On August 11, Irkutsk will celebrate Physical Culture Day, a holiday uniting coaches, PE teachers, athletes, sports veterans and all fans of an active lifestyle. Many sports events are planned.
Physical Culture Day will be celebrated in Irkutsk on August 11Physical Culture Day is a holiday observed in Russia on the second Saturday of August on the basis of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 3018-X “On Holidays and Commemorative Days” of October 1, 1980, as amended by Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 9724-XI “On Amendments to the Legislation of the USSR on Holidays and Commemorative Days” of November 1, 1988.
This holiday became widespread in the 1920s and 1930s, in the first decades of Soviet power, when propagandists introduced the slogan: “A healthy mind in a healthy body.”
The holiday remains popular to this day. Coaches and physical education teachers consider it their professional holiday. Sports veterans, athletes, and fans receive warm congratulations on this day. In short, all those who wholeheartedly care about the development of sports and physical culture in Russia.
In Irkutsk, on Physical Culture Day - August 11 - many bright, interesting, and most importantly sporting events will be organized.