World Festival of Youth and Students
Editions

World Festival of Youth and Students

Section Title: Editions
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Edition	Year	Logo	Country	Host City	Participants	Number of Represented Countries	Motto

1st	1947	-	Czechoslovakia	Prague	17,000	71	"Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace!"

2nd	1949	-	Hungary	Budapest	20,000	82	"Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace, Democracy, National Independence and a better future for the people"

3rd	1951	-	East Germany	East Berlin	26,000	104	"For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons"

4th	1953	-	Romania	Bucharest	30,000	111	"No! Our generation will not serve death and destruction!."

5th	1955	-	Poland	Warsaw	30,000	114	"For Peace and Friendship – Against the Aggressive Imperialist Pacts"

6th	1957	-	Soviet Union	Moscow	34,000	131	"For Peace and Friendship"

7th	1959	-	Austria	Vienna	18,000	112	"For Peace and Friendship and Peaceful Coexistence"

8th	1962	-	Finland	Helsinki	18,000	137	"For Peace and Friendship"

9th	1968	-	Bulgaria	Sofia	20,000	138	"For Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

10th	1973	-	East Germany	East Berlin	25,600	140	"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

11th	1978	-	Cuba	Havana	18,500	145	"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

12th	1985	-	Soviet Union	Moscow	26,000	157	"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

13th	1989	-	North Korea	Pyongyang	22,000	177	"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

14th	1997	-	Cuba	Havana	12,325	136	"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"

15th	2001	-	Algeria	Algiers	6,500	110	"Let’s Globalize the Struggle For Peace, Solidarity, Development, Against Imperialism"

16th	2005	-	Venezuela	Caracas	17,000	144	"For Peace and Solidarity, We Struggle Against Imperialism and War"

17th	2010	South Africa	Pretoria	15,000	126	"Let's Defeat Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!"

18th	2013	Ecuador	Quito	8,500	80	"Youth Unite Against Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!"

19th	2017	Russia	Sochi	30,000	185	"For peace, solidarity and social justice, we struggle against imperialism. Honoring our past, we build the future!"

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The festival was the 6th edition and was held in 1957 in Moscow. It was attended by 34,000 people representing 131 countries.

final_sentence: The festival was the 6th edition and was held in 1957 in Moscow. It was attended by 34,000 people representing 131 countries.