Orel branch
Орловский филиал
The article analyzes the development of the system of youth organizations in our country in the 1920s.The Young Communist League (Komsomol) was formed as one of the Communist organizations among diverse youth entitieswhich were engaged in addressing social challenges the young generation faced in the first decade after the revolution. The Komsomol acted along with political, peasant, national, sports youth organizations. Following the VKP(b) and under its leadership, the Komsomol pursued the policy of expulsion and elimination of alternative organizations. Firstly, all the non-socialist entities disappeared from the system of youth organizations in the course of a fierce struggle, and then came the turn of anarchists and other Communist organizations. The Komsomol actively participated in the defeat of the scout movement, in part by accepting some of its functions on the organization of youth sports. The Young Communist League struggled with national youth organizations, seeking their dissolution, as in the case of the Communist Union of Jewish youth (Jewkomol). However, the Young Communist League cooperated with other Pro-government public organizations such as the OSOAVIAKHIM. In the course of its development, the Young Communist League was closely connected with state authorities, such as the OGPU, actively using their abilities to achieve a monopoly position in the youth environment.
В статье анализируется развитие системы молодежных организаций в России в 1920-е гг. Автор приходит к выводу, что вслед за ВКП(б) и под ее руководством комсомол берет курс на ликвидацию альтернативных молодежных организаций, вытесняя из системы молодежных организаций все несоциалистические объединения, национальные молодежные организации и пр. Вместе с тем в процессе собственного развития комсомол тесно сближается с органами государственной власти, такими как ОГПУ, активно используя их возможности для достижения монопольного положения в молодежной среде.