Siberian State University of Physical Education

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Traditions of the university have got powerful roots and sources. The story of the future Siberian state university of physical education started 60 years ago. Lesgaft's follower professor A.S.Pirussky established the first physical education institute in Siberia( in Tomsk) in 1920. But it existed only till 1923 owing to the economic difficulties of that time. Lack of the educational establishment, training highly qualified personnel in physical education and sport on such a vast territory as Siberia did not last for a long time. In 30-40 training schools in physical education were opened in several Siberian cities (Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk), including Omsk training school, which was opened in 1945 the base of school number66 (the first director was M.A.Kuznetsov). In 5 years, it was transformed into Omsk State Institute of Physical Education according to the Committee of physical education and sport of USSR №164 from April 27, 1950, under the Council of Ministers' order of USSR№ 1046-r from April 21, 1950. In September of 1950, 100 young men and women (half of whom are technical school graduates in physical education) began to study.
It was students and teachers who rebuilt the institute. Thanks to their efforts, gyms for wrestling, boxing, calisthenics, fencing, sports games appeared, and accommodations for cycling, laboratories, workshops, and car parks. The majority of the faculty members had no experience working in the higher educational establishment because they had just finished institutes in physical education.
Having graduated from the central state institute of physical education, L.I.Nozhkin, V.F.Gromyko, A.A.Makarov (skiing) N.N.Nigachev, B.A.Belyaev, V.I.Kukushkin, A.G.Strjukova (sports games) E.P.Rezunov, F.B.Vorovich, V.K.Filippov, A.M.Dikunov (gymnastics), Kolesnikov couple and N.D.Rjabkov N.S.Trubin (fencing), G.G.Tretjak (swimming), G.Makarova (track and field) worked here... In 1953 in Omsk state institute of physical education, the next group of young teachers: from Saint Petersburg National State University of Physical Education, Sports and Health Named after P. F. Lesgaft - spouses Zhuchkovy (he is a thrower-athlete, she is a skater) and hockey player V.P.Voronov from Kyiv - athletes O.Kobranov and V.Zaporozhanov basketball players - spouses Elistratovy from central state institute of physical education - V.N.Golubev and J.A.Dmitriev, and also the graduate of the Leningrad university the teacher of a foreign language E.P.Nikolaeva (Larionova). As a result of struggling against t cosmopolitism in 1950, D.D.Donskoy was banished to Omsk D.D.Donskoy. The versatile sportsman, the passionate skier, scientist - the author of many articles, monographs, and textbooks on the biomechanic, was the first candidate of science and the founder of research work at the institute.
University of physical education and sport includes five departments, 24 chairs, scientific and research institute of human being's activity in extreme conditions, department of further professional education, Ph.D. studying, center for doctoral training, dissertation council, historical and sports museum, advanced courses for coaches and other subdivisions and auxiliary services. The university has good studying and sports accommodations, including an integrated swimming center, a track-and-field indoor stadium, a stadium with football fields and tracks, 25 sports halls, classrooms, laboratories with technology-based aids. Students and faculty members can use a modern library, a united information system with modern software. The library has the richest collection of books, newspapers, and magazines.

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