Trudovye Rezervy
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Trudovye Rezervy — voluntary sport society of students of professional-technical schools in the USSR and later in post-Soviet countries.
Founded on June 19th, 1943 as an all-union voluntary sport society and operated by the trade unions
. In 1975 5,538 physical culture collectives by the educational institutions, i.e. more than 2.7 million people, belonged to the society. 44 sports disciplines were cultivated, the most popular being athletics
, boxing
, amateur wrestling
, rowing
, skiing
, shooting
, football, basketball
, volleyball
. Trudovye Rezervy had 18,000 sports constructions, including 39 stadiums, 50 swimming pool
s and more than 3,000 sports halls.
Founded on June 19th, 1943 as an all-union voluntary sport society and operated by the trade unions
Trade unions in the Soviet Union
Trade unions in the Soviet Union trace their history back to Russian Revolution of 1905. Many trade unions were shut down or restricted on the eve of World War I and during the War, but they revived after the February Revolution and their leaders were democratically elected during 1917.Anarchists...
. In 1975 5,538 physical culture collectives by the educational institutions, i.e. more than 2.7 million people, belonged to the society. 44 sports disciplines were cultivated, the most popular being athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
, rowing
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, shooting
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...
, football, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. Trudovye Rezervy had 18,000 sports constructions, including 39 stadiums, 50 swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s and more than 3,000 sports halls.
Notable members
- Svetlana BoginskayaSvetlana BoginskayaSvetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya , is a Soviet/Belarusian gymnast. She was called the "Belarusian Swan" and the "Goddess of Gymnastics" because of her height, balletic grace, and long lines. She is especially renowned for the drama and artistry she displayed on floor exercise...
(artistic gymnasticsArtistic gymnasticsArtistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
) - Yelena BelevskayaYelena BelevskayaYelena Belevskaya is a retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Belarus since 1992. She trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Minsk. Competing in long jump, in 1987 she won a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the World Championships...
(athleticsAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
) - Marina ZhirovaMarina ZhirovaMarina Zhirova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres, training at Trudovye Rezervy in Moscow Oblast....
(athletics) - Yevgeniy IvchenkoYevgeniy IvchenkoYevgeniy Ivchenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Minsk....
(athletics) - Vladimir Lovetskiy (athletics)
- Valeriy PodluzhniyValeriy PodluzhniyValeriy Vasilyevich Podluzhniy is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Donetsk...
(athletics) - Oleg GrigoryevOleg GrigoryevOleg Georgievich Grigoryev was a bantamweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the finale he defeated Italian Primo Zamparini, who won the silver....
(boxingBoxingBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
) - Boris KuznetsovBoris Kuznetsov (boxer)Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov , February 23, 1947 – May 3, 2006) was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.He was born in Astrakhan....
(boxing) - Viktor MednovViktor MednovViktor Ivanovich Mednov was an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Mednov trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Moscow. He was the Light Welterweight Olympic Silver Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympiad...
(boxing) - Danas PozniakasDanas PozniakasDanas Pozniakas was a Lithuanian boxer who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born near Białystok and died in Vilnius.In 1968 he won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight class....
(boxing) - Vassily Solomin (boxing)
- Stanislav StepashkinStanislav StepashkinStanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Stepashkin trained at Trudovye Rezervy until 1963 and then at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1964 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the...
(boxing) - David TorosyanDavid TorosyanDavid Torosyan is a retired boxer of Armenian descent, who represented the USSR at the Summer Olympics at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the flyweight division , after being defeated in a controversial decision in the semifinals by Cuba's Ramón Duvalón...
(boxing) - Vladimir YengibaryanVladimir YengibaryanVladimir Nikolaevich Yengibaryan is a former welterweight boxer.Yengibaryan trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Yerevan, Armenia. He was an amateur boxer for the USSR, who won the Light welterweight gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games...
(boxing) - Ivans KlementjevsIvans KlementjevsIvan Klementjev is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR...
(canoeingCanoeingCanoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
) - Liliya VassilchenkoLiliya VassilchenkoLiliya Vasilchenko born June 8, 1962 in Novosibirsk) is a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1986, training at Trudovye Rezervy in Novosibirsk...
(cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
) - Dmitri BulykinDmitri BulykinDmitri Olegovich Bulykin is an association footballer who plays for AFC Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie.Before joining Ajax, he played for Anderlecht, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. In 2003–2005, he played regularly in the Russian national team.-Lokomotiv Moscow:Bulykin began...
(football)