Admission to the Komsomol. Lenin Komsomol: the birth of the Komsomol in the USSR
On the one hand, even in the last years of the existence of the Soviet Komsomol, it was still the first "school of life" for many prominent politicians and businessmen modern Russia. On the other hand, this can be explained by the fact that in the 1970s and 1980s there was simply nothing else where a young man could realize his talents and start building a career: the one-party system did not imply any competition in the ideological field. Komsomol members recent years of the existence of the USSR, they remember that era and the crisis of their organization.
Exactly 20 years ago, on September 27, 1991, the 22nd Extraordinary Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League began, which had on the agenda a single question "On the fate of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League." At the end of its work, the congress declared the historical role of this organization exhausted, and it itself - dissolved. At the end of the congress (and I'm not kidding), the delegates sang standing up: "I will not part with the Komsomol, I will be forever young" and proceeded to "deriban" the property of this non-poor organization.
Well, God bless them - unfortunately we were not allowed to this "deriban", so let's remember each of our Komsomol (who had it, of course).
Stages of development public life any Soviet schoolchild was reminiscent of the stages of development of insects. But if in invertebrate arthropods they proceeded in the order: egg -> larva -> pupa -> imago, then in vertebrate Soviet schoolchildren they took place in the following sequence: first-graders became octobers, octobers became pioneers, and upon reaching 14 years of age, pioneers automatically turned into Komsomol members , and this was not discussed.
The rules for admission to the Komsomol were as follows: it was necessary to collect the recommendations of either 1 communist or 2 Komsomol members with experience; fill out a form for admission to the Komsomol; Submit two 3x4 photos; get a description and learn the answers to the following questions:
Who General Secretary Central Committee of the CPSU?
Who is the first secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee?
What is your favorite Komsomol hero?
How many orders does the Komsomol have?
And what is "democratic centralism"?
(ideally, of course, it would be desirable to read the Charter of the Komsomol - but this is not for everyone).
Admission to the Komsomol of our class took place in two stages - in spring and autumn. In the spring, the “best” (excellent students and good students) were accepted into the Komsomol, in the fall the “worst” - (triple students and slobs, as well as those who were born in the summer). I was accepted, of course, in the fall. And then life hadn’t “broken off” me yet and I loved to show off - when everyone brought recommendations from high school Komsomol members, I brought a recommendation from a familiar communist Hero Soviet Union.
After a public discussion of candidates at a school Komsomol meeting, a solemn reception took place in the district / city committee of the Komsomol with the presentation of tickets and badges (sometimes the solemn reception was replaced by a simple presentation of a Komsomol ticket in the "Pioneer Room").
After this action, the Soviet student received the full right:
b) pay monthly Komsomol contributions in the amount of 2 kopecks;
c) to be bored at Komsomol meetings;
d) go to college after school.
You will say - after all, there were those who refused to join the Komsomol: they believed in God there, or “ Rolling Stones» listened. There were, of course, some. But then usually in their lives there was the Soviet Army, and there they didn’t care what you believe in or what you listen to. They also spat on the rules for admission to the Komsomol established "in civilian life" and the soldier's ignorance of the answers to the above questions. There, one fine day, in the morning formation, they announced: “Private Pupkin, get out of order! Congratulations on joining the glorious ranks of the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union! Get in line!" The warrior shouted: "I serve the Soviet Union!" and got up in the multi-million dollar system of Soviet Komsomol members.
And I, here, in the army refused to stand in a single Komsomol formation. It disgusted me to be a member of this thoroughly rotten, formalized organization into which everyone was driven in droves in pursuit of interest and reporting. I was sick of these false slogans and of the Komsomol functionaries, who themselves did not believe in what they were saying from high tribunes. From their window dressing, careerism and hypocrisy...
No, I refused to participate in all this and became a candidate member of the CPSU in the army.
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol (1986-1990). Special Advisor to the President of the USSR M. Gorbachev. Historian, candidate of historical sciences...
Komsomol did not collapse. His time has passed. Notice - as soon as our country began to become what it should be, it fell apart and ceased to exist. This is where you need to reflect and ask yourself: what happened? We need to understand - what happened to our country in the twentieth century? What began in 1905 and ended, I hope, in 91? What was it? From a historical point of view, it is simply impossible to understand the heap of myths that shrouded the entire twentieth century. We live in a completely false coordinate system. We live in a completely mythologized historical space. It turns out that we had the first Russian revolution in 1905. Then, it turns out, there was the February bourgeois-democratic revolution. Then, six months later, the socialist revolution takes place. And how can you call the revolution that took place in the 91st year? Capitalist, right? From my point of view as a candidate of historical sciences, this is complete nonsense.
In Russia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a bourgeois-democratic revolution began. But it was very different from those that took place before - from English, French, North American. They were all in a completely different historical period. Our revolution is belated, like everything with us. It began at a time when the processes of globalization began to manifest themselves. Our revolution differs from all others in that, oddly enough, it turned out to be a revolution not so much for our country as a revolution for the rest of the world. All other revolutions also influenced the world, but it was an indirect effect. Our revolution has had a colossal impact on the whole world. The whole world has changed. John Reed was wrong to call the book Ten Days That Shook the World. They changed the world...
- Viktor Ivanovich, after leaving your post, you have lost not only your job, but also your privileges.
What are the privileges? What are you talking about? Sometimes today my wife points her finger around and asks: “What privileges did you have?”
I was the head of an organization that had two billion dollars in a bank account alone. I received five hundred rubles, I had a Volga car and they also gave me coupons for a special store. Yes, there was also a polyclinic, from which I was immediately expelled. Now I feel normal in the district clinic. But I never even went to the Tsekovsky polyclinic, because I was young and healthy.
- Excuse me, but where did the two billion dollars you mentioned go?
Don't know. I left them safely where they were...
In the comments, I remembered that I worked in the city committee of the Komsomol. They asked me to tell you how it was.
Alas, there will be no dirty details in the style of the film "Emergency of the District Scale". There were no drunkenness in saunas in our city committee, ********, theft and other things that were attributed then, in the era of perestroika, to party and Komsomol functionaries. It was the usual work to organize the life and leisure of a small area - the Sloboda district of the Kirov region.
We had four offices - the office of the First Secretary, the Second and the accounting department with the organizational department. And I worked as the Acting Third Secretary - a position for working with student youth. In the same office with the Second. There were two tables in the office, a Yatran typewriter, I think, a dozen chairs, a wardrobe and a bookcase. BUT! There was also a rotator - this is such crap for printing leaflets.
There was a car - either a “five”, or a “Moskvich” - I don’t remember. But definitely not the Volga. This miracle broke down once a week, so they often traveled by regular buses on business trips around the area. The salary was 250 rubles. Soviet. True, in 1990-1991 there was nothing special to buy. I personally subscribed to newspapers home - dozens. From "Soviet Russia" to "Literature" and "Football-Hockey". For lunch it took about a ruble in the dining room. The dining room, by the way, was shared by the city party committee, the Komsomol, the district executive committee, the city executive committee and other councils.
Entrance to the dining room was free for everyone. No passes, no policemen at the entrance. And there were no pineapples in the champagne either. And there was no black caviar either. In my opinion, in factory and factory canteens, the food was tastier. There were farms there as well. Something like a collective farm at the factory. There were no special privileges, additional rations, dachas with swimming pools either. The only “privilege” that I took advantage of was to take a vacation at my own expense twice, go skiing in the region in February and on foot in the Crimea. own expenses). All. After working there for a year, I probably became an anti-Soviet for ten years.
