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''Sovetsky Sport'' (russian: Советский спорт; English: Soviet Sports) is a Russian (formerly

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

) national daily sports newspaper. Until 19 March 1946 the newspaper was called ''Red Sports'' (Russian: Красный спорт), it was not printed between 1928 and 1932.

History

Founded on July 20, 1924, in

, it was the first sports newspaper of the

USSR 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 nati ...

, an official organ of the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. One of the major Soviet newspapers, in 1975 ''Soviet Sports'' was distributed in 104 countries and had a circulation of 3,900,000 (which increased to more than 5,000,000 in 1988). Having the nominal price of three

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s, it was accessible to everyone in the country. ''Soviet Sports'' provided daily coverage of major competitions in the USSR and abroad, of activities within national and international sports federations, published interviews with athletes, coaches and other sportspeople, and propagated a healthy lifestyle. It also organized traditional All-Union and international

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, swimming,

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and other tournaments. The newspaper was awarded

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

in 1974. After the breakup of the USSR, newspaper's circulation declined to 122,900 (). One of the main reasons for this was the '' Sport-Express'' daily newspaper, which went to press in 1991, although its circulation is not as large too: about 650,000. ''Soviet Sports'' is currently published by the

Russian Olympic Committee The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC; russian: Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii (OKR); Full name: All-Russian united social union "Olympic Committee of Russia", russian: Общероссий� ...

and Soviet Sports Publishing House. Since 2001 it has been printed in colour.

Notable journalists

* Yuri Vanyat (1913–1992) * Aron Itin (1st Editor of Red Sports; shot in 1938) *

Semyon Belits-Geiman Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (russian: Семён Викторович Белиц-Гейман; born 16 February 1945) is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800 m freestyle, and won two Olympic medals. Early l ...

(born 1945) * Vladimir Kuchmiy (1948–2009) *

Elena Vaytsekhovskaya Elena Sergeyevna Vaytsekhovskaya (russian: Елена Сергеевна Вайцеховская; born 1 March 1958) is a former Soviet diver and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she received a gold ...

(born 1958) * Vitaly Slavin (born 1960) * Vasily Utkin (born 1974) * Alexey Andronov (born 1975) * Sofya Tartakova (born 1989)

References

External links

* * * {{official website, http://www.sovsport.ru/ Newspapers established in 1924 Sports newspapers Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Russian-language newspapers published in Russia Sport in the Soviet Union 1924 establishments in the Soviet Union Newspapers published in Moscow Sports mass media in Russia

History

Notable journalists

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