Komsomol

or Com·so·mol

[ kom-suh-mawl, kom-suh-mawl ]

noun

1. a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
2. a member of this organization. Compare Octobrist ( def 2 ), Pioneer ( def 6 ).

Komsomol

/ ˈkɒmsəˌmɒl; ˌkɒmsəˈmɒl; kəmsaˈmɔl /

noun

1. (formerly) the youth association of the Soviet Union for 14- to 26-year-olds

Word History and Origins

Origin of Komsomol¹

< Russian Komsomól, for Kom ( munistícheskiĭ ) so ( yúz ) mol ( odëzhi ) Communist Union of Youth

Word History and Origins

Origin of Komsomol¹

C20: from Russian, from Kom ( munisticheski ) So ( yuz ) Mol ( odezhi ) Communist Union of Youth

Example Sentences

Khodorkovsky, a young communist league (komsomol) activist, was in the latter category.

From The Daily Beast

But if you are going to the university, not everybody is a member of the Komsomol, although a high percentage of them are.

From Project Gutenberg

The membership in the Komsomol may be found to be involuntary and is on occasion found involuntary.

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Suppose Marina had told you that she was a member of the Komsomol, what would you have done then?

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Would it be normal for one to graduate, so to speak, from the Komsomol to the membership in the Communist Party?

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I thought that practically all young people belonged to the Komsomol?

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