Because, at the age of seventeen, a boy needs a feat - overcoming himself. Previously, Komsomol members had a struggle against devastation, Budennovka, OSOAVIAKHIM, war, restoration, virgin lands, BAM ... We had a city KVN competition and reporting and election conferences. By the way, since then I can’t stand kvn-schikov. Antics with strained humor and a huge superiority complex. How was the festival organized?
Very simple.
You write the position on two pages - the theme of KVN, the jury, prizes. You print on a rotator, smeared with black ink. You summon the secretaries of the Komsomol school committees. You give them a position and instructions so that there will be a team by such and such a number. Then you go to the House of Culture - in our country it was the Palace of Culture. Gorky - you agree on the provision of a stage and a hall for such and such a date. No money, everything is free. You buy prizes in a sporting goods store, prepare letterheads. persuading important people sit on the jury. Again for free. You have been calling secretaries for a month - how are they doing with the preparation of the team?
That's all. And where is the feat?
And constant reports to the regional committee - monthly, quarterly, annual. The main part of the report is how many new members of the Komsomol were accepted. In April, the reporting and election conference. So many events were held: then they liked to call collective creative affairs - KTD. How many are accepted as members. From above, they lowered the plan for the reception - 90% should be covered and that's it. Well, and indispensable Gorbachev's incantations - democratic centralism, glasnost, a brake on perestroika. Boredom.
By the way, I don’t remember any high-profile exits from the party and the Komsomol. Komsomol tickets were not burned. There were no punks and metalworkers en masse. And who was - those, at times, were Komsomol organizers. It seems that there was also a Komsomol rock club. I even thought about opening a Komsomol video salon, where after watching the film there would be a mandatory discussion. Did not have time.
In the summer, the organization of a district camp of activists, sending a delegation to the regional camp of the Komsomol activists "Stremitelny" and the camp of the regional pioneer activists "Star". There were no super-goals of all these KTDs, active camps, reports and elections.
Everything rolled by inertia into the abyss. But we didn't notice it. It seemed that everything was about to end. The VLKSM and the USSR are about to emerge from the crisis rejuvenated.
Now, of course, it’s good to assert from the height of years - they say, it was necessary to do this or that. At least jump naked on the Revolution Square in Slobodskoy - everything was decided not in the regional centers, but in the Kremlin and on Staraya Square. It was there that the Supergoal and Supertasks disappeared. And without them the USSR is impossible. Ask, maybe you missed something?
By the time I finished school, the Komsomol had almost collapsed... At the annual meeting of the school, we gave the work of the Komsomol organization an unsatisfactory assessment, that was bold! But, we consoled ourselves with integrity and courage, not knowing that we were kicking a corpse. The Komsomol ceased to exist a year later. To everyone who remembers the pioneers and the Komsomol, I recommend revisiting this film - "Emergency of the district scale."
Also, this film is about what a person really is, namely a man. To all the men leading double life who make deals with conscience for the sake of a career, is dedicated. The most interesting thing is when men do unseemly things, but, at the same time, hide behind lofty words: I do this for the sake of the family. Komsomol members, volunteers...
And at one time, my father did not let me on this nomenklatura career ladder: "pioneer-Komsomol"! He hated party privilege, and believed that the only true party privilege was to stand up and lead a platoon on the attack. Dad was upset that the council of the school squad gathered for the New Year's holiday separately from the rest of the school students. He screamed and got angry. Thanks to him, and the kingdom of heaven! He understood everything correctly.
From the comments.
IMHO in Komsomol (not militarized, but in the usual) there is positive side- young men are left without elders and take on some business on their own (for example, they hold meetings of the cell), they themselves take responsibility. Such a difference between people that one person is a Komsomol organizer, and the other person is just a Komsomol member, structures society. Structures. And thus contributes to its understanding.
The Komsomol helps to stay without elders, and to do something yourself, without elders.
I was born in 1984 and I think that my childhood and youth were very much spoiled by the absence of a general, widespread organization like the Komsomol.
Recently I watched the film "Emergency of the District Scale" (a perestroika film about how bad the Komsomol is and how much hypocrisy and lies are in it). Liked the movie. The Soviet Union is bad. Komsomol is bad. But it's better to have a false Komsomol than none! He, with all his deceit, gives the experience of independence, gives the experience of life without dependence on the elders!
Well, not in deceit - the positive side of the Komsomol, but in the fact that it would make it possible to hold events without the participation of elders. On our own, on our own. And in my generation, no one thought about the fact that someone was entrusted with being “responsible” for what is happening in the class (as the Komsomol organizer is responsible). It is not the teacher who takes responsibility (as in our generation), and neither dad nor mom - but one of the young.
And the Komsomol pointed to moral values (which are written in the charter) - truthfulness, mutual assistance, etc. In our generation, no one said: “you must be truthful, because you are members of such and such an organization, and members of this organization must correspond to a high moral level. We were told about morality - but it was vague, fuzzy. There was no argument - "BECAUSE YOU ARE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION". This argument could be more convincing. And spec. We were not given tickets, we did not pay dues. Having a ticket in your pocket and some paraphernalia could REMIND you of moral duty. And without paraphernalia it is easy to forget.
And in general, in the Charter of the Komsomol there are ideas that are closer to pacifism than to militarism:
Everyone's concern for the preservation and multiplication of the public domain;
High consciousness of public duty, intolerance to violations of public interests;
Collectivism and comradely mutual assistance: each for all, all for one;
Humane relations and mutual respect between people: man to man is a friend, comrade and brother;
Honesty and truthfulness, moral purity, simplicity and modesty in public and private life;
Mutual respect in the family, concern for the upbringing of children;
Irreconcilability to injustice, parasitism, dishonesty, careerism, money-grubbing;
Friendship and brotherhood of all peoples of the USSR, intolerance towards national and racial hostility;
Intransigence towards the enemies of communism, the cause of peace and the freedom of peoples;
Fraternal solidarity with the working people of all countries, with all peoples.
When a person is told about everything about this, this can help the development of critical thinking. And today's youth just don't talk about it! And they are not responsible that "You must be of high moral standard." There is another anti-Soviet film - "Tomorrow there was a war." But the Komsomol members from this film were to some extent inspired by the Komsomol ideology. And this is justified in the film. They were able to think - Iskra, for example, could change her views under the influence of some kind of arguments. And the Komsomol noodles on the ears did not prevent this. Rather, on the contrary, the Komsomol ideology contributed to this.
The All-Union Pioneer Organization was formed on May 19, 1922. It was then, at the All-Russian Conference of the Komsomol, that a decision was made to create a mass children's organization in the USSR, led by the Central Committee of the Komsomol. In the future, May 19 was considered Pioneer Day. An organized and solemn celebration of this event was held annually. At first, the pioneer organization bore the name "Spartak", and then, after the death of the country's leader, official name was changed to the Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization. Many years have passed since then. stopped accepting pioneers, few people remember.
Originally an example for pioneer movement served scouting. In 1917, there were children's scout associations in the country, covering up to 50 thousand people. Scouts carried out a lot of public work to help street children. Soon this movement was divided into several directions, the basic principles of which differed significantly. The scout detachments were led by well-known figures, such as the publisher and traveler, the editor of the magazine "Around the World" V.A. Popov, the famous self-taught sculptor and teacher I.N. Zhukov and others. Vera Bonch-Bruevich, an active party member and writer, came up with the idea of creating Yuk Scouts (young communists - scouts). But in 1919, at the Congress of the RKSM, all scout detachments were disbanded.
