Slezin, A.A. Institualization of the Komsomol as a government body: theoretical basis

Abstract: As the author of this article points out, the Komsomol in the USSR controlled an important sphere of the Party’s work: the Communist influence on the young. In case, when in some towns or villages the Party organizations were small, many of their functions were given to the Komsomol. The Party provided for the principles of relations between the Komsomol and other government bodies, and thus have made it a kind of a Quasi – Ministry of Youth of the USSR…