Sokol movement
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The Sokol movement is an all-age gymnastics organization founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of "a str
Members of the Sokol club in sports costumes, c. 1900. Photographed by Šechtl and Voseček
Members of the Sokol club in costume, 1880s. photographed by Šechtl and Voseček
Live statue of poetry for Sokol festival, 1911. Photographed by Šechtl and Voseček
Prague slet, 1920. Photographed by Šechtl and Voseček
Spartakiad (Czechoslovakia)
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The Spartakiads or Spartakiades in Czechoslovakia were mass gymnastics events, designed to celebrate the Red Army's liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945. The name refers to the 1921 Prague Spartakiad
Sokol movement
…one more slet, in 1948, before they were once again suppressed, this time by the Communists, who tried to replace slets with mass exercises, called Spartakiads (spartakiády), for propaganda purposes. Many Sokol members were imprisoned or exiled. The Sokols reappeared briefly during the Prague Spring of 1968…
1965 Spartakiad
1965 Spartakiad performance.
Members of the Czechoslovak People's Army about to perform in the 1980 Spartakiad.
1980 Spartakiad view from the stands. The banner on the right reads "For peace, for socialism".