Olympic Reserve Schools
After the USSR joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, Specialized Children and Youth Sports Schools of the Olympic Reserve (Russian: Специализированная Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа Олимпийского Резерва, СДЮСШОР, commonly abbreviated in English SDUShOR or SDYShOR) appeared, to prepare young athletes for the sports of highest achievements. The number of such sports schools grew, as did the number of sports disciplines within sports schools. They included not only Olympic sports, but also national sports disciplines as well as tourism, orienteering, and other sports.
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