Boasting a membership numbering in the hundreds of thousands, Komsomol played an important role, often helping the Soviet leadership to mobilize manpower for important construction and infrastructure projects.
The organization was officially abolished in September 1991, with its leadership decreeing that the organization should be transformed into a federation of independent youth groups.
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The participants of a Soviet Youth Day rally in Moscow. 1959
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Komsomol members travel to take part in the construction of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. 1930
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Komsomol members take part in International Workers' Day rally at Red Square in Moscow. 1924
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Komsomol member arrive at a shipbuilding plant construction site at Komsomolsk-on-Amur. May 10, 1937
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Komsomol members take part in a International Workers' Day parade in Leningrad. 1930s
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Komsomol members head out to take part in the Virgin Lands Campaign. 1954
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Komsomol volunteers head to take part in construction projects in Norilsk. Summer 1956.
© Sputnik / Mark Redkin
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Komsomol volunteers head to take part in construction projects in Norilsk. Summer 1956.
© Sputnik / Alexander Mokletsov
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Komsomol members construct defensive positions near Moscow. July 1941.
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Komsomol members taking part in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline hold a rally at Tyndinsky village (currently known as the town of Tynda). 1974
© Sputnik / Edward Kotlyakov
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A group of Komsomol members prior to their departure to the Moscow Coal Basin. 1930
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A construction crew comprised of students of the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. 1974
© Sputnik / Boris Kavashkin
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Students of the Moscow State University taking part in a construction project hold a sports fest. 1976
© Sputnik / Vladimir Vyatkin
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Soviet youth at Red Square in Moscow. 1963
© Sputnik / David Sholomovich
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A student from Charles University in Prague takes part in a construction project in USSR alongside the students from Moscow State University. 1976
© Sputnik / Vladimir Vyatkin
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Komsomol members help build houses at Yuri Gagarin State Farm in Kazakhstan. 1961
© Sputnik / Anatoly Skurikhin
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Komsomol members take part in a rally prior to heading out to take part in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
© Sputnik / Edward Kotlyakov
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A construction crew comprised of students of the Moscow Aviation Technological Institute. 1968
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A Komsomol member plays guitar during a lunch break. 1959
© Sputnik / Max Alpert
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