Medal - Ordzhonikidzeabad Spartakiad Tajikistan
Features
| Location |
Soviet Union
(Russia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Award medals › Sport awards |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 179941 |
Obverse
Lettering:
СПАРТАКИАДА
ГОРОДА ОРДЖОНИКИДЗЕАБАДА
Translation: Spartakiad of Ordzhonikidzeabad City
Reverse
Lettering:
ОРДЖОНИКИДЗЕАБАДСКИЙ
ГОРОДСКОЙ
СПОРТКОМИТЕТ
ПРИ ГОРИСПОЛКОМЕ
Translation: ORJONIKIDZEABAD CITY SPORTS COMMITTEE AT THE CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Comments
- Origin: The name "Spartakiad" comes from the Roman gladiator Spartacus, aiming to contrast with the aristocratic nature of the ancient Olympic Games that the modern "capitalist" Olympics were based on.
- The name "Spartakiad" can also refer to mass gymnastics events organized in Czechoslovakia during the 20th century
- Purpose: The Spartakiad was designed as a communist and socialist alternative to the Olympic Games.
- Context: The first Spartakiad was staged in 1928, and it was intended to serve as an internal ideological tool for legitimizing the new regime.
- By the mid to late 1930s, the Red Sport International was urging communists in capitalist countries to join National Olympic Committees.
- Czechoslovakia: In Czechoslovakia, "Spartakiads" were mass gymnastics events designed to celebrate the Red Army's liberation in 1945 and were organized by the Communist government as a replacement for the similar Sokol gatherings.
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