Începuturile organizate ale sportului ieșean: „Societatea de Gimnastică, Sport și Muzică”
The beginnings of organized sport in Iași: ”Society of Gymnastics, Sports and Music”

Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to reveal certain types of organization that were part of the process of the development of sports phenomenon in Iaşi, as the historiography on the body sciences consists only in few specialized articles and works. In order to identify the most important achievements, we have tried to reconstitute, from different points of view, the history of the Society of Gimnastics, Sports and Music in Iaşi, founded in 1902: a) the beginnings of organized sport in Iaşi; b) the foundation, organization and functioning of the ”Society of Gymnastics, Sports and Music”; c) the activity of the ”Society” organized in sports sections; d) the involvement and the role of some important persons, and lesser known features. So as to support our approach, we have used the information provided by several sources such as inedited documents from the National Archives, newspapers and certain working tools. They all helped us build a more accurate picture of the role of the cultural and sportive organization in Iaşi in the spread of physical education and sports locally, regionally and nationally. There has been also taken into account that the research of a sports phenomenon with historical feature is, for many authors, a complicated and difficult to complete project. Such a research is absolutely natural, because, as the years pass, forgetting is laid upon mankind, events and achievements, and the efforts and work of the founders of physical education and sports in Iaşi must not pass into silence.

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