Vladimir Putin at award ceremonies 2018-06-27 (9)

The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation (

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: ''Министерство спорта Российской Федерации''), often abbreviated as Minsport (Минспорт), is a

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of the

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responsible for sports. The Ministry of Sports oversees the implementation of government policy and

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, 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

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, 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

* Boris Ivanyuzhenkov (2008) *

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) *

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) *

(Since 2020)

Heads of Sports Committee

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) *

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) * Pavel Rozhkov (1999–2001)

Head of Hockey Department

* Yuri Korolev (ice hockey), Yuri Korolev (1974–1983)

Heads of Federal Sports Agency

* Vyacheslav Fetisov (2002–2008)

References

External links

Official Website
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