On the GTO Badge and the prerequisites for its emergence: on the 95th anniversary of the creation of the All-Russian Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”

Igor&#039; Zub; Aleksandr Gorelov

doi:10.5930/1994-4683-2026-8-10-16

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ON THE GTO BADGE AND THE PREREQUISITES FOR ITS EMERGENCE: ON THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN PHYSICAL CULTURE COMPLEX “READY FOR LABOR AND DEFENSE” On the GTO Badge and the prerequisites for its emergence: on the 95th anniversary of the creation of the All-Russian Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”

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Published in Scientific notes of P. F. Lesgaft University · Pages 10–16 · Rubric: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL PHYSICAL TRAINING

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5930/1994-4683-2026-8-10-16

Received: 10.06.2026 Accepted: 24.06.2026 Published: 14.08.2026

Authors

Igor' Zub

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Aleksandr Gorelov

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Igor' Zub

Academic degree: candidate of pedagogical sciences

Science rang: docent

The Federal State Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education “Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping” Head of the Department · Department of Physical Culture · Russian Federation · Saint-Petersburg

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Aleksandr Gorelov

Academic degree: doctor of pedagogical sciences

Science rang: professor

M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University Head of the Educational and Scientific Center · Educational and Scientific Center for Kinesiological Research and Wellness Technologies

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ABSTRACT

The article discusses issues of encouraging the working masses to engage in active motor activity based on attribute symbols (badges, tokens, etc.), an idea that emerged as early as the beginning of the 20th century. However, they were fully implemented only in the 1930s in the young Soviet republic and received a second breath in the first third of the current century. The purpose of the study is to present materials of a theoretical and retrospective analysis proving more than a century‑long history of the development of the attributes of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific source. Research results and conclusions. The theoretical and retrospective analysis of the emergence of the GTO badge of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense” testifies to more than a century‑long history of the formation of the idea of encouraging the working masses to engage in active motor activity. At the beginning of the 21st century, the GTO complex received a second breath and again began to serve for the benefit of the health of the Russian population.

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mass physical culture, GTO complex, GTO badge

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Igor' Zub, Gorelov A. A.. "On the GTO Badge and the prerequisites for its emergence: on the 95th anniversary of the creation of the All-Russian Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”." Scientific notes of P. F. Lesgaft University.8 (2026): 10-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5930/1994-4683-2026-8-10-16.

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Zub I. V., Gorelov A. A. (2026). On the GTO Badge and the prerequisites for its emergence: on the 95th anniversary of the creation of the All-Russian Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”. Scientific notes of P. F. Lesgaft University(8), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.5930/1994-4683-2026-8-10-16

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Igor' Zub, Gorelov A. A.. "On the GTO Badge and the prerequisites for its emergence: on the 95th anniversary of the creation of the All-Russian Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Labor and Defense”." Scientific notes of P. F. Lesgaft University, no. 8 (2026): 10-16. https://doi.org/10.5930/1994-4683-2026-8-10-16.

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