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spartakiad, n.|spɑːˈtækɪæd|
Also -iade and with cap. initial.
[ad. Czech, Russ. spartakiáda: see Spartacist n.; cf. Olympiad n.
Said to have been coined in Czech by J. F. Chaloupecký in 1921: see Malá Československá Encyklopedie (1987) V. 789/2.]
In the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries: a popular sporting event characterized by the participation of large numbers of people in a wide range of sports.
1928Internat. Press Corr. (Vienna) 24 May 532/2 The bourgeoisie of Czechoslovakia, having witnessed..the brilliant course of the first Spartakiade in 1921..and having constantly persecuted the Red Sport League, dissolved this group today. 1958Praha Guidebk. 98 We shall not readily forget the first National Spartakiad of 1955..in which almost half a million gymnasts took part. 1964V. & J. Louis Sport in Soviet Union iv. 11 The Spartakiad had begun with eliminating competitions in towns and villages, followed by inter-regional rounds. 1977J. Riordan Sport in Soviet Society xi. 382 The third summer spartakiad was held in Czechoslovakia in 1973, and the fourth winter games in Bulgaria in late 1973. 1987Boxing News 21 Aug. 23/3 Kaden took up boxing at 10, and was runner-up in a national spartakiad in East Berlin at 12. 1989Times 5 Apr. 46/2 The Soviet leadership has always maintained in public that a third of the population takes part in the spartakiads. |
