Komsomol
Americannoun
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a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
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a member of this organization.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Komsomol
< Russian Komsomól, for Kom ( munistícheskiĭ ) so ( yúz ) mol ( odëzhi ) Communist Union of Youth
Example Sentences
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Putin was one of millions of Soviet schoolchildren who joined the Pioneer and Komsomol youth movements, which taught devotion to communist ideals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
After graduating from the village primary school, Mr. Gorbachev attended secondary school in Krasnogvardeisk and joined the Komsomol, the Communist Party youth organization.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
In 1993, Muratov and a group of other journalists broke off from Komsomolskaya Pravda, once the official organ of the Soviet Union’s Komsomol youth league, to create Novaya Gazeta.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
When Omarova explained that, adding that membership lapsed with age, he asked, “Did you send them a letter, though, resigning?” as if leaving the Komsomol resembled giving up the chair of a Louisiana gardening club.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021
So working hard at Osoaviakhim and Komsomol clubs wasn’t just something you did to be like all your friends, or even because you were patriotic.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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