Komsomol

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

/ ˌkɒm səˈmɔl, ˈkɒm səˌmɔl /

a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.

a member of this organization. Compare Octobrist(def 2), Pioneer(def 6).

Origin of Komsomol

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

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

The End to Russian Democracy |David Satter |December 31, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
She said that when she got married she was expelled from the communistic youth organization, which in Russia is called Komsomol.

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Was it an ordinary thing for a person to be kicked out of the Komsomol, so far as you know?

Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The Komsomol became the organization through which the party reached the nation's youth.

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Did she say whether she had at anytime been a member of the Komsomol?

Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Would it be normal for one to graduate, so to speak, from the Komsomol to the membership in the Communist Party?

Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Komsomol

/ (ˌkɒmsəˈmɒl, ˈkɒmsəˌmɒl, Russian kəmsaˈmɔl) /

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

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