N.K. At the end of 1921, Krupskaya read the report “On Boy Scouting” several times, where she appealed to the Komsomol to create children's association"Scout in form and communist in content". Later, the idea of creating a children's communist movement was put forward. I.N. Zhukov put forward a proposal to call the future organization pioneer. The symbolism was chosen as follows - a red tie, white blouse, the motto "Be ready!" and the answer is “Always ready!”. This was similar to the traditions of the Scouting movement, but was partially changed. Also, the goal of the children's pioneer movement was the struggle for the freedom of oppressed peoples around the world. In the future, the pioneers were supposed to help adults in the fight against anti-Soviet elements, in accordance with the civic duty of every progressive person, the builder of a communist society.
By the beginning of the forties, the structure of the All-Union Pioneer Organization was fully formed in accordance with the school principle that had already justified itself. Each class was a detachment, and the school was a pioneer squad. Military-patriotic work was carried out in children's groups, circles of signalmen, orderlies, and young shooters were formed.
Before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the "Timur movement" spread, named after the hero of the children's book by A. Gaidar "Timur and his team." Timurovites actively collected scrap metal, dried medicinal herbs, provided all possible assistance to the elderly and sick people, and looked after the kids. It is difficult to overestimate everything that the pioneers did at that time, not only for individual citizens, but for the whole country.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, many children and teenagers grew up instantly. Grief and unbearable trials lay like a heavy burden on their shoulders. The pioneers were partisan detachments, whose sudden raids on the positions of the Nazis inflicted significant losses on them. Some of them were awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union", the highest award states, namely:
Pioneers served in the Red Army, they were given the unofficial title of "Son of the Regiment". They were scouts, signalers, underground workers. Most of them replaced their fathers and older brothers who had gone to the front, worked at machine tools and in the fields, cared for the wounded in hospitals, and performed in front of them with concerts. Not all of them managed to live to see the Day Great Victory, children, along with adults, experienced all the hardships and horrors of wartime.
In the fifties, certain processes took place in the pioneer organization, which led to a change in the active position and the loss of independence in decision-making, its work became more and more formal. In the 1960s, Leningrad teachers headed by I.P. Ivanov, on the basis of the new all-Union camp "Eaglet", which was opened on the Black Sea coast, they tried to develop creativity in children, coupled with past ideals. But the communard movement, which these activists tried to give rise to, could not go beyond the boundaries of a small area and remained in service with individual detachments and pioneer squads.
Until what year were the pioneers in the USSR?
With the beginning of perestroika in the country, public and social political life. In the second half of the eighties of the last century, the leaders of the children's organization tried to change its goals and methods of working with schoolchildren. In connection with the fact that propaganda was carried out about the need to exclude pioneers from ideological work, children's organizations of various directions appeared.
At the tenth rally of pioneers, which was held in Artek, on October 1, 1990, the delegates decided to transform the All-Union Pioneer Organization into the Union of Pioneer Organizations - Federation of Children's Organizations, the abbreviated name SPO - FDO. But the Central Committee of the Komsomol did not approve this decision.
On September 27-28, 1991, at the XXII Extraordinary Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the termination of the organization's activities and its dissolution was announced. Together with the Komsomol, the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after Lenin was automatically disbanded. The building of the Central Council in Moscow was partially transferred to the use of SPO - FDO. The palaces of the pioneers came under the jurisdiction of the municipalities and began to be called "Houses of children's creativity", and the pioneer camps became tourist centers and boarding houses.
Based on these historical data, it is safe to say until what year the pioneers were. It was in September that the pioneer organization ceased its work. Now it is already possible to answer exactly in what year they stopped accepting pioneers. And a little later, on December 26, 1991, the Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR announced the adoption of a declaration, which spoke of the cessation of the existence of the USSR.
The Komsomol organization, which celebrates its 90th anniversary on October 29, ended its existence almost 20 years ago, but its anniversary is celebrated on a grand scale throughout the country.
The All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union (VLKSM) is a youth socio-political organization created on the 1st All-Russian Congress unions of working and peasant youth October 29 - November 4, 1918.
The congress united the disparate youth unions into an all-Russian organization with a single center, working under the leadership of the Russian Communist Party. The congress adopted the basic principles of the program and the charter of the Russian Communist Youth Union (RKSM). The theses approved by the congress stated: "The goal of the Union is to spread the ideas of communism and to involve the youth of workers and peasants in the active construction of Soviet Russia."
In July 1924, the RKSM was named after V.I. Lenin and it became known as the Russian Leninist Communist Youth Union (RLKSM). In connection with the formation of the USSR (1922), the Komsomol in March 1926 was renamed the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union (VLKSM).
From the Charter of the Komsomol: “The Komsomol is an amateur public organization that unites in its ranks the broad masses of progressive Soviet youth. The Komsomol is an active assistant and reserve of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. True to Lenin's precepts, the Komsomol helps the party educate young people in the spirit of communism, involve them in the practical construction of a new society, prepare a generation of comprehensively developed people who will live, work and govern public affairs under communism. The VLKSM works under the leadership of the Communist Party, is an active conductor of party directives in all areas of communist construction.
According to the Charter of the Komsomol, young men and girls aged 14 to 28 were accepted into the Komsomol. The primary organizations of the Komsomol were created at enterprises, collective farms, state farms, educational institutions, institutions, units of the Soviet Army and Navy. The supreme governing body of the Komsomol is the All-Union Congress; All work of the Union between congresses was directed by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, which elects the Bureau and the Secretariat.
The history of the Komsomol was inextricably linked with the history of the USSR. Komsomol members were active participants civil war 1918-1920 in the ranks of the Red Army. In commemoration of military merits, the Komsomol was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1928.
For his initiative in the socialist competition, the Komsomol was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in 1931.
For outstanding services to the Motherland at the front and in the rear during the Great Patriotic War, 3.5 thousand Komsomol members were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 3.5 million Komsomol members were awarded orders and medals; Komsomol in 1945 was awarded the Order of Lenin.
For the work that the Komsomol invested in the restoration of the destroyed by the Nazi invaders National economy, Komsomol in 1948 was awarded the second Order of Lenin.
For active participation in the development of virgin and fallow lands of the Komsomol in 1956 he was awarded the third Order of Lenin.
In 1968, in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Lenin Komsomol, the Komsomol was awarded the Order of the October Revolution.
In the entire history of the Komsomol, more than 200 million people have passed through its ranks.
In September 1991, the XXII Extraordinary Congress of the Komsomol considered the political role Komsomol as a federation of communist youth unions and announced the self-dissolution of the organization.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources
We have already spoken about the enormous role played by the Komsomol organizations in the countryside and the responsibility that the Party places on them. A strong, close-knit Komsomol organization enjoys great influence among the collective farm youth, and the advanced collective farm youth here join the Komsomol. The more progressive youth the primary Komsomol organization unites in its ranks, the greater will be its influence on the entire course of affairs on the collective farm, the more help it will be able to render to the country and the front.
Often the Komsomol organizations cannot exert a serious influence on collective-farm affairs only because they are few in number. And there are many more such organizations. They usually consist of 35 Komsomol members, while on the collective farm dozens of young men and women who honestly work in the artel economy deserve to be in the ranks of the Komsomol.
This situation can be explained only by the fact that the Komsomol members do not show any initiative, are poorly connected with the youth, and do not involve them in their work.
The youth is now the decisive force in the collective farms, state farms and MTS. Therefore, its involvement in the ranks of the Komsomol, its involvement in active work in the Komsomol is of particular importance.
There are many collective farms with 50 or more Komsomol members. In such collective farms, work is better argued. This is explained by the fact that the Komsomol organization here constantly works with young people, attracts them to all their undertakings, and fascinates them with interesting cultural work. With the best young collective farmers, who have won great respect for their selfless work, the secretaries and members of the committee often talk about the Komsomol, tell them about the heroic past of the youth union, about the military exploits of the Komsomol on the fronts. patriotic war. And progressive youth willingly goes to the Komsomol.
