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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 - GΓ‘bor TamΓ‘s Rittersporn

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