youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Komsomol was the Communist Youth League in the Soviet Union. It was officially called the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. It started in 1918. It was for people from 14 to 28. For people under 14 there was the Young Pioneers, and for under 9 the Little Octobrists.[1]
All-Union Leninist Young Communist League Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи | |
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Founded | 29 October 1918 |
Dissolved | 28 September 1991 |
Succeeded by | Russian Communist Youth League |
Ideology | |
Mother party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
International affiliation |
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Newspaper | Komsomolskaya Pravda |
In March 1926 there were 1,750,000 members: 6% of the eligible youth population.[2]
It didn't have much political influence but it was important for teaching the values of the CPSU to the younger generation.
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