Sokol
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Sokol is a Czech-based gymnastics and physical education movement and organization that became a key force in promoting national identity, civic values, and mass fitness across Central Europe.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gymnastics organization
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national revival movement ⓘ physical education movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czech lands ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jindřich Fügner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miroslav Tyrš NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
civic virtue
ⓘ
collective exercise ⓘ discipline ⓘ national identity ⓘ |
| hasMainActivity |
civic education
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gymnastics ⓘ mass fitness ⓘ physical education ⓘ youth education ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | first Slet in 1882 ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Edvard Beneš
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Czech Sokol Organization
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local Sokol units ⓘ regional Sokol associations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Czech nationalism
ⓘ
civic patriotism ⓘ pan-Slavism ⓘ |
| inception | 1862 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Czech national movement
ⓘ
formation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
German Turnverein movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Greek ideals of physical culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Czech ⓘ |
| motto | A sound mind in a sound body ⓘ |
| movementType | turner movement ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | falcon in Czech ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Croatia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovenia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| opposedBy |
Austro-Hungarian authorities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Communist regime in Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizes |
Slets
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mass gymnastics festivals ⓘ |
| reestablished | after 1989 Velvet Revolution ⓘ |
| symbol | falcon ⓘ |
| wasBanned |
after 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
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