Department of Theory and Methodology of Athletics named after N.G. Ozolin in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism was established in 1936.
Its first head was N. G. Ozolin - 11-time champion of the Soviet Union in pole vaulting and champion of the country in ski jumping. Nikolay Ozolin was an honored worker of science, Doctor of science, Professor, Honored master of sports and an Honored Coach. He also was the trainer of the world record holder, silver and bronze medalist of 1952 and 1960 Olympics on the triple leap - Leonid Shcherbakov, world record holder and bronze medalist of 1964 Olympics - Oleg Fedoseev and many other champions of the Soviet Union.
More than 50 of his students became doctors and candidates of science. At the department were trained more than 250 doctors and candidates of sciences, over 150 champions and record-holders of the World, Europe and the Olympic Games. Among them were the Olympic champions: Leonid Spirin (sport walking), Nina Ponomareva (2 times champion in discus throwing), Nikolay Chernetsky, Michael Linge, Irina Nazarova, Olga Nazarova (in the relay race 4 on 400 m), Vasily Rudenkov (on throwing a hammer), Nikolay Sidorov (in the relay race 4 on 400 m), Natalia Lisovskaya and Svetlana Kriveleva (in the shot put), Vladimir Kuts (in 5 thousand and 10 thousand meters race), Peter Bolotnikov (in the race of 5 thousand metres) Valery Brumel (jumps in height), Lyudmila Bragina (in the 1500 and 3000 m race), Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgenia Polyakova (in the 4-meter and 100-meter relay race), Anna Chicherova (jumps in height).
More than 10% of the total number of the department’s graduates are honored trainers of the USSR and Russia.
In recent years, at the department have studied many outstanding athletes, champions and prize-winners of the Olympic Games, champions and world record holders of Europe and the Universiade, which are included in the modern history of athletics in Russian Federation. Among them are:
Natalia Nazarova (running at 400 m, relay run 4 at 400 m),
Anastasia Kapachinskaya (running at 200 and 400 m, relay run 4 on 400 m),
Tatyana Firova (400m run and 4m 400m relay),
Natalia Ivanova (running 400 and 400 meters with barriers, 4 relay run at 400 meters),
Svetlana Feofanova (pole vaulting),
Anna Chicherova (jumps in height),
Anna Fifth (triple jump),
Julia Chermoshanskaya (run on 200 m and relay run 4 on 100 m),
Evgenia Polyakova (running 100 meters, relay run 4 per 100 meters),
Elena Kofanova (running at 800 m),
Vera Ganeeva (Carmichina) (discus throwing),
Evgenia Kolodko (shot put),
Burken Daniil (triple jump),
Elena Arzhakova (800 m race),
Julia Golubchikova (pole vaulting),
Anastasia Savchenko (pole vaulting),
Elena Korobkina (running in long distances).
The Department of Theory and Methodology of Basketball has been working since 1932.
In 1924, a famous basketball player S.V. Sysoev offered to train students of physical culture faculty. Due to this, in 1932 the department of sports games with specialization "basketball" was established.
In 85 years, presumably 1500 experts of basketball graduated the department. Among them were not only Russians, but also representatives of other countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Iraq, Jordan, Cuba, GDR, Ethiopia, Tunisia and others.
Among our graduates there are some of the best basketball players: champions of the country, Europe, the world and Olympic Games. Moreover, there are more than 30 honored masters of sports. Among them are T. Ovechkin, A. Petrov, N. Maksimov, N. Maximilianov, Yu. Ozerov, V. Zubkov, G. Yaroshevskaya , V. Hrynin, L. Popa, V. Miloserdov, V. Zhigilia, T. Schegolev, T. Widmer and others.
We spend a lot of time to improve the skills of trainers, professors and basketball specialists. To do this, we conduct internships, courses and seminars. It’s important to note that at the department there is an actively working Higher School of Basketball Coaches. We involve leading trainers, doctors, psychologists, managers, judges and other specialists in the educational process.
Postgraduate students, undergraduates and applicants also study at the department. For students who are inclined to scientific work, there is a scientific student circle. These people continue their studies in magistracy and graduate school. They also take part in scientific and practical conferences, publish their works in cathedral and university compilations that are connected with scientific conferences, including works in English language.
With the basic study we offer an opportunity to gain the skills of refereeing with involvement in the judging brigades.
In the women's and men's teams of the basketball department there are numerous prize-winners of the Championship in the First and Higher Division of the SBL. It’s important to note that the women's team is a three-time Champion in the divisions of Moscow.
The men's team of basketball in SCOLIPE is a two-time silver and bronze medalist of the ASB Championship in Moscow Division, It’s also the bronze medalist of the Moscow Student Games Championshipa and the silver medalist of the Moscow Basketball League Division B.
Women's national team of SCOLIPE is a silver prize-winner of the ASB Championship in the division of "Moscow”. Basketball players of the department are silver prize-winners of the Moscow student games and, moreover, they are Champions of the ISI.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
In the Institute of Physical culture the boxing program appeared in 1926. On april 29, 1936 a certain gained experience in teaching box process allowed the leadership of the institute to create an independent department.
In 1991, due to the efforts of the department's directorship, the Academic Council opened a department of kickboxing with its first graduation of students in 1995.
The USSR national team trained a lot in the sports halls of the department, so that the students could analyze the way boxers of high qualification trained.
A characteristic feature of sports science in the early 1970s was a rapid growth of experimental research, on the basis of which the modern concepts of training athletes were developed.
In different years, almost all the professors of the department worked as the head coaches of the national teams, which was a proof of their high professionalism.
