Vsevobuch ( rus, всевобуч, p=fsʲɪˈvobʊtɕ), a
portmanteau
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governed by the Chief Administration of Universal Military Training of the
People's Commissariat of Military Affairs.
The first ''vsevobuch'' was urged by the
7th Congress of the Bolshevik Party. It took place
de jure
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in March 1918 to fight the remnants of opposition to Soviet rule. Initially Vsevobuch engaged mainly the workers; from that summer, it also took poor peasants.
Ippolit Sokolov
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Ippolit Sokolov was born ...
's ''Sistema trudovoi gimnastiki'' was published in 1922. The whole process was canceled in 1923.
Shortly after the opening of the
Eastern Front of World War II
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a decree of the
State Defense Committee
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was issued on September 17, 1941. Named "On Universal Compulsory Military Training of the Citizens of the USSR", it came into force on October 1 of the same year and embraced males between 16 and 50 years old. The document proclaimed that military training should be provided without isolation from civilian work. The Central Department of Vsevobuch was formed within the
People's Commissariat A People's Commissariat (russian: народный комиссариат; Narkomat) was a structure in the Soviet state (in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in other union and autonomous republics, in the Soviet Union) from 1917– ...
of Defense.
It is estimated that the total number who passed through Vsevobuch in 1941-45 was 9,862,000 men.
A mountain in
Trans-Ili Alatau
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was named after Vsevobuch.
[Stepanova, V. I. ''Through Trans-Ili Alatau'']
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See also
* All-Union Council on physical culture and sports
*CSKA Moscow
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*OSOAVIAKhIM
The Society for the Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Construction (russian:
Общество содействия обороне, авиационному и химическому строительству, romanized as ''Obshche ...
*Roza Shanina
Roza Georgiyevna Shanina (russian: link=no, Ро́за Гео́ргиевна Ша́нина, ; 3 April 1924 – 28 January 1945) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with 59 confirmed kills, including twelve sold ...
*Morning Exercises
''Morning Exercises'' refers to a religious observance by Puritans in London which started at the beginning of the English Civil War.
Origins
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References
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Soviet phraseology
Military history of the Soviet Union
Military education and training in the Soviet Union
1918 establishments in Russia
1923 disestablishments
1941 establishments in the Soviet Union
1945 disestablishments