However the term persisted for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels , from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR .
In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement , and international Spartakiads ceased .
The term persisted for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels , from local up to the Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR .
In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement , and international Spartakiads ceased .