Historical Prerequisites for the Formation of the Civil Legal Personality of Sports Federations in Russia and their Influence on Contemporary Legislative Regulation

National sports federations, responsible for the development of various sports in Russia, constitute some of the principal actors in the field of physical culture and sports. However, the historical evolution of their civil legal personality has not been the subject of dedicated scholarly research. The purpose of this study is to identify the reasons for the imperative provision in Federal Law No. 329‑FZ dated 4 December 2007 «On Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation» establishing a public association as the sole permissible organizational and legal form for sports federations, taking into account the historical context. The research findings indicate that the choice of this organizational and legal form for sports federations in Russia was determined by the ideological objectives of the Soviet state, which shaped the development of new approaches to public administration during the period of the «Thaw» (1960s). In the twentieth century, sports federations, while integrated into the system of state authorities and retaining collegial, corporation-like governance models, nevertheless lost the attributes characteristic of private-law corporations. In light of these considerations, the author proposes a reconsideration of the approach to the civil legal personality of sports federations. 

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