The Lesgaft Institute of Physical Education as the center of judo development in Leningrad (1932–1937)

The purpose of the study is to reconstruct the structure of judo teaching at the P. F. Lesgaft Institute, analyze the staff in 1932-1937, and determine the institute's influence on the development of judo in Leningrad. Research methods and organization. Methods of historical-documentary analysis, systematization, and the comparative-historical approach were used in the work, which made it possible to consider the teaching of ju-do as an element of the institutional development of physical culture in Leningrad. Research results and conclusions. The work consistently analyzes the stages of including ju-do in the institute's curricula, the formation of the teaching staff, the organization of specialized departments and docenturates, the activities of the student ju-do school, instructor training courses, as well as the participation of students and teachers of the institute in city competitions. It is shown that the Lesgaft Institute acted as a key educational, methodological, and staffing center that ensured the institutionalization of judo in Leningrad and had a long-term influence on the development of judo and sambo in the USSR.