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11 unusual facts about Young Pioneers


Alexander Ney

From 1965 to 1967, Ney taught sculpture to children at the House of Young Pioneers in Leningrad.

Anatoly Slivko

In 1961, Slivko witnessed a gruesome traffic accident in which a boy in his early teens who was wearing a Young Pioneers (Soviet equivalent of the Scouts) uniform was killed.

Israel–Niger relations

The Israeli government also helped in the founding of the Young Pioneers of Niger, a national youth and civil group.

Pavlik Morozov

The most popular account of the story is as follows: born to poor peasants in Gerasimovka, a small village 350 kilometers north-east of Yekaterinburg (then known as Sverdlovsk), Morozov was a dedicated communist who led the Young Pioneers at his school, and a supporter of Stalin's collectivization of farms.

Scouting and Guiding in Armenia

and continued until 1922 when Scouting was officially banned and the Young Pioneers became the official state youth organization in Armenia.

Timurite movement

The Timurite movement or Timur movement (Тимуровское движение) was an altruistic youth volunteering movement in the Soviet Union promoted via mass youth organizations of Little Octobrists and Young Pioneers.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

Young Pioneers

an alternative translation of Tomorrow's Pioneers, a controversial children's show on the Hamas television station Al-Aqsa TV

Young Pioneers' Christmas, a second 1978 made-for-TV film based on the novel

Pioneer movement, a name for various Communist youth organizations; for example, the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union

Young Pioneers' Christmas

Young Pioneers' Christmas is a made for television Christmas movie, released in 1976, loosely based on the novel Young Pioneers by Rose Wilder Lane.


ABC-Zeitung

Published by Volk und Wissen until 1950, and then by Verlag Junge Welt, it was the voice of the Free German Youth, targeting Young Pioneers and primary school pupils of the grades 1 to 3.

Don Andrews

Vilim remained at the orphanage and was a member of the Communist Young Pioneers in post-war Communist-ruled Yugoslavia.

Krasny Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

In 1972 a stela with the bas-relief of the girl and pages from her diary was built on Tanya's grave for means earned by Young Pioneers and members of the Komsomol from the Shatkovsky District.