INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE IN LENINGRAD

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 21, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR (Leniingrad Oblast)
SUBJECT Institute of PI sical Culture in
Leningrad
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE AC
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 21 November 1958
NO. PAGES 1
REFERENCES
A report on the Institute of Physical Culture in Lenin ad
The report includes a
sketch o the organizational chart of the institute and information on the
n body; entrance requirements; curriculum including physical culture,
humanities, sciences, Party, and pre-military courses; length of school year;
teaching staff; job assignments for graduates; scholarships; cost of lodgings;
and special privileges granted to the students
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TEE INSTITUTE OF PffiSICAL CULTURE IN LENINGRAD
1. The Institute of Physical Culture, located on ulitsa Gerchena in Leningrad,
was subordinate to the Ministry of Culture. Students of both sexes, between
the ages of 18 and 33, who had completed ten years of preparatory schooling,
were eligible for admission. theme was no age limit for ex-service men.
The entrance documents included a certificate of studies, a medical certifi-
cate, a residence certificate, a statement concerning the student's last
place of employment, a curriculum vitae, and four photographs. Besides the
regular four-year course of study, the Institute offered correspondence
eoursea,and individuals taking correspondence courses were obliged to re-
port to the Institute for their final examinations. The sIbool year began
about aid-October and terminated on the last day of Jame. The teaebina
staff was composed of capable Soviet nationals.
Besides the usual plq- sa),
cop MS asadpesyy, chemistry, and physiology,
111VA, O& MM" mathematics and physics,
the studies included litds!shwls,
pedagogy, political eccncmor~ and
as auah time was devdiard to
and final examinations were given
pass could repeat the courses of
that in other Soviet teaching cents
at the Ccumnist Party. Just
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as to practical studies. Quarterly
Ofth toes and students who did not
The grading system was similar to
s evades one to five were non-passing,
grades three to four were satisfactory, and grade five was outstanding. On
satisfactorily coopleting the four-year course, students received the degree
of Teacher of Pbpsical Culture and were, moreover, accorded the title of
training instructor in the sport in which they had specialized. On graduating,
students were assigned by the Ministry of Culture to teach at various schools,
sanatoriums, plants, etc. The assignments were obligatory and usually were
for a three-year period; however, outstanding students were allowed to choose
their assignments.
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In addition to the studies listed above, the students were obliged to undergo
pre-military training. Two army officers (a colonel and a major) were in
charge of the tactical and technical training. Exercises were held in the
Institute's shooting gallery every other day for one-and-a-half-hour periods,
during which the students practiced target shooting and learned to use rifles
and hand grenades; they also spent three months in training cgs to learn
how to handle header weapons. May did not participate in group maneuvers;
however, just prior to certain national holidays, such as the First of May
and the Seventh of November., they practiced marching drills in preparation
for parades. Students who excelled in the pre-military training were awarded
medals like those given in Soviet military academies, but they were not per-
mitted to wear them unless they had served in the army.
1i. Scholarships were granted to students who attained more than a grade three
in their entrance examinations. During the first year the scholarship amounted
to 300 rubles a month; during the second year, to 380 rubles; during the
third year, to 1E60 rubles, and the fourth year, to 500 rubles.
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years at the Institute. A student two Tailed his quarterly examination
was deprived of his stipend for the ens4 g?; quarter, but could regain
it by aeintaining an average grade of more than lour. The Institute
provided lodging to the students at .a cost of 14 rubles, a aonth, dis-
pensed school supplies without cost,, and loaned than athletic attire
throughout the four-year period.
All sale students who graduated from the Institute automatically became
ashy reserve officers. (this was the case in other institutions of higher
learning which admitted only students who had cosgleted ten years of pre-
paratory schooling.) the only special privelege granted to students
attending the Institute of Pfgsical Culture was a 30 percent reduction
in price at rest hoses and spas during their suaser vacations.
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Sketch of Organizational Chart for the Institute of
Ply/sica1 Culture in i
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1. Director
2. Assistant Director
3. CP Secretary
4. Secretary to the Assistant Director
5. Assistant CP Secretary
6. Dean of the institute
7. Secretary to the Dean
8. Deans for each study group,
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(i.e., the first, second, third,
and fourth year classes).
Teaching staff
Party delegates for each
study group
Kommol secretaries
12. First, second, third, and
fourth year classes.
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1st year
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2nd year
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3rd year
12
1tth year
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