In this respect, the experience of the Komsomol organization of the Novy Put collective farm in the Kostroma district of the Yaroslavl region, which was mentioned in the previous chapters of this book, is very indicative. Per short term the Komsomol organization here grew from 3 to 50 Komsomol members.
How did friendship with youth begin? At first, the Komsomol members created a drama circle. Many young collective farmers enrolled in it. The performances captivated them. They came to the club every evening. It has always been interesting and fun here: a play is being rehearsed, a choir circle is rehearsing, dances are started to the sounds of an accordion, someone is reading an interesting book aloud in a quiet room. And all this was organized by the Komsomol members with the lively participation of non-Allied youth. Evenings are held here, at which all the youth of the collective farm are present.
Often, after a hard day's work, the Komsomol went in a group to the city to watch a play or a new movie. Many young people usually joined them. In winter, ski training was organized here, then skiing.
Committee secretary Zina Kashitsyna and other activists often talk to young collective farmers about the hysteria of the Komsomol, acquaint them with the charter and program of the Komsomol.
The well-organized mass cultural work brought the Komsomol members closer to the non-Allied youth. Thanks to this work, advanced youth apply for membership in the Komsomol. Thus the organization grew stronger and became a great force on the collective farm.
This advanced experience is available to every Komsomol organization of the collective farm.
There are many ways to attract young people to the ranks of the Komsomol. This depends on the desire of the Komsomol members themselves to enlarge and strengthen their organization, on their initiative and ability to work among the youth.
Who can become a member of the Komsomol?
The Charter of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League answers this question as follows: "The members of the Komsomol are accepted advanced, proven, loyal to the Soviet government young people from among the workers, peasants and employees."
The age for joining the Komsomol is set from 14 to 26 years.
Who can be considered an advanced person in the collective farm village? The one who works honestly, selflessly in the fields, who makes every effort to give the front more agricultural products, who sets an example of exemplary fulfillment of his duty to his homeland.
The secretary of the primary organization, Komsomol activists should tell a young man or girl who wants to join and is worthy of being accepted into the Komsomol, about the heroic past of the Komsomol, about how young people wearing high rank members of the Leninist Komsomol, participated in the socialist construction of our country, just as they are now defending the gains of October with weapons in their hands. The materials published in the first two chapters of this book will help the Komsomol member in conducting such conversations.
A person entering the Komsomol must be introduced to the charter and program of the Komsomol, and then help him find recommenders and fill out a questionnaire.
Each person joining the VLKSM submits the recommendations of two members of the Komsomol with a year of experience or one member of the party. The correctness of the information indicated in the questionnaire and the recommendations are checked by the Komsomol committee or the secretary of the organization before discussing the issue of admission. Then the question of admission is considered at a meeting of the committee of the primary organization, and then at a general meeting of Komsomol members. The decision on admission to the Komsomol comes into force after its approval by the bureau of the district committee or city committee of the Komsomol. The Komsomol experience of the applicant is calculated from the date of the decision of the general meeting on his admission to the ranks of the Komsomol.
Approved by the XX Congress of the Komsomol
All-Union
Leninsky
communist
Youth
The All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union is an amateur socio-political organization that unites the advanced part of the Soviet youth.
The VLKSM is an active assistant and reliable reserve of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Komsomol works under the leadership of the party, sees the meaning of its activity in the implementation of the Program of the CPSU, which defines the tasks of systematic and comprehensive improvement of socialism, further advancement Soviet society to communism on the basis of accelerating the socio-economic development of the country.
The main task of the Komsomol is to educate active, conscious builders of a new society, devoted to the ideals of communism and the socialist Motherland.
Lenin Komsomol in accordance with the Constitution of the USSR, it is an integral part of the political system of Soviet society, participates in the management of state and public affairs, in the solution of political, economic, and socio-cultural issues.
The VLKSM expresses the interests of young people, defends the rights granted to them by the Soviet state.
For the VLKSM, Lenin's commandment to learn communism is unshakable, "... to be a shock group that provides its assistance in any work, shows its initiative, its initiative."
The Komsomol builds its work on the basis of strict observance of the principles of democratic centralism, collective leadership, all-round development of intra-union democracy, creative activity, initiative and self-activity of Komsomol members, criticism and self-criticism, and wide publicity.
The strength of the Komsomol is in the unity of its ranks, based on ideological conviction, selfless devotion to the party, organization and discipline of the members of the Komsomol. The Komsomol is freed from persons who violate the Charter of the Komsomol, compromising the high rank of a Komsomol member by their behavior.
The All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union is an active participant in the international democratic youth movement. The Komsomol is consistently guided by the Marxist-Leninist principles of proletarian, socialist internationalism, deepens interaction with youth organizations of fraternal socialist countries, actively promotes the development of cooperation between communist, democratic and other youth unions of various orientations in the struggle against imperialism and militarism, for peace and disarmament, democracy and social progress, ensuring the inalienable rights of youth, participates in the movement of solidarity with peoples and youth fighting for national and social release.
MEMBERS OF THE VLKSM,
THEIR DUTIES AND RIGHTS
1. Any young person of the Soviet Union between the ages of 11 and 28 who recognizes the Charter of the Komsomol, actively participates in the construction of communism, works in one of the Komsomol organizations, fulfills the decisions of the Komsomol and pays membership fees can be a member of the Komsomol.
2. A member of the Komsomol is obliged:
a) to be an active fighter for the implementation of the Program of the CPSU and the decisions of the Party, to work among the masses of young people, to serve as a model for the fulfillment of civic duty;
b) set an example in work, study, military service, protect socialist property, actively participate in accelerating scientific and technological progress, environmental protection, improve their skills, observe labor and state discipline;
c) creatively and continuously master Marxist-Leninist theory and knowledge, resolutely fight against any manifestations of bourgeois ideology, religious prejudices and other views and customs alien to the socialist way of life;
d) to help strengthen the friendship of the peoples of the USSR, fraternal ties with the youth of the countries of the socialist community, with all the progressive youth of the planet, and actively fight for peace;
e) to study the history of the Fatherland, to be a patriot of the Soviet Motherland, to strengthen the defense power of the USSR, to study military affairs, to temper oneself physically;
f) strictly adhere to the norms of communist morality, uphold social justice, put public interests above personal ones, be honest, modest, sensitive and attentive to people who are irreconcilable to violations of socialist legality, promote a healthy, sober lifestyle by personal example;
h) boldly reveal shortcomings and seek to eliminate them, oppose window dressing, bureaucracy and formalism, develop criticism and self-criticism, fight any attempts to suppress criticism.
3. A member of the Komsomol has the right:
a) to nominate, elect and be elected to Komsomol bodies;
b) discuss at Komsomol meetings, conferences, congresses, meetings of Komsomol committees, meetings of activists and in the youth press issues of the work of the Komsomol, make proposals, openly express their opinion and defend it until the organization makes a decision;
c) to criticize at Komsomol meetings, conferences, congresses, plenums of committees any Komsomol body, any Komsomol member, regardless of his position;
d) apply to the Komsomol organization with a request to recommend him for entry into the CPSU;
e) personally participate in Komsomol meetings, meetings of bureaus and committees when discussing the issue of his activities or behavior;
f) apply with questions, statements and proposals to any committee of the Komsomol, up to the PC of the Komsomol, and demand an answer on the merits of their appeal.
4. Admission to the Komsomol is carried out in strict individually exclusively on a voluntary basis. Komsomol organization helps young man prepare for entry into the Komsomol, tests his personal qualities in practical affairs, the fulfillment of Komsomol and public assignments.
