SAMBO WRESTLERS OF CHUVASHIA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ARENA (1970s–1980s)

DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2023-4-3-50-56

УДК 796.062:061.23

ББК Ч547.641

Aleksandr N. URMAEV

Key words

sambo, socio-cultural phenomenon, international competitions, Chuvash sambo wrestlers, world cultural phenomenon

Abstract

The domestic system of unarmed self-defense is considered as a specific socio-cultural phenomenon and it is noted that cultivation of sambo at the international level is essential. According to the results of earlier studies, the period of the 1970s–1980s saw a stage of rapid development of sambo in the Chuvash ASSR, as well as recognition of sambo as a world cultural phenomenon, which was the cumulative result of the activities carried out by sports functionaries and sambo wrestlers from various regions of the USSR.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the results of the performance of sambo wrestlers of the Chuvash ASSR on the international sports arena in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the contribution of Chuvash sambo wrestlers to the recognition of sambo as a world cultural phenomenon.

Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of the results of the Chuvash athletes’ performance in the international sports arena in the 1970s and 1980s was carried out on the basis of generalizing the data from republican archives, information from regional periodicals and a number of Internet resources. The main research methods were analysis and generalization of data from archival sources, publications in periodicals and Internet sources. For the first time, an attempt was made to assess the contribution of Chuvash sambo wrestlers to the recognition of sambo as a world cultural phenomenon.

Study results. A brief historical overview of the results of the Chuvash sambo wrestlers’ performance on the international sports arena in the 1970s and 1980s is presented. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the results obtained eliminate gaps in the regional history of sports and can be used for preparing various textbooks of a sports and historical nature and in training specialists in physical education in regional vocational education institutions of various levels as well as in advanced training courses for sambo trainers-teachers of supplementary educational institutions. The obtained results can be used in the generalization and systematization of information in the formation and development of sports cultivated in the Chuvash Republic.

Conclusions. Based on a retrospective analysis of statistical data on the results of Chuvash sambo wrestlers’ performance in the international sports arena, a number of particular conclusions are formulated. The period in the 1970s–1980s is characterized as a stage of rapid sambo development in the Chuvash ASSR, which is associated with the participation of Chuvash sambo wrestlers in international competitions and achievement by some of them the standards of the USSR Master of Sport of International Class. Chuvash sambo wrestlers made a certain contribution to the team-wide success of the USSR national sambo team, which resulted in the recognition of sambo as a global sociocultural phenomenon.

References

1. Alekseeva S.V. Prikam’e. XXI vek [Judo. Prikamye. XXI Century]. Perm, Zvezda Publ., 2009, 112 p.
2. Chumakov E.M., comp. Bor’ba sambo: Spravochnik [Sambo: A Handbook]. Moscow, Fizkul’tura i sport Publ., 1985, 144 p.
3. Gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arkhiv Chuvashskoi Gosudarstvennyi istoricheskii arkhiv Chuvashskoi Respubliki. Fond R-1238. Opis’ 3 [State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic. Archive R-1238. Anagraph 3].
4. Olimpiiskii komitet Rossii. Tkhekvondo [Russian Olympic Committee. taekwondo]. Available at: https://olympic.ru/team/sport/summer/thekvondo/ (Access Date: 2023, July 11).
5. Polubinskii V.N. Sen‘ko V.M. Bor’ba sambo. 2-e izd., isp. i dop. [Sambo Wrestling. 2^nd]. Minsk, Belarus Publ., 1980, 141 p.
6. Savin G.L., Purygina M.G., Boiko G.M. Sport – osnovnoe sotsial’noe yavlenie kul’turnoi zhizni cheloveka [Sport is the main social phenomenon of human cultural life]. Molodoi ucheny, 2021, no. 26(368), pp. 324–325.
7. Sambo priznano Olimpiiskim vidom sporta: Vedomosti – 21 iyulya 2021 [Sambo is recognized as an Olympic sport: Vedomosti – July 21, 2021]. Available at: https://www.vedomosti.ru/press_releases/2021/07/21/sambo-priznano-olimpiiskim-vidom-sporta (Access Date: 2023, July 11).
8. Sovetskii sport – TASS. Sambo [Soviet sport – TASS. Sambo]. Sovetskii sport, 1988, June 9.
9. Turin L.B. Bor’ba sambo [Sambo fight]. Moscow, Sovetskaya Rossiya Publ., 1963. 208 p.
10. Urmaev A.N., Danilov A.A., Orlov A.I. Stanovlenie i razvitie sambo v dobrovol’nom sportivnom obshchestve «Burevestnik» Chuvashskoi ASSR (1960–1980-e gody) [Formation and development of sambo in the voluntary sports society “Burevestnik” of the Chuvash ASSR (1960–1980s)]. Historical Search, 2022. vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 66–74.
11. Uspekh sambistov [Success of sambists]. Sovetskaya Chuvashiya, 1976, June 19.
12. Fedorovskaya M.Yu. Sport kak sotsiokul’turnoe yavlenie sovremennosti i ego vedushchie funktsii [Sport as a socio-cultural phenomenon of our time and its leading functions]. Sociodynamics, 2019, 5, pp. 1–14.
13. Kharlampiev A.A. Zhizn’ i deyatel’nost’ Anatoliya Arkad’evicha Kharlampieva: k 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya [The life and work of Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiev: to the 100^th anniversary of his birth]. Moscow, FAIR-PRESS Publ., 2006. 416 p.
14. Khovanskii A.K. Olimpiiskim vysotam. Urmarskoi detsko-yunosheskoi sportivnoi shkole im. F. Fedorova Chuvashskoi Respubliki – 50 let. [Olympic Heights. Urmar Children’s and Youth Sports School. A.F. Fedorov of the Chuvash Republic – 50 years]. Cheboksary, Novoe Vremya Publ., 2021, 192 p.
15. Khokkei na trave na Olimpiiskikh Igrakh [Field hockey at the Olympics]. Available at: https://olympteka.ru/olymp/sport/profile/22.html (Access Date: 2023, July 11).
16. Tsipurskii I.L., Pavlov N. Trener, kotoromu net ravnykh [A coach without equal]. Moscow, Sovetskii sport Publ., 2011, 192 p.
17. Pacific Stars And Stripes, 1963, Oct. 20, p. 19.

Information about the author

Aleksandr N. Urmaev – Senior Lecturer, Department of Physical Culture and Sports, Chuvash State University, Russia, Cheboksary (urmaev.alexandr@yandex.ru).

For citations

Urmaev A.N. SAMBO WRESTLERS OF CHUVASHIA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ARENA (1970s–1980s). Historical Search, 2023,  vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 50–56. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2023-4-3-50-56 (in Russian).

Download the full article