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Avanhard (sports society) (Ukrainian: Авангард (спортивне товариство)) was a trade unions sports society of the Ukrainian SSR. Created in 1957, it was uniting workers of industry and construction from 14 other sport societies such as "Torpedo", "Shakhtar", "Khimik", "Chervona Zirka", "Chervonyi Prapor", "Budivelnyk", and others.
Brief description
On January 1, 1977, it accounted for 3,199 primary collectives with over two millions of sportsmen.
The society was cultivating 49 types of sports. It was composed of such famous sports clubs as Metalurh Zaporizhia, Zorya Luhansk, Stal Dnipropetrovsk, Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv, Budivelnyk Kyiv, and others.
In 1982 the society merged with its Russian counterpart "Trud".
In 1991 the society was recognized as a parent organization of the newly established sports society "Ukraina".
Olympic laureates
= 1952 Summer Olympics (as Budivelnyk)
== 1956 Summer Olympics
== 1960 Summer Olympics
== 1964 Summer Olympics
== 1968 Summer Olympics
== 1972 Summer Olympics
== 1972 Winter Olympics
== 1976 Winter Olympics
=External links
Avanhard (sports society) at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
Court case at economical court of the Sumy Region on organization's succession
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- FC Zorya Luhansk
- Avanhard (sports society)
- Avanhard
- FC Zorya Luhansk
- NK Veres Rivne
- FC Polissya Zhytomyr
- FC Metalist Kharkiv
- Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat)
- FC Avanhard Ternopil
- FC Desna Chernihiv
- Avanhard Stadium (Rivne)
