Background
Svetlana was born on April 22, 1953 in Potsdam, Germany.
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historian local historian professor teacher
Svetlana was born on April 22, 1953 in Potsdam, Germany.
She graduated from the Faculty of History of Voronezh State University in 1976.
She was a teacher of history and English in secondary schools No. 23 and No. 78 in Voronezh In 1976-1979. She was research assistant, teacher, senior lecturer, docent of the Voronezh State Institute of Physical Culture from 1979 till1995. She has been working at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism in Moscow since 1995 as a docent, professor of the Department of the History of Civilization, Physical Culture and Sports since 2003, Department of Youth Policy Design since 2008. She was the Deputy Director General, Chief Editor of the “Sport Book ‘Publishing House, Deputy Chief Editor of the Sport Russia magazine in 2000-2004. She was the chief editor of the publishing house " The Physical Education and Sports" in 2004-2006.
Her main research interests are the history of the international and Russian sports and Olympic movements, pre-revolutionary sports in Russia and the world women's sports. Professor Myagkova regularly takes part in international and All-Russian conferences and congresses.