| Комитет по физической культуре и спорту при Совете министров СССР | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction |  Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union |
ThePhysical Culture and Sports Committee under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (Russian:Комитет по физической культуре и спорту при Совете министров СССР, earlier known as theAll-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports (Russian:Всесоюзный совет физической культуры) was a main body of Soviet executive power in physical culture and sports originally established in August 1920 as part of the Sovietvsevobuch (Main directorate of General Military Education of theRussian People's Commissariat on War).
In 1936 it was transformed into an All-Union committee and a State committee.
At first it was established as interdepartamental commission,Supreme Council of Physical Culture which included representatives ofVseobuch,People's Commissariat of Enlightenment,People's Commissariat of Healthcare, trade unions, Russian League of Communist Youth (RKSM, later known asKomsomol), and sports-gymnastics societies. It also was a consultative agency to Vseobuch.[1] Since 1923 and until 1936 it was a special agency of theCentral Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
Its main duties included
| All-Union Council on Physical Culture | Period in office |
|---|---|
| Nikolai Podvoisky[a] | 1920–1923 |
| Nikolai Semashko[b] | 1923–1926 |
| Vasiliy Mikhailov | 1926–1930 |
| Nikolai Antipov | 1930–1934 |
| Vasiliy Mantsev | 1934–1936 |
On 1 April 1936, the All-Union council on Physical Culture was transformed into the All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports in 1936–1953 and 1954–1959.
| All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports | Period in office |
|---|---|
| Ivan Kharchenko | 1936–1937 |
| Aleksandr Zelikov | 1937–1938 |
| Vasiliy Snegov | 1939–1945 |
| Nikolay Romanov | 1945–1948 |
| Arkadiy Apollonov | 1948–1951 |
| Nikolay Romanov | 1951–1959 |
In 1953–1954 it was part of the Ministry of Healthcare and in 1959–1968 it was governed by the Union of Sports Societies and Organizations (SSOO).
After 1968 it was known as Sportkomitet and Goskomsport.
| [State] Committee on Physical Culture and Sports | Period in office |
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| Sergei Pavlov | 1968–1983 |
| Marat Gramov | 1983–1989 |
| Nikolay Rusak | 1989–1991 |
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