The Kolos VFST (full name: All-Ukrainian association of physical culture and sports "Kolos" of the Ukrainian Agro-Industrial Complex, ) is a fitness-sport society of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine, formerly a rural sports society and a trade unions - cooperative sports society that was uniting farmers, workers, servicemen, technicians of agricultural organizations, enterprises, establishments, and educational institutions. Created in 1950 under the name of "Kolhospnyk" (farmer of kolkhoz), it changed its name to Kolos in 1970.Нові врожаї «Колоса». umoloda.kyiv.ua. 8 October 2004
Description In 1950, the establishment
In 1970, rebranding
On 1 January 1979, it accounted for 13,835 primary collectives (fitness teams) with over three million sportsmen.
The society was cultivating 45 types of sports.
In 1982, the society merged with its Russian counterpart, "Urozhai".
In 1990, the society was revived in the Ukrainian SSR and later - Ukraine.All-Union Volunteer Sports Society of Trade Unions. History of Poltava (portal).
Notable athletes Ihor Razoronov, weightlifter, Donetsk Oblast Ivan Bohdan, wrestler, Mykolaiv Oblast
Olympic centers Sports base "Zakarpattia", Berehove Luge youth sports school "Kolos", Kremenets Sports base "Kolos", Pidhorodnie (Ternopil Raion)
References
External links Kolos (sports society) at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Kolos (Колос). esu.com.ua (Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine) Official website List of Olympic centers Andriy Andrushchenko. Analysis of the state budget expenditures for financing of the All-Ukrainian Fitness and Sports Association "Kolos" of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine (Аналіз видатків держбюджету на фінансування Всеукраїнського фізкультурно-спортивного товариства «Колос» АПК України). LB.ua. 10 June 2015