The procedure for admission to the members of the Komsomol:
a) those joining the Komsomol submit the recommendations of two Komsomol members who have been in the Komsomol for at least one year, or the recommendation of one member of the CPSU who knows those who are recommended for joint study, labor activity and community service for at least six months. Pioneers entering the Komsomol submit a recommendation from the council of the pioneer team, which is equivalent to the recommendation of one member of the Komsomol. Recommenders are responsible for their recommendation, help those who have joined the Komsomol to get involved in the life of the primary organization;
b) the issue of admission to the Komsomol is discussed and decided by the general meeting of the primary organization or organization with the rights of the primary; the decision is considered adopted if at least two-thirds of the members of the Komsomol who were present at the meeting voted for it. The decision of an organization with the rights of a primary organization on admission to the Komsomol comes into force after the approval of the primary organization by the committee of the Komsomol. Based on the decision of the primary organization, the district committee or city committee of the Komsomol decides on issuing a Komsomol ticket to the Komsomol member who joined the Komsomol.
Admission to the Komsomol is carried out, as a rule, at open meetings.
Note. If there is no primary Komsomol organization at a school, enterprise, collective farm, or institution, then those joining the Komsomol apply directly to the district committee or city committee of the Komsomol. The question of admission to the Komsomol in this case can be considered at the bureau of the district committee (city committee) or by its decision in that primary organization where the members of the Komsomol know the applicant;
c) the Komsomol experience of those who joined the ranks of the Komsomol is calculated from the date of the decision of the meeting of the Komsomol organization on admission to the Komsomol.
A member of the Komsomol carefully keeps the Komsomol card, wears the Komsomol badge as a symbol of his belonging to the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union.
5. Members of the Komsomol who have reached the age of 28 leave the Komsomol if they are not elected to Komsomol bodies, are not in Komsomol work, and are not pioneer leaders.
Note. Stay in the Komsomol at the request of a member of the Komsomol may be extended by the decision of the primary Komsomol organization for up to two years.
6. In accordance with the Charter of the CPSU, the Komsomol recommends the most deserving Komsomol members to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The issue of recommending members of the Komsomol for joining the party is considered in the primary Komsomol organization. On her recommendation, the decision to recommend a Komsomol member to the party is made by the district committee or city committee of the Komsomol. Komsomol organizations and committees are responsible for recommending Komsomol members to the party.
Members of the Komsomol admitted to the CPSU leave the Komsomol from the moment they join the Party, unless they are members of elected Komsomol bodies and are not employed by the Komsomol.
7. The procedure for registering Komsomol members is determined by the Central Committee of the Komsomol. Leaving the organization without being removed from the Komsomol register, as well as untimely registration, are a gross violation of intra-union discipline. Members of the Komsomol who violate the accounting procedure are subject to strict Komsomol liability.
8. Komsomol bodies control the timeliness of payment of Komsomol membership fees. The issue of a Komsomol member who has not paid dues for three months is subject to discussion in the primary Komsomol organization, and in the absence of valid reasons, he is brought to Komsomol responsibility, up to and including exclusion from the ranks of the Komsomol.
9. A member of the Komsomol for failure to comply with statutory requirements and other misconduct is brought to Komsomol responsibility. For minor offenses, measures of education and influence in the form of comradely criticism, warnings or instructions should be applied. Penalties may be imposed on a Komsomol member: staging, reprimand or severe reprimand, reprimand or severe reprimand with entry in the registration card. The extreme measure of punishment is exclusion from the Komsomol.
A Komsomol member who has committed a misdemeanor is primarily responsible for it before the primary Komsomol organization. In the event that a member of the Komsomol is brought to Komsomol responsibility, a higher body informs the primary organization about this.
The question of the exclusion of a Komsomol member from the Komsomol is discussed and decided by the general meeting of the primary organization or organization with the rights of the primary; The decision is considered adopted if at least two-thirds of the Komsomol members present at the meeting voted for it. The decision of an organization with the rights of a primary organization to be expelled from the Komsomol is subject to approval by the committee of the Komsomol of the primary organization. Persons brought to criminal responsibility are excluded from the VLKSM.
When considering the issue of bringing a member of the Komsomol to Komsomol responsibility, maximum attention and objectivity should be ensured. Not later than six months after the issuance of a penalty to a member of the Komsomol, the Komsomol organization hears him about how he corrects the shortcomings.
10. The issue of bringing to Komsomol liability members, candidate members of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republic, the regional committee, the regional committee, the district committee, the city committee, the district committee of the Komsomol, as well as members of the audit commissions is discussed in the primary organizations, and decisions to impose penalties on them are made in the usual way. The relevant elected body is informed about these decisions.
Proposals of Komsomol organizations to expel members of elected bodies from the VLKSM are communicated to the relevant committees of the Komsomol, of which they are members. Decisions to expel from the Komsomol members, candidate members of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of a union republic, the regional committee, the regional committee, the district committee, the city committee, the district committee of the Komsomol and members of the audit commissions are taken at the plenum of the corresponding committee by a two-thirds majority of its members.
11. For those expelled from the Komsomol and a member of the Komsomol, on whom a penalty has been imposed, the right to appeal to higher Komsomol bodies, up to the Central Committee of the Komsomol, is retained within two months. Appeals are considered by the relevant Komsomol bodies within a period of not more than one month from the date of their receipt.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE VLKSM.
INTER-KOMSOMOL DEMOCRACY
12. The guiding principle of the organizational structure, life and activities of the Komsomol is democratic centralism, which means:
a) the election of all leading bodies of the Komsomol from top to bottom;
b) periodic reporting of Komsomol bodies to their Komsomol organizations and to higher bodies;
c) strict Komsomol discipline and subordination of the minority to the majority;
d) unconditional binding of decisions of higher Komsomol bodies for lower ones;
e) collectivity in the work of all organizations and leading bodies of the Komsomol and the personal responsibility of each member of the Komsomol for the fulfillment of their duties and Komsomol assignments.
Unity in the implementation of the general line and tasks of the Komsomol presupposes the broad initiative of all organizations, independence in the choice of forms and methods for their implementation.
13. The VLKSM is built on a territorial-production basis: primary organizations are created at the place of work or study of Komsomol members and are combined into district, city and other organizations by territory. The organization that unites Komsomol members of a given territory is superior to all of its constituent Komsomol organizations.
14. The supreme governing body of the Komsomol organization is: for the primary - the general meeting, conference; for district, city, district, regional, regional - conference; for the Komsomol of the union republic and the Komsomol - the congress. Meetings, conferences, congresses are eligible with the participation of more than half of the members of the Komsomol organization or elected delegates.
15. The general meeting, conference or congress elects a committee, which is the executive body and directs all the current work of the Komsomol organization.
At the congresses of the Komsomol, the Komsomol of the union republics, conferences of regional, regional, district, city, district Komsomol organizations, audit commissions are elected.
The quantitative composition of the Komsomol bodies is established by the general meeting, conference or congress.
Elections of Komsomol bodies in the primary organizations and delegates to the conference of primary, district, city organizations are held by open voting; with the consent of the majority of participants in the meeting, conference, they can be held by closed (secret) voting. Elections of district, city, district, regional, regional, republican and central Komsomol bodies, as well as delegates to city (with district division), district, regional, regional conferences and congresses are held by closed (secret) voting.
The nomination of candidates to the Komsomol bodies is carried out on a broad democratic basis, as a rule, with their preliminary discussion in lower Komsomol organizations.
Komsomol members during elections have the right to nominate any number of candidates, challenge them and criticize them. Voting should be carried out for each candidate separately. Candidates for whom more than half of the participants in the meeting, conference or congress voted are considered elected.
During the elections of all Komsomol bodies, the principle of systematic renewal of their composition and succession of leadership is observed.
