EVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAMBO IN THE VOLUNTARY SPORTS SOCIETY “DINAMO” OF THE CHUVASH ASSR (1960s)
Authors: Urmaev Aleksandr N. , Danilov Andrey A. , Kolesnikova Olga B. , Rukavishnikov Denis A. 
Published: October 2023

The history of sambo, including in the force structures, reflects the entire history of domestic sports. A retrospective analysis of sambo evolvement and development stages in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” enables not only to eliminate some historical gaps, but also to identify a number of administrative and managerial decisions that contribute to the most effective and dynamic development of sambo as a sport.

The purpose of the study is to specify the time limits of sambo evolvement and development stages in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR and to identify the conditions that ensure dynamism to the development of the domestic combat system in the Chuvash Republic. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that it for the first time revealed the stages in sambo evolvement and development in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR, as well as the conditions that determine dynamism of its development in the republic.

Materials and methods. In achieving this goal, such scientific methods as analysis, generalization and interpretation of data from archival sources, publications in periodicals and Internet resources were used. At this, the main materials of the study were data from the state archive of modern history of the Chuvash Republic and publications in the periodical press.

Study results. A brief historical overview covering evolvement and development of sambo in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR during the 1960s is presented. Some statistical data are given that give an idea of the dynamics of sambo development in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR. Based on the philosophical categories and categories of the general theory of systems, the time limits of sambo evolvement and development stages in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR are specified, and a number of conditions characterizing dynamism of its development are theoretically substantiated. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the results obtained supplement the regional history with information about sambo evolvement and development stages in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR; personalities who influenced and contributed to the progressive and dynamic promotion of sambo in the force structures of the Chuvash ASSR in the 1960s. They can be used to prepare a course on the history of physical culture and sports in the Chuvash Republic, as well as be taken into account in the development of a number of management decisions aimed at ensuring dynamism of the development of sambo as a sport. The obtained research results can serve as a basis for conducting similar studies covering the period of the 1970s and 1980s, as a result, it will be possible to carry out a comparative analysis of the results obtained, the final result of which may be new historical information of regional significance.

Conclusions. By analyzing the data of archival sources and periodicals through the prism of philosophical and systemic categories, the stages of sambo evolvement and development in the Society of Sports and Physical Training “Dynamo” in the Chuvash ASSR in the 1960s are theoretically substantiated, and a number of conditions that determined dynamism of its development in this historical period are specified.