At the department worked such prominent specialists as:
- Honored trainer, Cand. Sc., Associate Professor G. O. Geroyan - a major specialist in the tactics of combat sports,
- Associate Professor, Candidate of Science, Honored Master of Sports and Honored Coach of the USSR - E.I. Ogurenkov (first predicted the direction of the world's amateur boxing development as a combinational form of warfare),
- Honored Master of Sports, Honored coach of the country, Associate Professor - A. I. Bulychev,
- Honored coach of the country - B.S. Denisov,
- Honored Master of Sports, Honored Coach of the USSR, absolute champion of the USSR in 1939 - V.P. Mikhailov,
- Ph.D., Associate Professor N.A. Khudadov (developed psychological aspects of boxing),
- Associate Professor, honored master of sports - V.G. Cherny.
A significant contribution to the development of the boxing methodology was made by a founder of the national boxing school - Professor K.V. Gradopolov. His interpretation of boxing as a noble art of self-defense and a fighting game, based on high maneuverability and perfect technical and tactical skill of rivals, became a fundamental idea in the educational process.
In the period since 1986 to 1997 the next athletes graduated the university:
- master of sports I. Arsin - prize-winner of the European championship in 1986,
- master of sports of international class V. Sozinov - prize-winner of USSR championship of 1988 and prize-winner of the World Cup 1990,
- master of sports O. Kravchenko - prize-winner of the USSR Spartakiad of Peoples in 1991, world champion among professionals in kickboxing,
- master of sports of international class S. Scherbakov - winner of the European Championship and champion of Russia (1993),
- honored master R. Poliani - Olympic medalist of 1992, several-times champion of Russia;
- P. Gvasalia - prize winner of the European Championship in 1993, champion of the Goodwill Games, multiple champion of Russia (1993 and 1994);
- master of sport of international class G. Nurmugamedov - finalist of the Russian championship (1996)
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
Sports wrestling has been included in the curriculum of the University since its establishment in 1918. Initially, wrestling, boxing and weightlifting were at one single department. Its first head was V.A. Ivanov.
At the department there are studied the techniques and tactics of national types of struggle. Since 1934 judo wrestling started to be developed as a sport. As a result, some sports competitions took place and in 1935 the first championship of Moscow was held.
Moreover, a female judo section was created and it rapidly gained popularity.
In 1936, a separate department for wrestling and weightlifting was created, which was headed by Honored couch of sports in classical wrestling A.Z. Katulin until 1941.
In the postwar years, the Department of wrestling of the SCOLIPE improved the learning programs. It helped wrestling to come to a new level of development and popularity.
By 1947 this department was expanded by new specializations: free wrestling and wrestling with sambo.
Since 1989, the number of academic disciplines has increased to 10: Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle, sambo, judo, karate-do, taekwondo, taekwondo, aikido, army sport, hand-to-hand fighting.
The department of combat sports constantly updates all of its educational programs, scientific and methodical literature. It develops training programs for all categories of wrestling in Russia - from beginners to masters of sports.
Students and teachers of the department win numerous medals and awards, they receive sports titles. Among them are graduates of the department - B. Gurevich, who has won the title of Olympic champion in Helsinki in the Greco-Roman wrestling and A. Ivanitsky - champion of the Olympic Games in free-style wrestling in Tokyo.
In 1934, as a part of the Higher School of Trainers, the Department of Cycling and Speed Skating was established.
The first classes were held by a champion, the record-holder of the country - A.M. Vasiliev; the winner of the first Spartakiad that took place in our country in 1928 - P.D. Mironov; and the famous Russian racing champion of 1905, 1907, 1918 that lived in pre-revolutionary Russia - M. S. Boitler.
In 1969, an independent department of cycling with a motor sport department was established.
In 1994, the department opened a triathlon department.
In 1967, the first official textbook for IFC called "Cycling" was published.
Since the middle of 1950, the department explored such topics as cycling tactics and techniques, management of the training process, training regimes for muscle strength of bicyclists, power loads in the pre-competition training stage, general biomechanics of cycling, education of special endurance of cyclists, aerodynamics and improvement of knots’ design and parts of bicycles, the history of cycling in Russia. Some methods are developed in order to control the level of special speed-strength preparedness of students, some of them - to record the efforts of a rider while pedaling with the fixation of muscles’ myograms.
In 2010, an educational and methodological complex of theory and methodology of cycling has been completed. It included:
- a program of the discipline "Theory and methodology of cycling", specialization of "Physical Culture and Sport"
- the program of the discipline "Physical Education and Pedagogical Improvement", specialization of "Physical Culture and Sport"
- a program of the discipline "Theory and methodology of bicycle tourism", specialization of "Physical Culture and Sports"
- a program of the discipline "Theory and methodology of cycling" for students who study the program of professional retraining on the specialty of "Physical Culture and Sport"
- course of lectures "Theory and methodology of cycling" (part 1),
- a course of lectures "Theory and methodology of cycling" (part 2).
In the last 3 years, due to the the well-developed specialization program, the next prominent sportsmen have been trained:
- The world record holder - 4 students,
- World champion - 5 students,
- Silver medalist of the World Championship - 2 students,
- bronze medalist of the World Championship - 2 students,
- European champion - 8 students,
- Prize-winner of the European Championship - 4 students,
- Champions of Russia - 6 students.
Over the last three years, students of specialization have won prizes at the international arena in the non-Olympic disciplines of cycling.
