SOVIET GOVERNMENT'S POLICY IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER «RED SPORT»)

In this article, the author examines the main objectives and policies of the soviet government in the field of physical culture and sports in the Great Patriotic war. The author introduces the scientific revolution has not previously published materials of the newspaper «Red sport», which is the most common sports-related periodical during the war years. The article describes the features of sports work among the population in 1941-1945: the formation of special forces from professional athletes, the universal military training, to carry out mass sports competitions at the front and in the rear, promoting the benefits of sport for young people. The author gives details about the athletes who have shown heroism at the front (N. Korolev, N. Kopylov, G. Basmanov, I. Bulochkin), and publishes material on the world record set by soviet athletes G. Novakom N. Dumbadze and during Great Patriotic war. The author notes the changes that have taken place in sports complex GTO, which during the war was supplemented with the delivery of mandatory requirements and standards as part of the knowledge of the material rifle, topography, techniques of bayonet fighting, the ability to throw a grenade from different positions, and others. The author concludes that sports work among the population during Great Patriotic war was filled with patriotic content, has become a tool of educational work. Regular exercise contributed to the formation of such qualities as persistence, patience, endurance, willpower, helping to cope with difficult combat missions and high production loads. Active promotion of physical training was conducted in the soviet school to train fighting reserves for the Red Army.