The Phenomenon of Soviet Sport and Its New Developmental Stage

The comparative data given in this article testify clearly to the exceptionally many-sided development of physical culture in te USSR during the course of the past 15 years and also to the fact that this development was made possible by certain socio-structural conditions. These data show that the model of Soviet sport is clearing the way to pass over from sport of a mass character to its uni versal aspect, a model inseparably connected with the structure of socialism, with the planned aspect of the development of its economy and with its ideological guidelines. This is undoubtedly a humanistic model, in accordance with the au thentic and essential needs of people.