Among the graduates of the department there are such successful sportsmen as - A. Alekseeva-Ignatieva - ZMC, the multiple champion of the country, Kupriyanov A. - the winner of the first Spartakiad of the country that took place in 1928, I. Ippolitov - the 15-time USSR champion in cycling on the track and 3-times USSR champion in the “race for the leader” section, N. Mikhailov - several-times champion of the USSR in the races on track. Moreover, it’s necessary to mention such champions and record holders of the USSR and the world as V.A. Bakhvalov, O.V. Borisov, B.A. Vasiliev, R.E. Vargashkin, G.M. Martynov. Such prominent sportsman as G.R. Saidhuzhin was the winner of the 1962 World cycling race. Moreover, there are some champions and prize-winners of the Olympic Games, world championships, winners of the World Bike Circuit: V. Sokolov, A. Petrov, Yu. Kashirin, V. Kuznetsov, Yu. Barinov, K. Khrabtsov, A. Romanov.
Finally, the Olympic champion Yu. A. Kashirin, who works in Canada, is recognized as the best trainer of 1996 in the world by the poll of the magazine "Velonews".
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
In 1993 competitive ballroom dance was recognized as an official kind of sport in Russia. As a result, two years later the specialization of dancesport was established. It started its work at the Department of Directing in Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism.
In 1998 a separate department appeared in the Academy. At this time a scientific laboratory that studied the dancesport development problems was created at the department.
In the first decade of the XXI century many graduates of the department became laureates of national and international dance competitions. Among them, for example, was the very first triple world champion of the “ten dances program” in Russian history - Alina Basyuk. Also there were the world champions among professionals in the show program of classical ballroom dances - Sergei Mikheev and Anastasia Sidoran.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
As a scientific and educational discipline gymnastics was taught since the first days of the institute’s existence, and in 1932 the Department of Gymnastics was established in Moscow Institute of Physical Culture. In 1937 it was joined with the Department of Rhythmic Gymnastics and Acrobatics.
Since 1937 to 1941 graduate students started becoming a part of the department’s collective and it was a good tradition.
Among other merits of the department's specialists it’s important to mention the development of terminology for gymnastic exercises, which was approved and put into operation in 1938.
In 1961, the specialty "artistic gymnastics" appeared in the structure of the department and in 1972 - specialization "acrobatics".
Moreover, a scientific laboratory for studying the technical and physical training of gymnasts with the help of equipment of that time also appeared. As a result, recommendations on planning year-round training and the norms of training were written.
In the early 70s a doctor of pedagogical sciences - professor Yu.K. Gaverdovskiy developed a natural classification of gymnastic exercises, on which gymnastic elements, such as a large turn back on the uneven bars of different heights, "Tkachev's flight", "Kovacs flight", jump off and fly backwards on the crossbar and others were built on. In addition, they also became worldwide known.
In 1995, E. Yu. Rozin developed a program for computer diagnosis and control of physical condition and gymnasts’ preparation for 5 - 18 years old future sportsmen and for older ones.
Nowadays, the department of gymnastics is one of the largest departments of the Russian State University of Education and Science. So, many of its graduates became famous in Russia and abroad for their merits.
The department of theory and methodology of gymnastics prepares future specialists of four specializations: sports and artistic gymnastics, acrobatics, aerobics and fitness gymnastics. In addition, there is a minimum program at the department. The specialization of gymnastics is the basic one at the department. Lecture courses dedicated to this kind of sport are read by Professors Yu.K. Gaverdovsky and A. V. Menchin. Well-known experts of various profiles are invited to read the special courses.
Among the graduates of the department there are 23 honored masters of sports, 12 masters of sports of international class and over 500 masters of sports.
In different years the graduates of the department were famous masters, champions and prize-winners of the Olympic Games, World Championships and Europe.
These are the champions of the country in artistic gymnastics: V.T. Belyakov, A.M. Ibadulaev, T.A. Demidenko, G.N. Urbanovich, V.M. Lavrushchenko, L.G. Ivanova (Kalinina), A.G. Timoshek, E.V. Mukhina, L.P. Petrik, O. Mostepanova, E. Shevchenko, M. Ya. Voronin, V. N. Markelov, J. Kryukov, G. Krysyn, A. Kokhachev, P. Koshevoi, A. Bondarenko , R. Kasumov, E. Almieva, A. Pryakhina, E. Lobaznyuk, S. Horohordin, M. Chibiskova.
Champions of the country in rhythmic gymnastics: T.V. Kravchenko, E. Karpuhina, I. Devin, S. Sharova, A. Kochneva, M. Nikolaeva, E. Barsukova, E. Shalamova, V. Shimanskaya. V. Cecina.
Champions in acrobatics: O. Kottis, A. Smirnova, T. Paniyvan, I. Garina, V. Danilin, A. Petrosyan, N. Rakhmanov, Yu. Bakhvalov, A. Smirnov, G. Karaev, Klokov, E. Mitrekovsky made also a great success.
Under the leadership of the first president of the Sport Aerobics Federation and the coach of the USSR national team - T.S. Lisitskaya were trained many world and European champions. The highest results were achieved by O. Burkova, Yu. Siukhin, T. Solovieva, V. Oskner, N. Sarygina, V. Janovskis, L. Podhalyuzina, O. Fesenko, D. Zaitsev, I. Mikityuk, A. Kuvshinnikova, V. Sychev, R. Saitov and others.
