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Summary

Cosmopod episode with Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog Podcast about the Communist Youth.

Notes

This episode may merit a re-listen.

• Komsomol acted as the central power out across the state, represented the Russian Communist Party throughout the country.

  • Komsomol acted as an expression of soft power throughout the country.

• The primary goal of the Komsomol was to train communists in the post-revolutionary period.

• Komsomol was plagued with problems:

  • Misogyny: numerous cases of rape, abuse

  • Inability to coordinate

  • "What does it mean to be a comrade?"

• The problems that arose from the Komsomol

Related sources

• Memoirs of a Revolutionary - Victor Serge

• Thou Shalt Kill - Anna Geifman

• J Arch Getty, Sheila Fitzpatrick

• Intimate Enemies - Wendy Goldman

• Anguish, Anger, and Folk Ways in Soviet Russia - Gábor Tamás Rittersporn