Formation and Development of Football in Kursk Province (Late XIX - Early XX Century)
The relevance of the scientific article is due to the fact that football as the leading sport in our country causes a dynamically growing interest among the general population, has its own funk clubs. In addition, football is very popular in the world, as evidenced by the constantly held world-class competitions. The purpose of the historical research is to study the formation and development of the football movement in the Kursk province in the late XIX-early XX century. The task of scientific research is connected with the study and analysis of archival and other materials that make it possible to show how football in the Kursk province began and its development at the beginning of the XX century. The methodological basis of the study was the principles of historicism and objectivity; such scientific methods as historical-genetic, historical-comparative. Results. The formation and development of football in the Kursk province in the late XIX-early XX century, despite the material and organizational difficulties, dynamically moved forward. By 1911, four football teams were formed in the city of Kursk, called "Kherson", "Borodino", "Seim", "Yamsky". In addition to these teams, which consisted mainly of young people (students of gymnasiums and real schools of the city), two strong football teams of employees of the management of the Moscow-Kiev-Voronezh railway and the city bank, called respectively "managers" and "bankers", were organized in Kursk. The football movement developed dynamically in the county town of Rylsk, where the football team "Circle of Rylsk football Players" successfully played, holding matches not only of the provincial, but also of the international scale. Conclusions. At the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX century, the football movement was dynamically formed and developed in the Kursk province, which was skillfully directed by talented athletes devoted to this sport, such as Gaikovich, Gushchin, Dezhkin, the Degtyarev brothers and others. 1911 can be considered the year of the birth of Kursk football.