More than 50 honored coaches of the USSR and Russia graduated different faculties of the department. Some of them were the main (senior) coaches of the country: M.E. Ganiz, N.K. Popov, V.M. Lavruschenko, T.A. Demidenko, V.T. Belyakov, V.M. Smolevsky, A.P. Kozeev, B.V. Mikheev, I. Yakovenko, L.G. Ivanova, N.I. Kuzmina (currently Vice President of FIG).
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
In 1971, the specialization of handball was established at the chair of sports games for students of SCOPLIPE. It was headed by the only trainer of this sport in the country - Valentina Ignatyeva. In a few years since the date of its foundation, this specialization became one of the best in the whole faculty.
In 1983, on the basis of research conducted by the department's specialists, the first teaching program was created.
Since 1975, the trainers of handball were the graduates of the specialization (Victor Gerasimov, Viktor Mikhailov and master of sports Alexander Khrypov).
All students studied handball as a basic sport program, and it helped to popularize this kind of sport. The sports hall number 251 was full of people wishing to train.
The department of sports games successfully existed until 1976, until its leader, N.V. Semashko, disappeared. Earlier, the department also included specializations of volleyball, basketball, tennis and outdoor games. In a while, the chair disintegrated, and there were only 2 specializations that came together - handball and basketball.
Despite the relatively short period of the department's existence, its specialists have already developed programs for the preparation of masters, physical education and pedagogical improvement of specialization students. And there was also developed a program of basic sports (handball) for other students wishing to learn how to play handball.
For a long time, graduates of specialization take prizes and play in the national teams: Denis Krivoshlykov became Olympic Champion, Ekaterina Andryushina won a silver medal of the Beijing Olympics, Vladimir Belov - became a captain of three teams (junior, youth and national). The national team of the country included Evgenia Irshenko, Natalya Deriugina, Yana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Andryushina, Vasiliy Filippov, Yury Egorov, Alexei Kamanin, Mikhail Chipurin, Evgeny Titov, Oleg Grams, Oleg Skopintsev, Oleg Zotov and others.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
In the first years of university’s existence, skiers with the knowledge of pedagogy were included in the department that was actually united with athletes and was headed by I. I. Grebenshchikov - one of the best skiers in the country.
In 1936, the Department of Theory and Methodology of Skiing was established.
The next head of the department - Myron Andreevich Agranovsky, was the first professor in skiing. He founded the Soviet scientific and pedagogical ski school and, under his leadership, more than 50 candidate's theses were prepared. Due to his work, Soviet skiers became the world leaders at the World Championships and Winter Olympics.
In 1987, the head of the department - Viktor Nikolayevich Manzhosov developed and equipped a simulator to study the features of the motor-functional activity of skate and ski movements in the laboratory. The simulator modeled the trails with the relief of different intersection due to the changeable slope of the platform.
Speed skating
Official date of the department’s foundation is September 30, 1947. The chair was created on the basis of the skating and cycling department.
In 1934, department of speed skating where students should have taken classes for two years was opened at the Higher School of Trainers. The first students and graduates were the future masters of speed skating. Many of them became the coaches, prominent organizers and scientists. Among them were such famous people as Kushin G.I., Kudryavtsev K.K., Ippolitov I.P., Ignatyeva L.A. and others.
The textbook called "Speed Skating" (1977), created at the department under the guidance of Stepanenko, still being the main textbook of this specialization at the present time.
The head of the department - Anatoly Ivanovich Bezdenezhnykh - a graduate of SCOPLIPE, organized the first short track. The department developed training methods, purchased equipment, published training manuals, prepared judges and organized different competitions.
As a result, the short track was approved as a full-fledged Olympic sport.
Figure skating.
The opening of the department of speed skating in SCOPLIPE took place on September 1947. The recruitment for the specialization "figure skating" was carried out much later. The first students-figure skaters were A. Naryadchikov and G. Gryzunov.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
At the Institute of Physical Education tennis lessons started being held in the late 1927.
The first trainers were the prominent specialists of those years - B. Ulyanov, V. Sokolovsky, M. Kozlov, A. Sokolov. In 1976, the department of tennis and table tennis was created. The first head of the department was Professor S.P. Belits-Gaiman.
Since 2002, there has been an independent department of theory and methodology of tennis. Currently, 7 professors work at the department. They are all under the guidance of T.S. Ivanova - an Honored coach of Russia, Candidate of pedagogical sciences, Laureate of the Russian Cup (2002) in the nomination "For many years of contribution to the training of tennis personnel".
Since 1976, the staff of the department has trained over five hundred tennis specialists, among them are such prominent people as Sh. Tarpischev, O. Morozova, V. Yanchuk, S. Chernev, O. Zaitseva, A. Chesnokov, A. Olkhovsky, V. Gorelov, V. Lazarev, M. Yuzhny, A. Myskina, I. Andreev and many other famous athletes and coaches.
Volleyball has been included in the curriculum since the very beginning of the institute’s existence. Among the first professors were S.V. Sysoev, M.A. Radina.
From 1932 to 1976 volleyball was one of the disciplines of sports games at the department.
In 1976 the department of volleyball and mobile games was created.
In 1995 the volleyball department was separated from the commission of mobile games and became an independent unit.
The department conducts trainings on the specialization "volleyball" at the “faculty of play kinds of physical culture and sports activities” and for the distance courses.
It’s important to note, that there is an institute of advanced training at the department (refresher courses). Since the department’s formation it graduated more than 450 trainers and teachers.
Moreover, training courses for foreign trainers are conducted. More than 90 students from different countries have been trained. It would be unfair not to mention that fact that the Department of Higher School of volleyball was also established.
