Soviet sport is more than sport. He was an important part of ideology, politics, culture, and according to the representations of physical education and sports, one can trace the entire history of the USSR, better understand what the attitudes of the state and the aspirations of society were. Mike O'Mahone reveals the complex relationship between sport as an officially endorsed social practice and sport as a cultural product. He talks about physical education parades and industrial gymnastics, Olympics and Spartakiads, about metro builders and dudes.