16. In the governing Komsomol body, all its members are endowed with equal rights. They must actively participate in the work of the elected body, serve as an example for the members of the Komsomol in fulfilling their civic duty, the Charter of the Komsomol, implement the instructions of the Komsomol members, and systematically report to them on their activities.
If a member of the Komsomol body does not fulfill these requirements, does not justify the trust of the members of the Komsomol, he can be removed from its composition at the initiative of this body or at the request of lower committees of the Komsomol and primary organizations.
The question of the withdrawal of a member, a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the Central Committee of the Komsomol of a union republic, the regional committee, the regional committee, the district committee, the city committee, the district committee from the composition of the Komsomol body is decided by open voting at the plenum of the corresponding committee. In the primary organization, the issue of withdrawing a committee member is decided at a general meeting or at a committee meeting if he was elected at a conference. The decision is considered adopted if at least two thirds of the votes of the members of the committee or organization are in favor of it during the voting.
The issue of withdrawing members of the Central Audit Commission of the Komsomol and audit commissions of local Komsomol organizations from these commissions is decided at their meetings in the manner prescribed for members and candidates for members of Komsomol committees.
Members of elected Komsomol bodies who have lost contact with them due to a change in place of work or residence may be removed from these bodies.
17. In the event of the departure of members of an elected body, its composition is replenished from among the candidates for members of this committee. At the proposals of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republics, regional committees, regional committees, district committees, city committees, district committees of the Komsomol, primary organizations, Komsomol members, young communists who are not candidates for membership in this body can also be introduced into the corresponding higher elected bodies. The decision to introduce them is made by open voting at the plenary session of the relevant committee of the Komsomol by a two-thirds majority of its members. At the same time, the composition of the elected body cannot be renewed by more than one third.
18. The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of a union republic, the regional, regional, district, city, district committee of the Komsomol elects a bureau to manage the work between plenums, including secretaries of the committee.
Elections of members of the bureau, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the Union republics, regional committees, regional committees, district committees, city committees, district committees of the Komsomol are held at the plenums of the relevant committees. By decision of the committee, elections can be held both by open and closed (secret) voting.
19. In the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of the union republics, regional committees, regional committees, district committees, city committees, district committees of the Komsomol, an apparatus is created for the current work on organizing and verifying the implementation of decisions, providing assistance to lower organizations and ensuring the activities of the elected body. The structure and staff of the Komsomol apparatus are determined in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
Elected Komsomol bodies direct the activities of the relevant apparatus, its employees, carry out their certification. The workers of the apparatus systematically report on their activities in the Komsomol organizations.
20. The expansion and deepening of intra-union democracy is the basis for increasing the creative activity, initiative and initiative of Komsomol organizations and members of the Komsomol, the unity and cohesion of the Komsomol ranks, and strengthening conscious Komsomol discipline.
An open and business-like discussion of questions of Komsomol work in the Komsomol, in all its organizations under conditions of openness, free criticism and self-criticism, is the most important principle of intra-union democracy.
In the Komsomol and its organizations, discussions may be held on controversial or insufficiently clear questions. The general Komsomol discussion is held at the initiative of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League or at the suggestion of several republican, regional, regional Komsomol organizations.
21. The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League develops instructions in strict accordance with the Charter of the Komsomol, which are approved at the plenum of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League after a preliminary discussion in the Komsomol organizations.
22. The highest principle of the Komsomol leadership is collectivism - an indispensable condition for the establishment of the Leninist style in work, the correct education of personnel, a reliable guarantee against mistakes and violations of the norms of intra-union life. Collective leadership implies personal responsibility for the task assigned.
23. The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of the union republics, regional committees, regional committees, district committees, city committees, district committees, Komsomol committees of primary organizations during the period between congresses, conferences, reporting and election meetings systematically inform Komsomol organizations about their work, about the implementation of critical comments and proposals of Komsomol members .
An immutable rule for Komsomol committees and primary organizations is also the objective and timely informing of higher Komsomol bodies about their activities.
24. To discuss the decisions of the party and the Komsomol, to develop practical measures for their implementation, meetings of the Komsomol activists of district, city, district, regional, regional and republican Komsomol organizations may be convened.
25. Komsomol committees can create councils, commissions and working groups on various issues of Komsomol work, as well as use other forms of involving members of the Komsomol in the activities of Komsomol bodies on a voluntary basis.
26. Komsomol, each republican, regional, regional, district, city, district, as well as on the basis of the decision of the Central Committee of the Komsomol individual primary Komsomol organizations have the Red Banner as a symbol of their honor and devotion to the socialist Fatherland.
27. The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, Komsomol committees establish Komsomol awards, use them to encourage the best Komsomol organizations and members of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
THE HIGHEST BODIES OF THE KOMSOMOL
28. The supreme body of the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union is the Congress of the Komsomol. Regular congresses are convened by the Central Committee at least once every five years. The convocation of the congress and the order of the day are announced no later than three months before the congress. The norms of representation at the congress of the Komsomol are established by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
a) hears, discusses and approves the reports of the Central Committee of the Komsomol and the Central Audit Commission of the Komsomol;
b) revise, amend and approve the Charter of the Komsomol;
c) determines the general line of work and the immediate tasks of the Komsomol;
d) elects the Central Committee of the Komsomol and the Central Audit Commission of the Komsomol.
30. During the period between congresses, the Central Committee of the Komsomol directs all the work of the Komsomol, local Komsomol bodies, the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin, represents the Komsomol in state and public organizations, cooperates with them, expressing the interests of young people, implements the right of legislative action granted by the Constitution of the USSR initiatives, - carries out the selection, placement and training of leading Komsomol cadres, approves the editorial office of the central body - the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda", editorial offices of other publications of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, creates various bodies, institutions and enterprises of the Komsomol and directs their activities, distributes the funds of the Komsomol budget and controls it execution.
The Central Committee, on behalf of the Komsomol, maintains contacts with foreign youth organizations.
31. The Central Audit Commission of the Komsomol audits compliance with the established procedure for handling cases, the work of considering letters, applications and complaints in the central bodies of the Komsomol, the correct execution of the Komsomol budget, including the payment, acceptance and accounting of membership fees, as well as the financial and economic activities of enterprises and institutions of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
32. The Plenum of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League is convened at least once every six months. The convocation of the plenum and the order of the day are announced, as a rule, no later than a month before the plenum.
Candidates for members of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League participate in the work of the plenum with the right of an advisory vote.
33. The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League to direct the work of the Komsomol between the plenums of the Central Committee elects the Bureau of the Central Committee and to manage the current work, organize control and verify execution decisions taken- Secretariat.
34. During the period between congresses of the Komsomol, the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, as necessary, may convene an All-Union Komsomol Conference to discuss pressing issues of the Komsomol. The procedure for its implementation is determined by the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
REPUBLICAN, REGIONAL, REGIONAL,
DISTRICT, CITY, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Komsomol, their governing bodies
35. Republican, regional, regional, district, city, district Komsomol organizations and their committees work under the leadership of the relevant party organizations, organize the implementation of the decisions of the congresses of the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union and the Central Committee of the Komsomol.
36. The main duties of the republican, territorial, regional, district, city and district organizations of the Komsomol, their governing bodies are:
a) political, educational and organizational work among boys and girls, timely response and influence on the processes taking place in the youth environment;
b) organizational and political strengthening, development of the initiative and initiative of lower Komsomol organizations, providing them with practical assistance, summarizing and promoting best practices, directing the work of the relevant pioneer organizations, distributing Komsomol budget funds in their organization;
c) interaction with the Councils people's deputies, trade unions, other state and public organizations in solving problems of the communist education of the youth;
d) promoting the development of a socially significant amateur movement of youth, associations of interest, increasing the responsibility of members of the Komsomol, who are members of associations, for the content of their work;
e) the selection, placement, training and education of Komsomol cadres, the formation of innovative thinking in them, the need for lively work among young people.
