The predecessor of the FNRD, the Union of Russian Youth, was formed on November 11, 1991. Officially, this date is the birthday of Fyodor Dostoevsky, however, according to the members of the CPM, the day was chosen due to the proximity to the date of Hitler's beer hall putsch - November 9. Leader: Ilya Lazarenko, ideologist Alexey Shiropaev. At first, the Union of Russian Youth was a classic Russian national-patriotic organization of that time: Orthodox fundamentalism, antisemitism, monarchism were preached in the ranks of the SRM, pre-revolutionary Russia and the White Guard were glorified. But already at this time, the SRM stood out for its radicalism - the members of the SRM called themselves "monarcho-fascists" and criticized the White Guard for the absence of a pogrom, Black Hundred worldview.