State management of physical culture and sport implies the ability of public administration through the active use of direct and indirect leverage to achieve their goals, boost the efficiency of the organizations of physical culture and sport and their competitiveness. The article differentiated two major complex administration of physical culture and sports - a subsystem of state and public administration. It is shown that a particular feature of the department of physical culture and sports is that it is carried out in close co-operation state and public authorities at various levels and the nature, where the main element of management of social development in the field of sports is the Ministry of Sport, the Ministry of Education in terms of physical education students . Some issues in this sphere are the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence. To the subjects of management of physical training and sports of the social character are the Russian Olympic Committee, as well as the all-Russian sports federations, regional and local sports federations. Management of physical culture and sport are also exercised by bodies of state management of physical training and sports in the Russian Federation.