Personnel policy in the field of physical education and sports in the post-war years (based on materials from the Irkutsk region)

In the post-war years the personnel issue in the field of physical culture and sports became acute in the Irkutsk region. There were not enough specialists and coaches in physical education organizations, especially those with specialized education. The leadership of the Regional Committee on Physical Culture and Sports used all available means to solve the problem: the organization of courses and seminars for the training and advanced training of physical education teachers and coaches, the placement and rotation of personnel, etc. The main hopes were pinned on the Irkutsk Regional College of Physical Culture (ITFK) which became a forge of personnel for all areas of physical education in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, as well as demobilized veterans who had experience in sports work before the war. As a result of the personnel policy, this problem has been resolved. A peculiar result of the work of the regional sports organization was the participation of Irkutsk athletes at the first post-war Olympic Games in 1952. Helsinki (Finland), where Irkutsk residents participated: discus thrower Elizaveta Petrovna Bagryantseva, runner in the 4x800 m relay Georgy Gavrilovich Ivakin, shooter Pyotr Pavlovich Nikolaev, and the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne (Australia), where Irkutsk residents Konstantin Grigorievich Vyrupaev, a classical wrestler, and Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov, a boxer, became Olympic champions. The article examines in detail the activities of the heads of the Regional Sports Committee in the post-war years: L.F. Sizova, K.I. Shaprova, V.P. Igolkin. The experience of the personnel policy of local authorities in providing specialists to local sports organizations is analyzed. Quantitative data on the updated staff is provided. Biographical information of key figures of the regional sports committee is given.

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