Kuzbas athletes sports achievements history as an indicator of physical culture and sports work organization and quality in 1943-1965

The aim of the study is to analyze the history of sports achievements in the Kemerovo Region in 1943-1965. Research objectives: to identify the factors contributing to the victories of athletes, the conditions for the development of post-war physical culture and sports, the sports popular in the region in the post-war period. The object of the study is the sports achievements of Kuzbass athletes as an indicator of the organization and quality of physical culture and sports work in a given historical period. The main research method is comparative-historical. The analysis of the materials showed that one of the positive factors in the victories of the USSR athletes was the development of mass physical culture. In Kuzbass, the post-war period was characterized by a massive physical culture movement, an increase in the number of sports sections and clubs, an abundance of children's and youth competitions and tournaments. There was a development of a network of children's sports schools. Multi-stage sports days of the peoples of the USSR and the RSFSR were established. The Spartakiads stimulated the influx of young people into sports sections. The main sports in Kuzbass are weightlifting, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, boxing, athletics, cycling, ice hockey and bandy, cross-country skiing. Many athletes who have achieved world fame began their journey to the heights of sportsmanship in the Kuzbass Region.