''Pioneer'' (russian: Пионер) is a

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monthly magazine originally published by the Central Council of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League and All-Union Pioneer Organisation, for schoolchildren aged 10–14.

History

The ''Pioneer'' magazine was founded in

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in 1924. The first issue of it came out on March 15, and was devoted entirely to

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

. It became a rarity, since the lead was written by

Lev Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian M ...

, and several years later most of the printed copies were for that reason destroyed. The early ''Pioneer'' featured articles by

Nadezhda Krupskaya Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya ( rus, links=no, Надежда Константиновна Крупская, p=nɐˈdʲeʐdə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə ˈkrupskəjə; 27 February 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and the wife of Vladimir Lenin ...

Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин ; 3 June 1946), known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of s ...

Yemelyan Yaroslavsky Yemelyan Mikhailovich Yaroslavsky (russian: Емелья́н Миха́йлович Яросла́вский, born Minei Izrailevich Gubelman, Мине́й Изра́илевич Губельма́н; – 4 December 1943) was a Bolshevik revoluti ...

, poems by

Samuil Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (russian: link=no, Самуил Яковлевич Маршак; 4 July 1964) was a Russian and Soviet writer of Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. ...

and

Sergey Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Влади́мирович Михалко́в; 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russ ...

, short stories by

Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...

Lev Kassil Lev Abramovich Kassil (russian: Лев Абрамович Кассиль; 10 July 1905 – 21 June 1970) was a Soviet and Russian writer of juvenile and young adult literature and screenwriter, depicting Soviet life, teenagers and their world, sc ...

Veniamin Kaverin Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (russian: link=no, Вениами́н Алекса́ндрович Каве́рин; Вениами́н А́белевич Зи́льбер (Veniamin Abelevich Zilber); , Pskov – May 2, 1989, Moscow) was a Sov ...

Agniya Barto Agniya Lvovna Barto ( rus, А́гния Льво́вна Барто́, p=ˈaɡnʲɪjə ˈlʲvovnə bɐrˈto, a=Agniya L'vovna Barto.ru.vorb.oga; – 1 April 1981) was a Soviet poet and children's writer of Russian Jewish origin. Biography Agniya ...

, Boris Zhitkov,

Konstantin Paustovsky Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky ( rus, Константи́н Гео́ргиевич Паусто́вский, p=pəʊˈstofskʲɪj; – 14 July 1968) was a Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965. Early life ...

among many others. Later among contributors were

Zoya Voskresenskaya Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (russian: Зоя Ивановна Воскресенская; in marriage – Rybkina, Рыбкина; 28 April .s. 151907 – 8 January 1992) was a Soviet diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent and, in the 1960s ...

Maria Prilezhayeva Maria Pavlovna Prilezhayeva (; 22 June 1903, Yaroslavl – 10 April 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian children's author, literary critic and the Union of Soviet Writers official, best known for her novel ''The Life of Lenin'' (1970) which ...

Eduard Uspensky Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwri ...

. The magazine had its own science and technology features, sports and arts pages, held arts and literature competitions. In 1974 it was awarded the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

. In 1975 its circulation reached 1,5 million, then in 1986 another record was set at 1,860 000 (issues 4—7). After

perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

the magazine changed drastically, its popularity waned. As of March 2015, its circulation was 1,500.

References

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