All-Union Leninist Young Communist League Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи | |
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| Founded | 29 October 1918 |
| Dissolved | 28 September 1991 |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism |
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, abbreviated Komsomol, was a communist youth organization in the Soviet Union.
History
Gorbachev and his followers turned the Komsomol into a training ground for future capitalists. They set up the USSR's first stock exchanges and private banks.[1]
References
- ↑ Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Crisis and Collapse, 1989-91' (p. 202). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717