Since 1995, a number of students have received the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, as well as master of sports of an international class, master of sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR, RSFSR, judge of the All-Union and republican volleyball category (there are approximately 40 people).
For the first time the specialization of rowing was established in SCOPLIPE as a branch of the Higher School of Trainers in late 1936. The educational process was headed by an outstanding rower-academician, European champion, several-times champion of Russia and later - of the Soviet Union - Anatoly Andreevich Pereselentsev. He creatively developed and promoted the ideas and style of rowing, developed by English coach Steve Ferburn.
In 1957, students of rowing sport department started being trained again after a long break caused by the Second World War. The training sessions were held in the Higher School of Trainers at SCOPLIPE. In a while, programs of rowing in canoes and kayaks appeared.
The Department of rowing has been working independently since June 1, 1976. With the number of graduates there increased the number of trainers. Since 2003, a sailing department has been opened at the department. As a result, the department was renamed into the Department of rowing and sailing.
In 2006, the team of the department published a textbook for the specialization "Rowing Sports" edited by the Candidate of Science, Professor Mikhailova T. V. During the work of the department five training films on the technique and methodology of rowing sports were prepared and produced by Soyuzprodfilm. Consultants and co-authors of the scenarios were associate professors of the department - Komarov A.F. and Berkutov A.N.
There are some graduates of the department that work in the national teams of the country depending on types of rowing specialization:
P. Pankov, S. Fedorov, S. Izotov, J. Krylov, A. Samokhotsky, J. Motus and others.
With the participation of professors that are at the department, five well-known masters of sports, 16 masters of sports of international class and more than 50 masters of sports were prepared.
In 2007, the students of rowing specialization became the European Champions among students. In 2008 two students - canoeists of the department won the bronze of the World Championship. Moreover, two kayak students became silver medalists of the European Youth Championship.
Representatives of sailing specialization took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing (there are 3 students).
A student of the first year became a 2008 World Rowing Champion and the third year student became the World Champion of 2007 and the silver medalist of the 2008 World Championship in the winter kite.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
The Department of Foreign Languages was established in 1938 and it was under the guidance of Associate Professor S.S. Ryazhskaya. For more than 20 years, the department’s head was the candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor N. N. Skorodumova. Later on, it was headed by such associate professors as T.I. Rybakova, V.M. Timonova and R.S. Zmitruk.
Since 2002, the chair has been headed by a graduate of SCOLIPE and Moscow State Linguistic University, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Assistant Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, Master of Sports in Shotgun - E.V. Komov.
Professors of the department help to the sports departments of SCOPLIPE and sports federations with the translations and language training of participants and volunteers that take part in different events and international competitions.
The department has sections of English language, German and French. In 2008, three projects of the department received a Grant of the Priority National Project for the introduction of an educational innovative model.
To increase the motivation of students at the department, some annual events are organized and held:
Since 2008, on the basis of the department, a special center for the preparation of translators in the field of professional communications has been established. Students of the Center study for 3 years and receive a state diploma with the right to conduct professional translation activities in the field of FCC.
The department is a member of the scientific and methodological council of the Educational and Methodological Association for Linguistic Education (non-linguistic universities) of the Moscow State Linguistic University.
The Department of History and Management of Innovative Development of Youth in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism is one of the leaders in training the qualified specialists in the field of youth policy and social work of Russian Federation.
Professors, employees and students of the department hold positions in law enforcement agencies, state and public organisations of physical culture, sports, youth policy at the federal and regional levels.
Due to the scientific, partner relations and strong teaching staff, the Department of Youth policy projection holds one of the central places in the sports industry of Russia.
Students get some practical experience and an opportunity to actually implement their projects, while passing practice in the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, the Olympic Committee of Russia, the Department of Physical Education and Sport of Moscow, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation and so on. Due to such big amount of knowledge and practical experience students of the department can
participate in various projects during their studies.
Since its foundation, the students of the department participated in the implementation of the national priority project called "Education", within the framework of which a large number of scientific and methodological works in the field of ensuring youth policy were prepared.
The department, with the support of the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy, organizes the largest scientific forums on the problems of youth policy, civil and patriotic education.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
In the early years of the Institute’s existence (1918 - 1930), only some brief information about the history of physical culture was given to the students in the general course of “theory, history and methods of physical education”. The independent subject "history of physical culture" started being formed since the beginning of 30s.
In 1932, the Department of Physical Culture History was created and it was headed by A. G. Ittin. The program of physical culture history was based on the history of physical culture for students. The program consisted of 18 sections, three of which were dedicated to the introduction of this phenomenon, 11 - to the general history of physical culture and 4 - to Russia and the Soviet period in whole.
In 1937, A. G. Ittin translated the book of R. T. McKenzie (USA) called "Physical Exercises in Education and Medicine", which became the main educational tool for students because there were almost no other analogues.
In 1939-1940 Ya. V. Verkhovsky, F.I. Samoukov, I.G. Chudinov protected the first Ph.D. theses on the history of physical culture.
In 1956 the first textbook for technical schools of physical culture "History of Physical Culture" was published.
In 1970, the first textbook on the history of physical culture for medium-sized sports schools was also published.
In 1967 the department prepared and published a monograph called "Physical Culture and Sport in the USSR" about the fifty-year history of the Soviet physical culture movement.
In 1961, a Museum of the institute’s history was opened at the Department.
In 1982, within the department there appeared a new subject: sociology of physical culture and sports. As a result, there was a division of the department into two parts: "management and economics of physical culture and sports" and "history of physical culture and sports". The latter combined two academic and scientific subjects: history and sociology.
