Komsomol
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- noun
- /kɒm.səˈmoʊl/
- She was as proud as a Komsomol member showing a tourist from abroad a Soviet factory.
- Komsomol Communist Youth
- Komsomol member
Examples
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Our leader is Pyotr Katukov, a ranking Komsomol veteran who is eighteen years old.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Soviet Union collapsed when I was eight years old, so I never did become a Pioneer or a Komsomol.
Fiction book (2001) -
Every boy and girl in Komsomol gets a fair chance.
Fiction book (1992) -
After that, I was supposed to become a Pioneer and then a Komsomol.
Fiction book (2001) -
As a teenager, she took the next step by becoming a Komsomol.
Fiction book (2001) -
Upon getting his degree in 1986, he was hired by the Komsomol.
Blog text (5) -
History intervened, and the Komsomol job positioned him to become an entrepreneur instead.
Blog text (5) -
If they don't go, they will be criticized in the classroom, in the Komsomol meeting, and in the wall newspaper.
Fiction book (1996) -
As it ended, V. Mironenko, the first secretary of the Komsomol, made several observations that underscored Soviet reservations about the festival.
Academic text (1992) -
As a teenager, she took the next step by becoming a Komsomol member and participating in community service.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Komsomol comes from the Russian phrase Kommunisticheskiy Soyuz Molodyozhi, which means 'Communist Union of Youth'. So think of it as the Soviet 'youth league' or club for young communists, which is why a Komsomol is a member of that youth organization.