PhD, Associate Professor N.A. Vakhnin¹
PhD, Associate Professor M.A. Elmurzaev¹
PhD, Associate Professor E.A. Izotov¹
PhD, Associate Professor E.T. Mayboroda^2
1Saint-Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II, St. Petersburg
²The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, North-Western Institute of Management, St. Petersburg

Objective of the study was to identify the features of the historical development of scientific knowledge in the field of physical recreation.
Methods and structure of the study. The information base of the study was made up of scientific works devoted to the study of problems of physical recreation. The total number of sources was 85 units.
Results and conclusions.  The theory of physical recreation is the result of the integration of knowledge in the field of pedagogy, sociology and biology. The prerequisites for the emergence of knowledge about physical recreation appeared in different branches of social practice and were included in the natural process of people's way of life. Based on historical analysis, the authors come to the conclusion that at present the prerequisites for the construction of a scientific theory and methodology of physical recreation have been formed. In this regard, the expansion of its conceptual apparatus, the systematization of methodological approaches, the formation of principles and conceptual foundations of scientific theory as a type of physical culture and physical education are actualized.

Keywords: physical recreation, historical roots, physical and mental development of man.

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