THE HISTORICAL PERIODS OF EVOLUTION OLYMPIC VOLUNTEERING
The article analyzes a number of approaches to the study of the evolution history of the development of Olympic volunteerism. The key criteria for highlighting the main stages of the periodization of the Olympic Volunteering, from changing the key characteristics of the socio-demographic portrait of voluntary assistants and its functional activities, to the impact of changes in the field of sport and international politics are considered. The study of the key characteristics of the selected historical periods of the formation of Olympic volunteerism as a specific institution, with its inherent traditions and succession of «generations», makes it possible to identify a number of trends in the study of this international phenomenon.