29 Jul Komsomol
Pin, the way it looked in the late 1950s, worn by each member of Komsomol, the Communist Youth organization for ages 14 to 28. The profile is that of Lenin. The letters is the abbreviation of the full name of Komsomol — “VLKSM” (Soviet-Union Lenin Communist Youth Union) (Photo from https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/комсомол).
Communist Youth organization of the Soviet Union for ages 14 (seventh grade) to 28.
Full name: All-Union Leninist Communist League of Youth. Associated with the Pioneer Organization (ages 9 to 14.)
A member of Komsomol wore a pin depicting Lenin’s profile on an unfurled red flag with words “always prepared!” and carried identification and paid a nominal monthly fee.
Soviet Poster: “Sex. A Komsomol man can and should satisfy his sex needs. A Komsomol woman is obligated to sastisfy his sex needs, or she is a bourgeois.” (Photo from http://omchat.ru/kartinki/48-machnye-budni-sovetskih-zhenschin.html).
The organization was a tool for spreading Communist teachings and preparing future members of the Communist Party. Not joining it was considered suspicious and affected one’s study, university acceptance, and career choices.
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