SPORTURI INTERZISE ÎN RSS MOLDOVENEASCĂ

Summary. This article analyzes the censorship of the Soviet regime in the field of sports. In particular, the research focuses on the banning of some sports tests in the Moldavian SSR, the accounts of some key actors who were subjected to persecution and intimidation by state structures. On the one hand, sport was a priority sphere in the Soviet Union, and on the other hand, the philosophical sports that mostly came from the Far East were banned for purely ideological reasons, and often due to the negligence of the Soviet nomenclature.Key words: Prohibited sports, karate, taekwon-do, physical culture, Moldavian SSR, USSR, post-war period.