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The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation (
Russian
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: ''Министерство спорта Российской Федерации''), often abbreviated as Minsport (Минспорт), is a
ministry
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
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of the
Government of Russia
The Government of Russia exercises executive power in the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russia ...
responsible for sports.
The Ministry of Sports oversees the implementation of government policy and
regulation of sport
The regulation of sport is usually done by a sport governing body for each sport, resulting in a core of relatively invariant, agreed rules. People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining s ...
, providing state services and federal funding for athletes, and also managing public property in the area of
sport and physical fitness in Russia. The ministry was created by the
Medvedev Government in 2008 as the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy and has existed in its current form since May 21, 2012. It is headquartered at Kazakov Street 18 in
Basmanny District
Basmanny District (russian: райо́н Басма́нный) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population:
The district extends northeast from Kitai-gorod, within the radial boundaries of ...
, Moscow.
Oleg Matytsin
Oleg Vasilyevich Matytsin (born 19 May 1964) is a Russian professor and doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education and Honoured Doctor of Beijing Sport University. He is currently Minister of Sport of R ...
has served as the Minister of Sports since 21 January 2020.
Structure
The Ministry is composed of two branches:
* Department of Sports Development ()
* Department of State Policy in Sport ()
History
Soviet period
The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of the USSR (Спорткомитет СССР, Комитет по физической культуре и спорту при Совете Министров СССР) was established in 1954 as the only governmental body responsible for the management of sports in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. The committee was a result of the merging of all the sports unions and national teams into one organization.
Post-Soviet
The State Committee for Sports and Physical Education of Russia (Госкомитет по ФКиТ; Госкомспорт России, Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по физической культуре и спорту) was created in 1991. It was the central governing body for Russian sports. The head of the committee was referred to as the Sports Minister. The committee was a federal executive organization that was responsible for the coordination and development of sports in Russia.
Since 2002
The Federal Agency for Sports and Body Culture (Федеральное агентство по физической культуре и спорту) was created in 2002 as the successor to the previous sports committee. It was dissolved on October 7, 2008, to be re-established with its current name.
Involvement in Russian doping scandal
An independent investigation led by law professor
Richard McLaren found corroborating evidence that Russian Ministry of Sport and the FSB had operated a "state-directed failsafe system" using a "disappearing positive
estmethodology" (DPM) from "at least late 2011 to August 2015".
Officials
Ministers of Sport
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Boris Ivanyuzhenkov (2008)
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Vitaly Mutko
Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko (russian: Виталий Леонтьевич Мутко; born Viktor Leontiyevich Mutko; 8 December 1958) is a Russian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2016–2020.
From 2008 to 2016, ...
(2008–2016)
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Pavel Kolobkov
Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov (russian: link=no, Павел Анатольевич Колобков, born 22 September 1969) is a retired Russian (and formerly Soviet) épée Fencing, fencer. He won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at ...
(2016–2020)
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Oleg Matytsin
Oleg Vasilyevich Matytsin (born 19 May 1964) is a Russian professor and doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education and Honoured Doctor of Beijing Sport University. He is currently Minister of Sport of R ...
(Since 2020)
Heads of Sports Committee
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Shamil Tarpishchev
Shamil Anvyarovich Tarpishchev or Tarpischev ( rus, Шамиль Анвярович Тарпищев, , ʂɐˈmʲilʲ ɐnˈvʲarəvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈpʲiɕːɪf, tt-Cyrl, Шамил Әнвәр улы Тарпищев; born 7 March 1948) is a Russia ...
(1994–1996)
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Leonid Tyagachev
Leonid Vasilievich Tyagachyov (russian: Леонид Васильевич Тягачёв; born October 10, 1946) is a Russian politician, sportsman and honorary president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Between 2001 and 2010, Tyagachyov ...
(1996–1999)
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Pavel Rozhkov
Pavel Andreyevich Rozhkov (russian: Павел Андреевич Рожков; born 31 December 1986) is a Russian former professional football player. He played as a defensive midfielder or centre back.
Club career
He made his Russian Premier ...
(1999–2001)
Head of Hockey Department
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Yuri Korolev
Yuri Nikolayevich Korolyov (russian: Юрий Николаевич Королёв; born 25 August 1962 in Vladimir) is a Soviet artistic gymnast who competed during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals. Part of a deep Soviet team t ...
(1974–1983)
Heads of Federal Sports Agency
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Vyacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Фетисов, ''Vjačeslav Aleksandrovič Fetisov''; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC CSK ...
(2002–2008)
See also
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Sport in Russia
The most popular sport in Russia is soccer. According to Yandex search analysis results rating of the most popular sports among Russians: "Football topped the list of the most popular sports in Russia" with 5 to 10 million requests. Ice Hockey c ...
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Russian Olympic Committee
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC; russian: Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii (OKR); Full name: All-Russian united social union "Olympic Committee of Russia", russian: Общероссий ...
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Russian Paralympic Committee
The Russian Paralympic Committee (russian: Паралимпийский комитет России) is the National Paralympic Committee representing Russia.
History
The Russian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1996. On 7 August 2016, i ...
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Doping in Russia
Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 48 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total. Russia has the most competitors who h ...
References
External links
Official Website
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Federal ministries of Russia
Sports governing bodies in Russia
Doping in Russia