The "proletarian" Spartakiada 1928 and the "bourgeois" Olympic movement
The article is devoted to the consideration of organization and holding of the Union Spartakiada Games in the 1928. The connection of this event with the peculiarities of the development of both the Russian and the world sports movement is revealed. The general and excellent in the organization of games in the USSR and at the Olympics, as well as the Work Olympics in the 1925 is revealed. Particular attention is paid to the political and ideological significance of the Spartakiad.