer Winter Paralympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
Parasports	Arafura Games Deaflympics Summer Winter Défi sportif IBSA World Games INAS Global Games Invictus Games World Dwarf Games Special Olympics Summer Winter World Abilitysport Games
Professions	International Army Games Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Air Games World Firefighters Games World Police and Fire Games
Youth and students	FISU World University Games (Universiade) World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade) International Youth Green Games International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Intercommunity	Arab Games BRICS Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Polonia Games
Other	CSIT World Sports Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad UCI Cycling World Championships World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games World Mind Games World Nomad Games World Skate Games World Urban Games X Games

Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games West African University Games
Americas	Pan American Pan American Games Parapan American Games Junior Pan American Games Americas Masters Games Central American and the Caribbean Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Latin American ALBA Games Bolivarian Games North American CANUSA Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames South American South American Games South American Beach Games South American University Games South American Youth Games Caribbean Caribbean Games
Asia	Pan Asian Asian Games Summer Winter Asian Para Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Asian SEA Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN Para Games Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games West Asian Games
Europe	Black Sea Games European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games
Intercontinental	Arab Games Arctic Winter Games Asia Pacific Deaf Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Isles Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Jeux des îles Mediterranean Games

National

Americas

Canada British Columbia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games
NCSG, United States	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina Lakota Nation Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Historical
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games Commonwealth World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

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