Influenţa Razboiului Rece asupra dezvoltării sportului în URSS. Studiu de caz: RSS Moldovenească
The Influence of the Cold War on the Development of Sport in the USSR. Case Study: Moldovan RSS

Summary/Abstract: In scientific study analyzes how the geopolitical rivalry between the USSR and the United States of America during the Cold War (1947–1991) shaped Soviet sports policy and specifically influenced the development of sport in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Starting from the premise that elite sport served as a deliberate instrument of propaganda and ideological legitimization of the Soviet system, the study examines the sports infrastructure created in the MSSR, the participation of Moldavian athletes in international competitions under the Soviet flag, the identity dimension of sports performance in a peripheral republic, and the legacy of this system after the dissolution of the USSR. The conclusions reveal the complexity of the relationship between the political instrumentalization of sport and the authentic values of athletic performance, suggesting that the Soviet system paradoxically generated a lasting human and cultural sports capital.

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