FORMATION OF THE FALCON MOVEMENT OF THE BELARUSIAN DIASPORA IN THE 1920S

UDC 323.113:796(476)

 

Koval Volha Uladzimirauna – PhD (History), Associate Professor, the Department of History of Belarus and Political Science. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: koval@belstu.by

 

 

Key words: Belarusian diaspora, Falcon Movement, Czechoslovakia, sports movement, gymnastics system, psychological adaptation, international cooperation.

For citation: Koval V. U. Formation of the Falcon Movement of the Belarusian diaspora in the 1920s. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 6, History, Philosophy, 2024, no. 1 (281), pp. 34–37 (In Belarusian). DOI: 10.52065/2520-6885-2024-281-6.

Abstract

The article explores the history of the formation of the sports and gymnastics movement among Belarusians abroad. Particular attention was paid to the issues of psychological and physical adaptation of the Belarusian emigrants to the gymnastics system, which requires a high level of discipline and organization from each participant. The first organization “Belarusian Falcon” was founded in Prague in 1923. The founders of the organization were 14 students, but the number of members of “Belarusian Falcon” quickly increased. Candidate members of the organization were given a course of lectures on moral and physical education during the probationary period. The initiative to develop the sports movement in Czechoslovakia was supported by Belarusian teachers in Latvia and Lithuania. The teaching staff tried to use the idea of a gymnastics system for the education of Belarusian schoolchildren. The youth union “Belarusian Falcon” contributed to the process of consolidation of the national diaspora, expanded international contacts, and popularized the activities of Belarusians in different countries, helped develop the physical and personal potential of the Belarusian students. Belarusian students in Czechoslovakia took part in concerts and performances that were regularly held at the Falcon People’s House in Prague. The example of international cooperation of the Belarusian gymnastics organization was the participation in the celebration of women’s department of “Czech Falcon” in 1924. Information about the news of the gymnastics society was regularly published on the pages of the magazine “Belarusian Student”, which was published in Prague.

 

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