The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Komunistický svaz mládeže Československa), nicknamed ''Komsomol'', was a youth organization in
Czechoslovakia, active between 1921 and 1936. The organization was the youth wing of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
[Collegium Carolinum (Munich, Germany), and Karl Bosl. ]
Die erste Tschechoslowakische Republik als multinationaler Parteienstaat: Vorträge d. Tagungen d. Collegium Carolinum in Bad Wiessee vom 24.-27. November 1977 u. vom 20.-23. April 1978
'. München
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: Oldenbourg, 1979. pp. 176 The organization was the Czechoslovak section of the
Young Communist International.
In October 1920 the majority of the
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voted to approve the
twenty-one conditions The Twenty-one Conditions, officially the Conditions of Admission to the Communist International, refer to the conditions, most of which were suggested by Vladimir Lenin, to the adhesion of the socialist parties to the Third International (Comint ...
of the
Communist International and to join the Young Communist International. The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia was founded on February 20, 1921, through the merger of Czech, Slovak and German youth groups.
[Cornell, Richard. ]
Youth and Communism: An Historical Analysis of International Communist Youth Movements
'. New York: Walker, 1965. p. The membership fluctuated between 8,000 and 13,000, later reaching a peak of about 24,000 members in the 1930s.
In 1922 a
pioneer movement was started as a subsection of the Young Communist League.
, K. Aksamit, Emil Hršel, O. Synkové, V. Synkové, J. Zika, J. Černý and M. Krásný were leading figures in the Young Communist League. The organization issued several publications, such as ''Mladý komunista'', ''Komunistická mládež'', ''Pravda mládeže'' and ''Mladá garda''.
The organization was dissolved in 1936, being substituted by different ethnic youth organizations; the Youth League (Czech), the Slovak Youth League, the German Youth and the Hungarian Youth League.
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1921 establishments in Czechoslovakia
1936 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia
Youth wings of communist parties
Youth wings of political parties in Czechoslovakia
Youth organizations established in 1921
Organizations disestablished in 1936