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{{Short description|1951–1992 Soviet organization}}
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The '''National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР}}) was the government-funded organization representing the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[International Olympic Committee]]. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer]] and [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter]] [[Olympic Games]]. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on May 7, 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC. Prior to the 1950s, the Soviet Union refused to participate in the Olympics on ideological grounds.<ref>Compare: [https://translate.google.ru/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ria.ru/spravka/20110423/367428454.html&prev=search History of Olympic Committee of USSR - ria.ru] "Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года."</ref>
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{{Infobox National Olympic Committee
| title = NOC USSR
| logo = Soviet NOC Olympic.svg
| size = 150px
| country = Soviet Union
| code=URS
| created = {{Start date|1951|5|7}}
| recognized = 1951–1992
| dissolved = {{End date|1992|3|12}}
| association = EOC
| headquarters = [[Moscow]]
| president =
| website =
}}

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The '''National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР}}) was the [[Economy of the Soviet Union|government-funded organization]] representing the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[International Olympic Committee]]. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer]] and [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter]] [[Olympic Games]]. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on 7 May 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC.<ref>Compare: [https://translate.google.ru/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ria.ru/spravka/20110423/367428454.html&prev=search History of Olympic Committee of USSR – ria.ru] "Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года."</ref> Until the 1950s, the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics because they considered them too "bourgeois". From then on, the country realised the propaganda value the Games possess and joined the Olympic movement.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mertin |first=Evelyn |date=2010 |title=Participation is not enough. The Soviet Union in the Olympic Movement |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/insep_1241-0691_2010_num_46_1_1131 |journal=Cahiers de l'INSEP |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=225–233 |doi=10.3406/insep.2010.1131}}</ref>


==Presidents==
==Presidents==
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| [[Vitali Smirnov]]
| [[Vitali Smirnov]]
| 1990–2001
| 1990–1992
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==Soviet Members of the International Olympic Committee==
==Soviet members of the International Olympic Committee==
{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
! Member !! Term years
! Member !! Term years
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| [[Vitali Smirnov]]
| [[Vitali Smirnov]]
| 1971–2015
| 1971-1992
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| [[Marat Gramov]]
| [[Marat Gramov]]
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Soviet Union at the Olympics]]
* [[Soviet Union at the Olympics]]
* [[Russian Olympic Committee]]
* [[Spartakiad]]


==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:Former National Olympic Committees]]
[[Category:Former National Olympic Committees]]
[[Category:Soviet Union at the Olympics|*]]
[[Category:Soviet Union at the Olympics|*]]
[[Category:Russia at the Olympics|Soviet]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in the Soviet Union|Olympic]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in the Soviet Union|Olympic]]

Latest revision as of 18:00, 3 June 2024

NOC USSR
NOC USSR logo
Country/Region Soviet Union
CodeURS
CreatedMay 7, 1951 (1951-05-07)
Recognized1951–1992
Continental
Association		EOC
DissolvedMarch 12, 1992 (1992-03-12)
HeadquartersMoscow

The National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР) was the government-funded organization representing the Soviet Union in the International Olympic Committee. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on 7 May 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC.[1] Until the 1950s, the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics because they considered them too "bourgeois". From then on, the country realised the propaganda value the Games possess and joined the Olympic movement.[2]

Presidents

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Presidents Term years
Konstantin Andrianov 1951–1977
Sergei Pavlov 1977–1983
Marat Gramov 1983–1990
Vitali Smirnov 1990–2001

Soviet members of the International Olympic Committee

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Member Term years
Konstantin Andrianov 1951–1988
Aleksei Osipowich Romanov 1952–1971
Vitali Smirnov 1971–2015
Marat Gramov 1988–1992

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ Compare: History of Olympic Committee of USSR – ria.ru "Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года."
  2. ^ Mertin, Evelyn (2010). "Participation is not enough. The Soviet Union in the Olympic Movement". Cahiers de l'INSEP. 46 (1): 225–233. doi:10.3406/insep.2010.1131.
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