Spartak (sports society)

Spartak (Russian: Спартак) is an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet era, the Spartak sports society was supported by the Komsomol. Since 1991, Spartak has operated under the sponsorship of the food worker's union ("Pischevik").^[1]

It was founded in 1921 in

In 1987 Spartak was abolished and all its assets were transferred back to trade unions. In 1991 the society was reorganized as an international. Currently the society has affiliation in six countries of the former Soviet Union: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan.^[4] Each society's affiliation is subordinated to their respective country's government, Olympic and trade unions committees, while participating in collective events organized by the Spartak Central Council.^{[citation needed]}

Presidents

• Nikolai Starostin (?-1935)
• Semyon Privis (1935-?)
• Gennadiy Mikhalchuk
• Pyotr Sobolev
• Yevgeniy Arkhipov
• Vladimir Vekshin
• Nikolai Ozerov
• Anna Alyoshina

Countries-Members

Since the revival in 1991.

• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan (1996) (website)
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia (1991)
• Ukraine (1992) (website)

Notable members (one per sport)

• Nellie Kim (artistic gymnastics)
• Vladimir Golubnichy (athletics
  )
• Aleksandr Belov (basketball
  )
• Anatoly Alyabyev (biathlon)
• Boris Lagutin (boxing)
• Garry Kasparov (chess)
• Nikolay Zimyatov (cross-country skiing)
• Marina Klimova (figure skating)
• Nikolai Starostin (football)
• Tetyana Hlushchenko (handball)
• Alexander Yakushev (ice hockey)
• Vitaly Abalakov (mountaineering
  )
• Klara Guseva (speed skating)
• Elena Dementieva (tennis)

References

External links

• (in Russian) Website, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the society
• (in Russian) Sport Flags of the USSR
• (in Russian) Official website
• Statute