Everyone to Skis! : Skiing in Russia and the Rise of Soviet Biathlon /

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This book offers an analysis of how the Soviet government interpreted the sport of skiing as a cultural, ideological, political, and social tool throughout the course of seven decades. In the beginning, the Soviet Union owned biathlon, and so the stories of both the state and the event are inseparab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frank, William D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, IL : Northern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports and state.
Skis and skiing.
Biathlon.
Sports > Social aspects.
Sports > Politique gouvernementale > Russie > Histoire.
Biathlon > Russie > Histoire.
Sports and society > Russia (Federation) > History.
Sports and state > Russia (Federation) > History.
Biathlon > Russia (Federation) > History.
Skis and skiing > Russia (Federation) > History.
Russia (Federation)
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Long Boards in the Long Nineteenth Century
  • The First World War to NEP
  • Stalin and the Inter-War Years
  • The Winter War and the Great Patriotic War,1939-1945
  • Post-War Soviet Sports and the Birth of Biathlon
  • Skiing, Shooting and Politics, 1960 to 1962
  • The Triumph of Soviet Biathlon, 1963 to 1966
  • The Era of Aleksandr Tikhonov
  • Minsk : Thirteenth Biathlon World Championships, 1974
  • The Fifteenth Winter Olympic Games : Calgary, Canada, 1988.

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