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  • proper noun history Young Communist League

Etymologies

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From Russian комсомол (komsomól) - abbreviation of Коммунистический союз молодёжи (Kommunistíčeskij sojúz molodjóži), "Communist Union of Youth"

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Examples

  • A blog reader that goes by the nickname Komsomol posted the following observation in the forum:

    2:48AM [The B-Sides] 2008

  • What tourist maps called Komsomol Square, the people of Moscow called Three Stations for the railway terminals gathered there.

    Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

  • He went into Sofia as a child and joined a youth league that was outlawed by the Communist party called the "Komsomol".

    Historical Bulgarian of the Week - Todor Jivkov: 2008

  • He went into Sofia as a child and joined a youth league that was outlawed by the Communist party called the "Komsomol".

    Archive 2008-04-13 2008

  • In Wielkie Oczy, the Jewish doctor recalled how local Jewish youths, having formed themselves into a "Komsomol" toured the countryside smashing Catholic shrines.

    Poles and Jews: An Exchange Brumberg, Abraham 1987

  • With a young wife in tow, Gorbachev returned to his home region of Stavropol after graduating, where he worked his way up through the party ranks, first in the Communist Youth League the Komsomol and then the party itself.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Not so much every year but every month that he was in power, the young Komsomol plushness, the deliberate exaltation, went out of him, but pain was rising inside him, gradually rendering Gorbachev ever tougher and more selfless.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • With a young wife in tow, Gorbachev returned to his home region of Stavropol after graduating, where he worked his way up through the party ranks, first in the Communist Youth League the Komsomol and then the party itself.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • "Of Man of the Future", In the Footsteps of Jack London, Komsomol Pravda, (Moscow), (Sept. 20 and 23, 1959).

    Complete Bibliography of Jack London's Poetry 2010

  • Not so much every year but every month that he was in power, the young Komsomol plushness, the deliberate exaltation, went out of him, but pain was rising inside him, gradually rendering Gorbachev ever tougher and more selfless.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

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