Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union 1917-1932

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. In an era that saw the emergence of youth movements of all sorts across Europe the Soviet Komsomol was the first state-sponsored youth organization in the first communist country. Born out of an autonomous youth movement that emerged in 1917 the Komsomol eventually became the last link in a chain of Soviet socializing agencies which organized the young. Based on extensive arch...See More