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that served as the youth wing of the

from 1940 to 1991.

History

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minority. In early 1990, delegates at the LĻKJS Congress voted to adopt a new set of organisational statutes independent of the all-Union Komsomol, but not amounting to a full withdrawal. This action was precipitated by the independence of the

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branches of the all-Union Komsomol in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

References

{{reflist Komsomol Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Youth wings of communist parties Youth organizations established in 1940 1940 establishments in the Soviet Union