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Malawi press reports say up to 2,000 so-called Young Pioneers fled into camps of Mozambique's former rebel Renamo group last December, when the Pioneers were forcibly disarmed by Malawi army troops.
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That time span in question—from the last years of the Soviet Union to Vladimir Putin's Russia—brought changes that the film's subjects would have found inconceivable when they were members of the Young Pioneers in a Soviet Union led by Leonid Brezhnev.
From Russia With Love and Fear Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011
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Instead, state-approved calendars featured Young Pioneers frolicking in the snow—though parents resisted buying galactic-themed calendars with rocket sleighs promoting the Soviet space race.
A Colorful Countdown to Christmas Mary M. Lane 2011
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I will not be allowed to become a member of the Young Pioneers and wear a red kerchief around my neck.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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I no longer believe in the cause of the Young Pioneers, the organization we parted with last year, when we all turned fourteen, to become members of the Young Communist League, or Komsomol.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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For He Yong, allegedly China's first punk (debuting in '89), the legacy that he left was actually his dress code: a white and blue striped T-Shirt, sailor-like, coupled with a synthetic-looking red scarf originally seen on the necks of schoolchildren who were Young Pioneers (for school kids, this is the first time they pledge allegiance to the Communist Party).
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For He Yong, allegedly China's first punk (debuting in '89), the legacy that he left was actually his dress code: a white and blue striped T-Shirt, sailor-like, coupled with a synthetic-looking red scarf originally seen on the necks of schoolchildren who were Young Pioneers (for school kids, this is the first time they pledge allegiance to the Communist Party).
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A great honor will be bestowed upon you—you will all become Young Pioneers.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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I will not be allowed to become a member of the Young Pioneers and wear a red kerchief around my neck.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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A great honor will be bestowed upon you—you will all become Young Pioneers.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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