For seventy-five years more than a hundred candidate and six doctoral dissertations have been prepared at the department, more than six hundred scientific and methodical works have been published, including textbooks on history of physical culture, educational and methodological manuals on the history and sociology of physical culture and sports and aesthetics of sports for higher and secondary educational institutions of the country.
The course "History of Physical Culture and Sport" consists of three parts: the general history of physical culture and sport; the history of physical culture and sports of Russia, the USSR and the Russian Federation and the history of the international sports and Olympic movement. In 2001, the textbook called "History of Physical Culture and Sport" was published.
In addition to the basic courses, the professors of the department developed some special courses: "civilization and sport", "modern Russia in the international sports and Olympic community", "Olympic education", which are taught at various courses and faculties of the university.
In 2007, a new specialty "organization of work with youth" was introduced.
In February 2008, due to the reorganization of the department, the Department of the Physical Culture History, Sports and Olympic Education was established. Specialty "organization of work with young people" is assigned to the Department of Youth policy projection.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
The Department of mass sports directing and art performances was established in 1995. It was headed by professor, candidate of pedagogical sciences - E.V. Kuzmicheva. Students studied in two directions: "mass sports directing and artistic performances" and "sports animation".
As part of its scientific activity, the department published textbooks on the mass sports directing and art performances and on mobile games. It also developed some educational and methodical programs, wrote miscellany of theatrical performances and sport events.
In 1998, the team of authors, headed by Boris Petrov, wrote the world's first textbook on the basics of directing, technology, organization and methods of mass sports and artistic performances.
In 2008, the department of sports and art direction of performances of SCOPLIPE was named after V.A. Gubanov.
7 candidate dissertations have been defended at the department and also a scientific laboratory has been created. Nowadays, it is equipped with the modern research and computer technologies.
Over the period of its existence, the department has trained over 140 specialists, conducted more than 150 for state and public organizations, committees on physical culture and sport, federations of sport kinds.
The history of the department begins in 1929. At different times it is headed by famous scientists - great representatives of culture and education: these are the founder of the department Professor I. Kaluzhsky and also A. Konyakhin, P. Rudik, N. Zhelvaki.
From 1972 to 1978, the department was headed by professor, doctor of pedagogical sciences I. Reshetny. Outlining collective decisions based on knowledge and pedagogical work with athletes helped to revise the learning programs. Methodical manuals and lectures were written, special courses for senior students were developed, a textbook "Pedagogy" for institutes of physical culture and technical schools was published.
From 1982 to 1986 the department was headed by Professor, Chevalier of the Alexander Nevsky’s order - I. Tikhonov.
Since 1986 and up to the present time the department has been conducted by Sergey Neverkovich - Academician of the Russian academy of education, Doctor of pedagogical sciences and Professor.
Under his leadership, new methods of educational process intensification are introduced, as well as new courses and disciplinary directions. Moreover, monographs, methodological programs and textbooks are published.
In 2006, the textbook called "Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports" was published. It was based on the concepts of V. Davydov's theory of developmental learning and the methodology of designing written by G. Schedrovitsky.
Employees of the department wrote more than 30 monographs, numerous teaching aids and miscellanies. More than 100 methodological books are published as well as scientific and practical recommendations and programs. Over the past 20 years, about 300 scientific articles have been published, 10 doctoral and also 55 Ph.D. theses have been prepared by specialists from foreign countries
To draw the conclusion, it can be noted that due to the effective work of our staff, we have been awarded by different prestige awards.
The Department of Psychology was established in the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in 1930. Peter Rudik founded it. It is commonly believed that the sport psychology as a science appeared after the publishing of his widely known work called "The influence of muscular work on the reaction process".
After the Second World War, the staff of the department published the world's first textbook on psychology for the institutes of physical culture. Moreover, a special textbook for medium-sized sports schools was published as well.
In the middle of XX century sport psychology started being perceived as a necessary educational part of the athletes’ training process.
Nowadays, the Department of Psychology is the base of scientific research in the field of psychology of physical culture and sport.
In the first decade of the 21st century, a magazine called "Sports Psychologist" was published by our specialists and an international scientific and practical conference "Rudikov Readings" was held for the first time.
In the second decade of the XXI century a new specialty "Sport Psychologist" started its work on the basis of the department. The first enrollment of students consisted of 35 people. Also the members of the department joined the Russian Psychological Society.
Today the department considers such scientific areas as “the psychology of man in extreme conditions”, “the diagnosis of athletes’ mental states”, “the psychological climate in sports teams”, “the interaction of athletes and coaches”, “some personal characteristics of an athlete” and much more.
More than 50 000 highly qualified specialists have been trained during the university’s existence. This number includes about 4 thousand foreign specialists from 115 countries. Among our students and graduates there are more than 170 Olympic champions, champions of Europe and the world in whole. These people are: Lev Yashin, Irina Rodnina, Valery Kharlamov, Svetlana Zhurova, Pavel Bure, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Dmitry Bulykin, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Nosov, Adeline Sotnikova, Aliya Mustafina and many others.
One of the main missions of the University of Physical Culture that was established in 1918 was the theoretical and methodological interpretation of the phenomena of physical culture.
The desire to generalize the knowledge base was shown by the establishment of the general department. It was created to form general knowledge about the sphere of professional activity of future specialists.
In 1924, the Department of theory, history and methodology of physical culture was formed. In 1930, it was renamed into the Department of theory and methodology of Physical Education. The first period of department’s activity was since 1918 until the beginning of the thirties.
