Communist Upbringing under Stalin: The Political Socialization and Militarization of Soviet Youth, 1934-1941
Journal: TSpace
Year: 2013

In 1935 the Communist Youth League (Komsomol) embraced a policy called &quot;communist upbringing&quot; that changed the purpose of Soviet official youth culture. Founded in 1918, the Komsomol had been an organization of cultural proletarianization and economic mobilization. After the turmoil of Stalin’s revolution from above, Soviet leaders declared that the country had entered the period of socialism. Under the new conditions of socialism, including the threat of war with the capitalist world,