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Nantes University, Nantes Sociology Center (CENS)
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Social History, Cultural History
- By Benoît Kermoal,
- Gilles Candar,
- Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Frédéric Cépède,
- Alain Chatriot,
- Elisa Marcobelli,
- Anne-Sophie Chambost
- and Emmanuel Jousse
In Cahiers Jaurès (2025/4 n° 258)
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Social History, Cultural History
- By Benoît Kermoal,
- Gilles Candar,
- Sylvain Dufraisse,
- et al.
In Cahiers Jaurès (2025/4 n° 258)
Soviet women’s sporting superiority:
a Cold War issue
- By Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Translated by Dina Leifer
In Clio. Women, Gender, History (2023/1 No 57)
International sports competitions in all their dimensions
In Histoire, économie & société (2024/1-2 43rd year)
To cross the USSR border and not return. The conditions for politicising athlete defections
In Relations internationales (2023/3 No 195)
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Social History, Cultural History
- By Benoît Kermoal,
- Gilles Candar,
- Sylvain Dufraisse,
- et al.
In Cahiers Jaurès (2025/4 n° 258)
In the time of disaster
Reviewed: Laurent Coumel, 24 heures de la vie à Tchernobyl (24 hours in the life of Chernobyl), Paris, Puf, 2024, 200 p., 16 €.
- By Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Translated by Michael Behrent
In Books & Ideas (2025/1)
Fizkul’tura and physical well-being in the USSR in the late 1930s
Studies on the diffusion of physical culture among the Soviet youth
In Sociétés & Représentations (2024/2 No 58)
International sports competitions in all their dimensions
In Histoire, économie & société (2024/1-2 43rd year)
“Fiz ! Kul´t ! Ura !”: Moulding young Soviet through physical activity
Introduction
- By Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Cécile Pichon-Bonin,
- translated by Augusta Dorr
In Cahiers d'histoire russe et est-européenne (2024/1 Vol. 65)
“Fiz! Kul´t! Ura!”. Moulding young Soviets through physical activity
- By Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Cécile Pichon-Bonin,
- traduit par Augusta Dorr
In Cahiers d'histoire russe et est-européenne (2024/1 Vol. 65)
Reviews
- By Henri Pascal,
- Léo Rosell,
- Axelle Brodiez-Dolino,
- et al.
In Le Mouvement Social (2023/2 No 283)
To cross the USSR border and not return. The conditions for politicising athlete defections
In Relations internationales (2023/3 No 195)
Students and sports across the world, from the 19th century to the present
- By Sylvain Dufraisse
- and Claire Nicolas
In 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire (2022/4 No 156)
Soviet women’s sporting superiority:
a Cold War issue
- By Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Translated by Dina Leifer
In Clio. Women, Gender, History (2023/1 No 57)
At threshold of international sports
The USSR joins international sporting federations (1945-1952)
In 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire (2022/3 No 155)
Organiser le monde. Une autre histoire de la guerre froide Sandrine Kott. Paris, Seuil, 2021, 328 p., €23.50
[Organizing the world: Another history of the Cold War]
In 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire (2021/3 No 151)
Manfred Zeller, Sport and Society in the Soviet Union. The Politics of Football after Stalin
London – New‑York: J.B. Tauris, 2018, 300 p.
In Cahiers du monde russe (2019/4 Vol. 60)
Malte Rolf, Soviet Mass Festivals, 1917‑1991
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 2013, 324 p.
In Cahiers du monde russe (2019/4 Vol. 60)
The elite athlete in the Soviet Union: A controversial figure
In La Pensée (2020/1 N° 401)
Beyond the “Red Machine”: Soviet involvement in the Cold War of sport
In Guerres mondiales et conflits... (2020/1 No 277)
Soviet athletes during the Great Patriotic War: Differentiated mobilizations
In Guerres mondiales et conflits... (2017/4 No 268)
“Sporting heroes.” The making of Soviet elite sportsmen (1934-1980)
In Bulletin de l'Institut Pierre Renouvin (2016/2 No 44)
Demonstrate the Strength and Perfect the Minds
Practices and Objectives of Soviet Sports Delegations Abroad, 1952-late 1960s
In Les Cahiers Sirice (2016/2 No 16)
The Soviets out of the USSR: Which Journeys for Which Experiences?
In Les Cahiers Sirice (2016/2 No 16)
Control, Order and Regulation: Reforming the Soviet Athletes’ Pay after the Second World War
In Le Mouvement Social (2016/1 No 254)
“Sordid Acts of Speculation”
Traces of Economic Flows in Soviet Sports Delegations (1967-1982)
In Hypothèses (2015/1 18)
Reflecting on Economic Flows
- By Charlie Chagny,
- Sylvain Dufraisse,
- Marguerite Martin,
- et al.
In Hypothèses (2015/1 18)
Alexandre Sumpf, De Lénine à Gagarine, Gallimard, “Folio histoire,” Paris, 2013, 931 p.
In Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest (2014/2 No 45)