The Communist Youth League and the transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932 / Matthias Neumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neumann, Matthias.

Series:

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 76.

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ leninskiĭ kommunisticheskiĭ soi︠u︡z molodezhi--History.

Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ leninskiĭ kommunisticheskiĭ soi︠u︡z molodezhi.

Youth--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Youth.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. In an era that saw the emergence of youth movements of all sorts across Europe, the Soviet Komsomol was the first state-sponsored youth organization, in the first communist country. Born out of an autonomous youth movement that emerged in 1917, the Komsomol eventually became the last link in a chain of Soviet socializing agencies which organized the young. Based on extensive archival research and building upon recent research on Soviet youth, this book broadens our unders

Contents:

Front Cover; The Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Glossary, abbreviations, acronyms; Note on transliteration; Introduction; Part I: Revolution and civil war; 1. The birth of the Russian youth movement; 2. Revolution as revelation: The first Red Dawn; 3. Birth in the Civil War: The struggle for an identity; Part II: The new economic policy; 4. The Komsomol and the policy of class; 5. Revolutionizing mind and soul; 6. A living organization; Part III: The socialist offensive; 7. The Komsomol as an object of class war

8. The Komsomol as an agent of class war: The second Red Dawn9. Lost identity: A static organization emerges; Conclusion: Between rebellion and revolution - youth as a force of change; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-68410-0

9786613661043

0-203-81584-X

1-136-71793-5

9780203815847

OCLC:

794663257