HISTORY 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Baltic States, Vladislav Tretiak, 2014 Winter Olympics
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History 332 lecture 19 sport in russia. Us sports fans that other such famous encounters always have in other countries. In the 19th century, men fished and hunt: something more like modern sport can be observed in anna karenina in the horse race. United kingdom: german and french concepts were also important, britain, the first industrialized, predominantly urban country, had been the first to produce regular sports leagues, with professional teams and. Soviet power: with the bolshevik coup of 1917, russia"s growing engagement with international sports comes to an end, no more olympics until 1952, only cautious international encounters until the post-war era. Instead physical culture becomes prominent: james riordan industrialization and competitive sport in the early soviet. Canadians winning very narrowly: now clear soviet ice hockey is as good as canadian, basketball, especially popular in baltic republics, although national a minority sport , nonetheless, powerful in europe, but never at the level of the nba.
