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Also known as Spartakiads

The Spartakiad (or Spartakiade) was an international sports event that was sponsored by the Soviet Union. Five international Spartakiades were held from 1928 to 1937. Later Spartakiads were organized as national sport events of the Eastern Bloc countries. The games were organised by Red Sport International.

Key facts

Recurring event.name
Spartakiad
Recurring event.image
Spartakiade.JPG
Recurring event.caption
"The Red Sport International defends the Soviet Union": Poster of the 2nd International Spartakiad of the Red Sport International (Berlin, 1931)
Recurring event.status
Defunct
Recurring event.genre
Multi-sport event
Recurring event.begins
1928
Recurring event.ends
1937
Recurring event.years_active
Recurring event.organised
Red Sport International

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • List of Spartakiads
  • After World War II
  • Soviet Union
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Albania
  • Other
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Spartakiad (or Spartakiade) was an international sports event that was sponsored by the Soviet Union. Five international Spartakiades were held from 1928 to 1937. Later Spartakiads were organized as national sport events of the Eastern Bloc countries. The games were organised by Red Sport International.

==Background==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spartakiad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.