37. The supreme body of a republican, krai, oblast, okrug, city, district Komsomol organization is the congress of the Komsomol of the union republic, the conference of the krai, oblast, okrug, city, district Komsomol organization, and in the period between them, the appropriate committee of the Komsomol.
38. The next congress of the Komsomol of a union republic is convened at least once every five years, the next conference of the regional, regional, district, city, district Komsomol organization - once every two or three years. They convene congresses and conferences, establish the norms for representation at them by the relevant committees of the Komsomol.
The congresses and conferences hear the reports of Komsomol committees and revision commissions, discuss at their own discretion other questions of the activities of Komsomol organizations, elect committees of the Komsomol and revision commissions, delegates to conferences or congresses of the corresponding higher organizations.
39. The Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republic, the regional, regional committee directs the district, city, district Komsomol organizations. Komsomol organizations of the autonomous republics, as well as autonomous and other regions that are part of the union republics and territories, work under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republics, the regional committees of the Komsomol.
The district, city, district committee creates primary Komsomol organizations, manages their activities, keeps records of the members of the Komsomol.
Audit commissions of republican, krai, oblast, okrug, city, district Komsomol organizations work on the basis of the Regulation approved by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, under the leadership of the higher committees of the Komsomol.
40. The Central Committee of the Komsomol of a union republic, the regional committee elects the bureau, including the secretaries of the committee. The secretaries of these committees must have a Komsomol experience of at least three years; they must be members of the CPSU. Secretariats are set up in the Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republics, regional committees, and regional committees of the Komsomol to consider current issues and check the execution. At the plenums of the committees, the chairmen of the councils of pioneer organizations, the heads of departments of these committees, and also, at their discretion, other Komsomol cadres are approved.
The Central Committee of the Komsomol of the union republics, the regional committees, a number of regional committees and city committees of the Komsomol, which have printed organs, approve the editors of Komsomol, pioneer newspapers and magazines at plenums.
41. The district, city, district committee elects the bureau, including the secretaries of the committee, and also approves the chairman of the council of the pioneer organization, heads of departments of the committee.
For the secretaries of the district, city, district committee, a Komsomol experience of at least two years is obligatory, they must be members or candidate members of the CPSU.
Note. In some cases, members of the Komsomol who are not members or candidates for membership of the CPSU may be elected second secretaries and secretaries of district committees, city committees, district committees of the Komsomol.
42. The plenum of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of a union republic, the regional, regional, district, city (with district division) committee of the Komsomol is convened at least once every six months, the plenum of the city (without district division), the district committee of the Komsomol - at least once every four months .
43. Candidates for members of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of a union republic, the regional, regional, district, city, district committees of the Komsomol participate in the work of the plenums of the relevant committees with an advisory vote.
PRIMARY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE KOMSOMOL
44. The basis of the Komsomol are the primary organizations.
Primary Komsomol organizations are created at the place of work or study of members of the Komsomol - at factories, factories, state farms and other enterprises, collective farms, parts of the Armed Forces, institutions, educational institutions, etc., if there are at least three Komsomol members.
In some cases, with the permission of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of a union republic, the regional committee, the regional committee of the Komsomol, primary organizations can be created within the framework of several enterprises that are part of Production Association and located, as a rule, on the territory of a district or several districts of one city. If necessary, territorial primary Komsomol organizations can also be created in remote, hard-to-reach settlements and at the place of residence of Komsomol members.
45. Komsomol committees may create temporary Komsomol organizations in Komsomol youth labor associations, youth hostels, interest associations, etc.
Provisional Komsomol organizations are called upon to unite and rally Komsomol members, to exert an ideological influence on the youth collectives in which they are created. Komsomol meetings in these organizations are held as needed.
46. In a primary Komsomol organization with 20 or more members of the Komsomol, by decision of the Komsomol committee, Komsomol organizations can be created for shops, shifts, sections, farms, brigades, departments, faculties, courses, study groups, classes, etc. with the provision them the rights of the primary organization.
Komsomol groups may be created in primary Komsomol organizations and organizations with the rights of a primary one, numbering less than 20 members of the VLKSM.
47. The supreme body of the primary Komsomol organization is the Komsomol meeting, which is held at least once a month. In Komsomol organizations that have workshop, brigade, course and other organizations with rights. primary, meetings, both general and in organizations with primary rights, are held at least once every two months.
In the primary Komsomol organizations with more than 300 members of the Komsomol, and in the organizations of collective farms and state farms - more than 100 Komsomol members, the general meeting is convened as necessary within the time limits established by the committees of the Komsomol or at the request of several organizations with primary rights. Where the convocation of general meetings is difficult for production reasons or because of territorial disunity, Komsomol meetings in some cases can be held in shifts, workshops, courses, etc., with a single agenda.
48. To conduct current work for a period of one year, the primary Komsomol organization elects a committee, an organization with primary rights - a bureau, a Komsomol group - a group committee. In a primary organization and an organization with the rights of a primary one, numbering less than 10 members of the Komsomol, a secretary of the Komsomol organization and his deputy are elected.
In the primary Komsomol organizations of enterprises and institutions with more than 300 members of the Komsomol, and in the organizations of collective farms and state farms - more than 100 Komsomol members, Komsomol committees can be elected for a period of two to three years.
49. Komsomol committees of primary organizations, depending on their size, production and territorial characteristics, by decision of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, may be granted the rights of the district committee of the Komsomol on recommendations for joining the CPSU, keeping records of members of the Komsomol and issuing Komsomol tickets. These committees may be elected for a term of two to three years.
Note. In some cases, by decision of the Central Committee of the Komsomol in the most large organizations with the rights of the primary instead of the bureau, committees of the Komsomol can be elected with the granting of the rights of the district committee of the Komsomol to them.
50. Komsomol committees with the rights of a district committee may be elected in expanded membership; a bureau is formed to manage the current work in them. Meetings of these committees are held as needed, but at least once every three months.
51. The primary Komsomol organization operates under the leadership of the corresponding party organization. It works directly among young people, rallying them around the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, carrying out party guidelines in all spheres of industrial and social life, organizing the implementation of Komsomol decisions, developing the initiative and initiative of Komsomol members in every possible way, and working with pioneers.
Primary Komsomol organization:
a) accepts new members to the Komsomol, bears responsibility to the Komsomol for worthy replenishment of its ranks;
b) educates Komsomol members in the spirit of selfless devotion to the socialist Motherland, ideological conviction, communist morality, worthy citizens of Soviet society;
c) assists young men and women in studying Marxist-Leninist theory in close connection with the practice of communist construction, wages an uncompromising struggle against any manifestations of bourgeois ideology, backward views and moods;
d) mobilizes Komsomol members and youth to solve the problems of economic and social development, draws them into socialist emulation, takes care of preserving and multiplying social wealth, raising educational level, professional skills, economic knowledge of boys and girls, seeks to strengthen labor discipline among young people;
e) actively participates in the life and management of the affairs of an enterprise, collective farm, institution, educational institution, develops in young people the skills of socialist self-government, instills in young men and women intolerance to shortcomings, to everything that is contrary to the principle of social justice;
f) acts as an organizer of free time for young men and women, involves them in scientific, technical and artistic creativity, physical education and sports, tourism, seeks the establishment of a healthy, sober lifestyle, works with young people at the place of residence, takes care of strengthening a young family;
g) involves Komsomol members in military-patriotic work, participates in the preparation of young men for service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR, educates young people in the spirit of constant readiness to the defense of the great gains of socialism;
h) conducts individual work with each young person, strengthens Komsomol discipline, forms the responsibility of the members of the Komsomol for belonging to the Lenin Komsomol, for strict observance of the Charter of the Komsomol.