In this period, scientific workers, prominent theorists and methodologists worked at the department. These were V. Gorinevsky (associate and follower of P. Lesgaft), G. Birzin, V. Ignatiev, A. Zikmund (the first head of the department), L. Hercan, V. Stasenkov and others. Already in the 1920s, for the first time in the whole world, the staff of the department tried to create a course of the general theory of physical culture.
In 1938, employees of two main institutes of physical culture: SCOLIPE and Lesgaft National State University prepared the first unified program on the theory and methodology of physical education for higher special educational institutions. As a result, the subject received a specific applied orientation.
Since the late 40-ies there was a new stage in the development of the physical culture and sports movement. Having been analyzed and summarized the first experience and performances of our leading athletes at the Olympic Games and other competitions, the department examined the problems of sports training. This allowed them to introduce a new training course into the practice of teaching - the "basics of sports training", which was developed into the "theory of sport" course in some time.
Throughout the 60s - 70s, the department developed some key concepts of theory and methods of physical education in details. At this time, the first official textbook on the subject of theory and methods of physical education was published (1967 - 1 volume, 1968 - 2 volumes).
The department was renamed: first into Department of theory of physical culture, and then - into the Theory of physical culture and sports. The modern name sounds like the Department of theoretical and methodical foundations of physical culture and sports.
So, later on, a new course called "introduction to the theory of physical culture" appears and an international monographic collection of works "Essays on the Theory of Physical Culture" is published.
The major contribution to the development of the general theory of physical culture and sports was made by the great scientist and professor, Honored Scientist of Russia Lev Matveev, who worked at the university for more than 55 years and headed the department for 30 years.
The results of the work on the creation of a new comprehensive general educational and scientific discipline were presented by L. Matveyev in a series of author's textbooks, where the first one was called "Theory and Methods of Physical Culture" (1991).
Since the end of 70s the collective of the department has been intensively developing the theory of sport in order to reflect the very essence of the it.
During its existence, the department has prepared about 200 dissertations, including more than 20 doctoral theses. The list of publications of our employees covers several thousand titles (these are the monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, scientific articles etc.).
During the economic crisis and significant outflow of scientists from the scientific sphere, the department managed to preserve its composition and capacity - mainly due to the efforts and authority of Professor L. Matveev.
The history of the department begins when laboratory of anatomy and anthropology was established. It was under the leadership of the prominent domestic anthropologist Victor Bunak (1891 - 1979). The first head of the Anatomy department was a famous anatomist - Professor Peter Karuzin (1864 - 1939).
1928 is considered to be the year of the anatomy department’s official foundation.
In the history of department, there were the next periods:
1928 - 1957 - the period of creation, public recognition and scientific development of dynamic anatomy as a new scientific direction;
1958 - 1977 - the period of sports morphology formation: a study of athletes’ somatic status and its features, an adaptation of different systems of the body to increased physical stress.
1978 - 1998 - the period of sports-morphological sciences formation and its system that took on the tasks of anatomical and anthropological support of physical culture and sports; creation of integrative anthropology concept .
1998 - present - further development of the knowledge system of sport morphology.
In 2003, the department was renamed into “Department of Anatomy and Biological Anthropology” and now it’s called the same way.
One of the main achievements of recent years is an information about the secular shifts direction and current trends of epochal variability.
So, the following disciplines are taught at the department:
- Human anatomy at full-time and part-time departments (1st and 2nd semesters).
- Biology with the basics of ecology at full-time department and distance courses (I and II semesters).
- Anatomy and morphology of a person at the full-time department (I and II semesters).
- Age morphology at the distance courses.
- Sports morphology at the distance courses.
- Anatomy of the central nervous system at full-time department and distance courses (II and III semesters).
- Concepts of modern natural science at full-time and part-time departments (I and
II semesters).
- Anthropology at full-time department and distance courses (I and II semesters).
- Fundamentals of biological anthropology at the full-time department (IX semester).
- Human Anatomy for students of the Institute who take refresher courses.
- Biology for students of the Institute who take refresher courses.
- Biology at the faculty of pre-university training.
- Specialization "physical culture and health technologies", section of the specialization course "morphofunctional foundations of physical culture and health technologies" (for masters on the first course).
- Specialization "sports and athletes training system", section of the course "sports genetics" (for masters of the first year of study at full-time department and for those, who took distance courses).
Over the past five years, the department's staff has published over 100 works in foreign journals (11 pieces) as well as in the leading scientific journals and publications recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission (20).
According to the results of the contest called "The Scientist of the Year", the staff of the department regularly takes prizes and first places there.
In the Institute of Physical culture chemistry has been taught since 1918 - the year of its establishment.
Until 1927 the lectures on chemistry were read by Professor A.M. Berkenheim.
In 1927 the Department of Chemistry was actually created and headed by the A.M. Berkenheim’s brother - B.M. Berkenheim.
In those years, the chemistry course included sections of general, inorganic and organic chemistry.
In 1935, the department was headed by Associate professor V.S. Gorshechnikov. During his leadership the chemistry course was significantly improved and supplemented with laboratory researches.
In 1938, V.S. Gorshechnikov together with the professor L.I. Morin from the Physical Culture Leningrad Institute created the first curriculum of chemistry course for all the institutes of physical culture situated in our country.
From 1950 to 1973 The department of chemistry was headed by Doctor of chemical sciences, State prize laureate - Professor P.S. Vasiliev. Under his leadership much work has been done in order to organize and equip a biochemical laboratory.
