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The Sokol movement (from the Slavic word for falcon) is a youth sport movement and gymnastics organization first founded in Czech region of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. Primarily a fitness training center, the Sokol, also through lectures, discussions, and group outings provided what Tyrš viewed as physical, moral, and intellectual training for the nation. This training extended to members of all classes, and eventually to women. The movement also spread across all the regions populated by the Slavic culture in German Empire (Poland (Sokół)), Serbia, Bulgaria, Russian Empire (Poland, Ukraine, Belarus), and the rest of Austria-Hungary such as Slovenia and Croatia. In many of these nations, the organization also served as an early precursor to the Scouting movements. Though officially an institution "above politics", the Sokol played an important part in the development of Czech nationalism, providing a forum for the spread of mass-based nationalist ideologies. The articles published in the Sokol journal, lectures held in the Sokol libraries, and theatrical performances at the massive gymnastic festivals called Slets (Czech plural: slety- meaning "meetings of birds" from the verb "slétnout se" - come together by flying) helped to craft and disseminate the Czech nationalist mythology and version of history.
- Related: Sokol in Poland, Sokol Auditorium, Sokol Pavilion, Pan-Slavism, Mass games
| Česká obec sokolská Česká obec sokolská www.sokol.eu - Web |
| Slovak Catholic Sokol Slovak Catholic Sokol www.slovakcatholicsokol.org - Web |
| Pittsburgh's Slovak Catholic Sokol Pittsburgh's Slovak Catholic Sokol www.sokolclub.org - Web |
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| American Sokol Educational and Physical Culture Or... American Sokol Educational and Physical Culture Organization www.american-sokol.org - Web |
| Sokolska knjižnica Sokolska knjižnica www.rastko.org.rs/istorija/sokoli/ - Web |
| The Sokol Movement The Sokol Movement www.webcitation.org/.../sokol.htm&date=2009-10-26+00:38:56 - Web |
| Sokol – Our Czech Heritage Sokol – Our Czech Heritage www.svu2000.org/conferences/14.doc - Web |
| Sokol Cleveland Sokol Cleveland ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SGCGAEOI - Web |
| Historical photographs of Sokol by Šechtl and Vose... Historical photographs of Sokol by Šechtl and Voseček studios sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/cml/dir/sokol.html - Web |
| Sokol postcards Sokol postcards alphabetilately.com/sokol - Web |