52. The Komsomol group puts into practice the decisions of the Komsomol bodies, builds its work on the basis of the tasks facing the production or educational team. It helps every young person in work, study and military service, takes care of organizing his life and leisure, creating an atmosphere of friendship, comradeship, exactingness, mutual assistance and cohesion in the group, acts as an initiator of useful deeds, supervises the implementation of public assignments by members of the Komsomol. Meetings in the Komsomol group are held as needed.
KOMSOMOL ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR
53. The Komsomol organizations in the Armed Forces of the USSR are guided by the Charter of the Komsomol and work on the basis of the Instructions of the Central Committee. Komsomol and the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy, under the direct supervision political organs, deputy commanders for political affairs and party organizations.
Komsomol organizations of the Armed Forces rally young soldiers around the CPSU, educate them in the spirit of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism, courage, courage and heroism, Soviet patriotism, proletarian, socialist internationalism, selfless devotion and constant readiness to defend the socialist Motherland, the achievements of socialism. They help commanders, political agencies and party organizations in every possible way in raising the combat readiness of troops, strengthening military discipline, mobilizing young people for the successful fulfillment of the tasks of combat and political training, mastering new technology and weapons, impeccable performance of his military duty, orders and orders of command.
54. Komsomol organizations of the Armed Forces actively contribute to strengthening the unity of the army and the people, maintain close ties with local Komsomol organizations, help them in the military-patriotic education of the younger generation, mass defense work and the preparation of young people for military service, participate in the work of local committees of the Komsomol.
KOMSOMOL AND ALL-UNION PIONEER ORGANIZATION
NAMED AFTER V.I. LENIN
55. All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin - a mass amateur communist organization of children and adolescents of the Soviet Union.
The goal of the pioneer organization is to educate young fighters for the cause of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Pioneer organization in Soviet society includes children and adolescents in the practice of communist construction, promotes comprehensive development personality, forming an active civic position of young Leninists, prepares a worthy replenishment of the Komsomol.
The Pioneer Organization operates on the basis of the Regulations on the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin, approved by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
56. Komsomol, on behalf of the Communist Party, directs the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin.
The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, republican, regional, regional, district, city, district organizations of the Komsomol, as the leading bodies in relation to the pioneer organization, in accordance with its goals and objectives, develop prospects for activity, analyze and evaluate the work of pioneer organizations, mobilize all Komsomol detachments for practical participation in education of pioneers, create the necessary conditions for pioneer and extracurricular activities with children and teenagers.
The Central Committee of the Komsomol creates the Central Council of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin, republican, regional, regional, district, city, district committees of the Komsomol - the corresponding councils of pioneer organizations that unite representatives of state, public organizations and assist the Komsomol committees in carrying out all work with pioneers.
57. On behalf of the Komsomol, senior pioneer leaders conduct direct work in pioneer squads, and detachment leaders in detachments. Komsomol bodies carry out the selection, training, education of counselors, evaluate their activities, take care of working conditions. Komsomol committees participate in the selection and training of leaders of circles, sections, clubs and other associations of pioneers.
58. Central Committee of the Komsomol and the Central Council of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin, Central Committee. The Young Communist League of the union republics, a number of regional committees of the Komsomol, together with the relevant councils of the pioneer organization, publish pioneer newspapers and magazines, literature necessary for children.
Komsomol and state,
PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
59. In accordance with its statutory tasks, the VLKSM builds its activities in cooperation with state and public organizations.
The Komsomol, represented by its all-Union and republican bodies, uses the right of legislative initiative. Komsomol organs and organizations take part in the nationwide discussion of draft laws of the USSR and make proposals on them that express the interests of young people and contribute to a more complete satisfaction of their spiritual and material needs.
60. Komsomol committees cooperate with the Soviets of People's Deputies in solving the problems of communist education of the youth, involving them in the management of state and public affairs. Komsomol organizations participate in the nomination of candidates for deputies, the preparation and conduct of elections to the Soviets of People's Deputies, and assist Komsomol members elected as deputies in the performance of their duties.
The Komsomol bodies actively cooperate with the commissions on youth affairs of the Soviets of People's Deputies, and together with them participate in resolving issues related to the life of young men and women.
61. Komsomol committees cooperate with ministries and departments and their local bodies.
Komsomol organizations work in close contact with the councils of labor collectives and, in accordance with the law, participate in the management of labor and educational collectives. They enjoy the right of broad initiative in discussing and raising before the relevant Party organizations questions relating to the work of enterprises, collective farms, institutions, and educational institutions, and take a direct part in their resolution, especially if they concern work, life, and the education and upbringing of young people.
Komsomol committees, together with party, Soviet, economic bodies, nominate worthy representatives of the youth for leadership work in management, production, science and culture.
62. Komsomol organizations coordinate their activities with trade union organizations in matters of educating young people on the revolutionary, combat, labor and international traditions of the Soviet people, involving them in active participation in the work of trade union organizations, in creating conditions for young workers, collective farmers and specialists for highly productive work, increasing professional skills and general educational level, in improving educational work among students and students, organizing youth recreation, improving children and adolescents.
63. Komsomol committees, headquarters and posts of the "Komsomol searchlight" interact with the bodies of people's control and law enforcement, ensure the active participation of Komsomol members and youth in the implementation of public and state control, in the fight against violations of laws and principles of the Soviet way of life. Komsomol organizations nominate Komsomol members to committees, groups and posts of people's control, people's squads, comrades' courts, participate in their activities both through their representatives and through joint actions with them.
64. The Komsomol carries out all its activities in the ideological, political, labor and moral education of young people in close cooperation with the All-Union Organization of War and Labor Veterans, the Committee of Soviet Women, DOSAAF and other public organizations, creative unions, voluntary societies and bodies of public amateur performance.
MONEY OF THE KOMSOMOL
65. The funds of the Komsomol and its organizations are made up of membership dues, income from the publication of youth newspapers and magazines, book production, activities of Komsomol organizations, youth tourism, enterprises and institutions of the Komsomol and other income.
Komsomol funds are spent on organizing work among young people, maintaining Komsomol bodies, training and retraining of personnel and activists, propaganda and agitation, international relations, capital construction and other purposes.
The procedure for using Komsomol funds is determined by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
66. Monthly membership fees for members of the Komsomol are established in the following amount:
monthly income:
Up to 50 rubles contribute 10 kopecks.
From 51 to 60 rubles. » 30 kop.
From 61 to 70 rubles. » 35 kop.
From 71 to 80 rubles. » 40 kop.
From 81 to 90 rubles. » 45 kop.
From 91 to 100 rubles. » 50 kop.
From 101 to 150 rubles. » 1.0 percent
Over 150 rubles. » 1.5 percent
monthly income.
Komsomol members who do not have earnings pay membership fees in the amount of 2 kopecks per month.
Note. Members of the Komsomol who are simultaneously members or candidate members of the CPSU are exempted from paying Komsomol contributions.
67. Those joining the Komsomol pay an entrance fee in the amount of two percent of their monthly earnings, and those who do not have earnings - in the amount of 5 kopecks.
I. Members of the Komsomol, their duties and rights
II. The organizational structure of the Komsomol. Intra-Komsomol democracy
III. Supreme bodies of the Komsomol
IV. Republican, territorial, regional, district, city, district organizations of the Komsomol, their governing bodies
V. Primary organizations of the Komsomol
VI. Komsomol organizations in the Armed Forces of the USSR
VII. Komsomol and All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin
VIII. Komsomol and state, public organizations
IX. Komsomol funds
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