In the 1960s, the Course of chemistry was renamed into the Course of biochemistry, and the department started to be called The department of biochemistry.
In 1957, the department opened postgraduate study for the specialty of "sports biochemistry".
On January 25, 2011 at the meeting of an educational council of SCOLIPE a new name of the department was approved: "Biochemistry and bioenergetics of sport." A new research division of the "bioenergetics laboratory" was created. Moreover, a new bioenergetics course of sports (for bachelors and undergraduates) was prepared for the main academic departments of the university; a new discipline of sports bioenergy was included in the curriculum of the specialists training.
It’s important to note, that on july 5, 2016 the department was awarded with the diploma "GOLDEN CHAIR OF RUSSIA" No. 01732.
The department was established in 1991. It prepares highly qualified bachelors, specialists, masters for the 3rd academic standard of higher professional education:
since 1991 - it is held in the specialization of "physical culture and sport" (specializations "theory and methods of physical culture and health movement" and "sports and health tourism");
since 2001 - in the specialization "recreation and sports tourism" (the specializations "junior tourism and local history" and "management in the field of recreation and tourism";
from 2006 to 2008 - in the specialization "tourism" (the specialization "technology and organization of carrier and agency services").
About 300 graduates of the faculty that have studied at the full-time and part-time departments now work in the preschool institutions, colleges, lyceums, secondary and higher educational institutions, organizations and enterprises in the sphere of recreation and tourism.
The staff of the department together with the Institute of Recreation and Tourism of SCOPLIPE created a new State educational standard of higher professional education for the specialty "recreational and sports tourism". It happened for the first time in the worldwide educational sphere in late 2001.
The standard was recognized and approved by more than thirty universities in Russia and Europe and also on three international congresses (Moscow, 2003; Alma-Ata, 2004; Kiev, 2005), dedicated to the Olympic "Sport for all" movements.
In accordance with this standard, students of the department study the following disciplines:
regional studies, bio rhythmology, recreation, balneology, a foreign language, theory and methodology of cultural and leisure activities, video- and photo activities, excursion business, marketing, management and economy of recreation and tourism.
The department has 14 candidates of pedagogical and medical sciences, 2 professors, 6 associate professors. It invites highly qualified specialists from other universities, fitness centers and travel agencies.
In the last 10 years, 12 Ph.D. theses have been defended and about 100 scientific and methodical works were published, including 2 monographs, 15 methodical guides and recommendations, and about 20 learning programs. The work was done by professors of our department, post-graduate students and those, who work on the problem of recreation, sports and health tourism.
The department was established on February 1, 1996 in order to bring the Russian education system closer to the global model of specialists’ training with higher education.
The department conducts scientific work in several areas:
Over the past 5 years, the department has produced 9 candidates and 1 doctor of science, including such professors as Konyukhov G., Britvina V. and Ivannikov G. The research is carried out by 1 doctoral student, 2 post-graduate students and 2 candidates of science.
Training sessions are held both in traditional forms - lectures and seminars - as well as in specific, tested on practice forms - for instance, by doing some calculation and graphic work (physics, mathematics and computer science).
For topics not sufficiently studied in the course of traditional studies there has been developed an independent work. Professors of the department constantly work on the creation of teaching aids.
During department’s existence, there have been developed and published programs on all the disciplines written in accordance with the didactic units of the State standard of the second generation. Multimedia lectures on all academic disciplines of the department have also been developed.
For the disciplines of the department there are constantly introduced some new forms and methods of teaching the students: for instance, as for the mathematics, a program for a teaching course is developed and implemented, including the development of students’ cognitive abilities. So, it is held on 22 seminars and numerous practical classes. A methodology of mathematics teaching based on the development of thinking, imagination, memory and attention is created. It doesn’t only improve the quality of learning material, but also significantly increases students' interest in learning.
In the 20-ies of the last century the first offices of medical control were created. In 1923, the scientific and medical department of the University was organized, soon after that, there followed the first department of scientific control. The theoretical foundations of discipline were established by the works of Russian scientists, in particular P. Lesgaft and V. Gorinevsky - the founders of the physical education science.
In 1925, the "Guide to Medical Control" by V. Gorinevsky and G. Birzin was published. In the early 30-ies of the last century the training of physicians and experts in physical education started being held. In the Central institute for advanced training of physicians the Department of physical education, headed by Professor B. Ivanovsky, was organized. It happened in 1931.
In the late 1960s, the Department of physiotherapy and medical control of SCOLIPE was divided into two parts according to the specialization. Since then, the Department of medical control sounds like the Department of sports medicine. The new name of the department reflected qualitative changes in the process of its development. The laboratory of medical control was also re-profiled into the laboratory of sports cardiology.
Employees of the department and laboratory conducted systematic surveys of many national teams of the country from 1960 to 1980.
In 1980, the first textbook on sports medicine was published. The second - a supplemented one - was published in 1987. Both were under the general editorship of V. Karpman.
Currently, the department continues research on the common problem connected with "Sports Heart". The main attention is paid to the possible pre-pathological processes that happen in the organism in this case.
The department was created in May 1996. It prepares specialists for the organization of rehabilitating, preventive, physical, recreational and sports work with people that have some disabilities in their state of health. Graduates of the department receive diploma of a new standard.
In the department there are 2 directions of specialization:
The program includes the following disciplines:
and other disciplines.
Starting with the 2nd year of education students have practice in medical, rehabilitation and educational institutions of Moscow. There is a laboratory at the department where problems of adaptive physical culture are investigated. Also, we’ve got a scientific student society.
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