DOSAAF

DOSAAF (), full name Volunteer Society for the Assistance to the Army, Aviation, and Navy (), was a paramilitary sport organization in the Soviet Union that was concerned mainly with weapons, automobiles and aviation. The society was established in 1927 as OSOAVIAKhIM and from 1951 to 1991 carried the name of DOSAAF.

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Organization.type: non-governmental organization
Organization.name: DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for the Assistance to the Army, Aviation, and Navy)
Organization.native_name: ДОСААФ (Добровольное Общество Содействия Армии, Авиации и Флоту)
Organization.native_name_lang: ru
Organization.dissolved: December 1991

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Official website: dosaaf.ru
Image: Административный корпус аэроклуба.jpg

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Commons category: DOSAAF
inception: 1927-01-23
street address: 125424, Москва, Волоколамское шоссе, дом 88, строение 3
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1992-00-00

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History
OSOAVIAKhIM
Post-World War II
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Individual divisions of the society were inherited and maintained by several post-Soviet governments, namely the Russian DOSAAF and Belarusian DOSAAF. The DOSAAF of the former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was renamed the Russian Defense Sports-Technical Organization (ROSTO; ) in December 1991; however in 2009 it reverted to its former Soviet title.