The National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (russian: link=no, Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР) was the
government-funded organization representing the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
in the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swis ...
. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the
Summer and
Winter
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on 7 May 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC. Prior to the 1950s, the Soviet Union was internationally banned due to the left-radical Bolshevik coup-d'état (
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mom ...
) and the
Red terror
The Red Terror (russian: Красный террор, krasnyj terror) in Soviet Russia was a campaign of political repression and executions carried out by the Bolsheviks, chiefly through the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police. It started in ...
.
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History of Olympic Committee of USSR – ria.ru
"Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года."
Presidents
Soviet members of the International Olympic Committee
See also
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Soviet Union at the Olympics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Summer and Winter Games on 18 occasions subsequently. At six of its nine appearances at the Summer Olympic Games, the Soviet tea ...
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Former National Olympic Committees
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Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...