Moscow Spartak: The History of a People's Team in a Workers' Country
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Moscow Spartak: The History of a People's Team in a Workers' Country
29.99 €
23.99 €
Robert Edelman’s Moscow Spartak is a history of Soviet society, told on the material of the creation and chronicle of the existence of the most popular football team in Russia. Each period in the annals of domestic football is associated with the political and cultural context: from the emergence of football in the 1890s to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
Spartacus is a kind of case study, a social institution that changes over time. The author considers Soviet football as a "disputed territory", a field of interaction between the government and society, and the practice of cheering for Spartak in certain historical periods - as a kind of way to say "no" to the surrounding reality.
The uniqueness of this publication is that very little is written about the social history of sports as part of cultural history in Russian. The book is addressed not only to specialists dealing with the Soviet period. It is a real scientific bestseller, reflecting the current state of humanitarian knowledge, which will be interesting to a wide range of readers.
Spartacus is a kind of case study, a social institution that changes over time. The author considers Soviet football as a "disputed territory", a field of interaction between the government and society, and the practice of cheering for Spartak in certain historical periods - as a kind of way to say "no" to the surrounding reality.
The uniqueness of this publication is that very little is written about the social history of sports as part of cultural history in Russian. The book is addressed not only to specialists dealing with the Soviet period. It is a real scientific bestseller, reflecting the current state of humanitarian knowledge, which will be interesting to a wide range of readers.
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