sokol

sokol
sokol [sō′kôl΄]
n.
Czech, lit., falcon
an international organization promoting physical health, esp. in gymnastics

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Russia
      city and river port, centre of Sokol rayon (sector), Vologda oblast (province), northwestern Russia. The port lies along the Sukhona River. Before the Russian Revolution of October 1917 it was the site of only two small factories, but it grew rapidly in the early Soviet period and was incorporated in 1932. Today it is a centre of paper, woodworking, and food industries and has a preschool-teacher–training college. Pop. (1994 est.) 46,400.

▪ gymnastic society
      (Czech: “Hawk,” or “Falcon”), gymnastic society, originating in Prague in 1862 to develop strength, litheness, alertness, and courage. Originally patterned after the German turnverein, the Sokol traditionally emphasized mass calisthenics as a means of promoting communal spirit and physical fitness. Banned during the Nazi occupation, the Sokol movement was revived in 1945 but was proscribed again in 1948 by communist leaders because of its identification with Czech nationalism. The movement was reborn after the decline of communist influence in the early 1990s. In 1994 the first mass meetings since the 1948 ban were held in Prague, with more than 20,000 participants.

      Offshoots of the original society formed by émigrés—such as the American Sokol (founded 1865), later known as the American Sokol Educational and Physical Culture Organization (Czech), and Sokol U.S.A. (Slovak)—combine gymnastics and physical education with social, educational, and communal activities.

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