History of the Physical Culture and Sports Movement in the Kemerovo Region in the Mid-1980s

Abstract

The article features the changes and reforms in the sphere of physical culture and sport in 1980s. It focuses on the case of the All-Union amateur sports society of the labor unions of the Kemerovo region. During the perestroika period, this organization used to be the main controlling authority in the sphere of sport, together with the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports. The article introduces previously unpublished documents from the collections of the Museum of Physical Culture and Sports of Kuzbass. The authors also analyzed data on the personnel potential, sports facilities, and related positive and negative experience. They assessed the effectiveness of the reforms and periodization of the history of the local physical culture movement. The analysis contributes to a better understanding of the history of physical culture, which is one of the important scientific directions of sports science. The obtained results can facilitate sport officials in planning a better road map for public sports.