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p The Komsomol: what does it stand for? . 8

p Is the Komsomol part of the Communist Party or is it part of the system of state-run organisations?............ 35

p What is the main principle of the Komsomol’s organisational structure?....... 38

p Is it obligatory for young people to join the Komsomol?............. 43

p What is the procedure for admitting new members to the Komsomol? Is there any difference between membership in the Komsomol and in the trade unions?...... 44

p How do Komsomol members display their social involvement?............. 46

p How are the Komsomol’s funds collected
and spent?.............. 48

p What use can the Komsomol make of the
mass media?.............. 50

p What incentives does the Komsomol use?. . 55

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p Does the Komsomol extend its activities to
young people outside its ranks?...... 57

p What human qualities are moulded through
the Komsomol membership?........ 60

p What was Lenin’s idea of relations between the revolutionary Workers’ Party and the
revolutionary Youth League?......... 63

p What opponents did the Communist Party have to fight while spreading its influence on
the youth?............... 71

p What necessitates the Party guidance of the
Komsomol?............... 76

p How are the relations between the Communist Party and the Komsomol governed?. . . 81

p Does not the Party’s guidance deprive the Komsomol of its organisational independence and activism?............. 83

p What is the role of the numerous young Communists working within the Komsomol ranks? 85

p What is the cause of the growth in the Party’s guidance of the Komsomol today?. . 89

p What is the principal task of the Komsomol?. 94

p The Leninist Seminar and the Leninist ‘ Reporting Session’: What are they?..... 104

p The All-Union March Through the Sites of the Revolutionary, Military and Labour Glory of the Soviet People: Why is it held? Are 237 there any reasons to claim that this is a form
of ‘para-military training’ of young people?. 106

p Does the Komsomol show any interest in ethical problems? What are the basic principles of communist morality?........ 111

p What is a shock-work construction project?. 115

p What are students’ construction brigades?. 118

p What is the main idea of socialist emulation? What role does the Komsomol play in its development?.............. 123

p How do young people, including Komsomol members, contribute to the development of science and technology?......... 132

p What is the Komsomol’s share of governmental functions?............ 138

p How does the Komsomol participate in running the state’s affairs?......... 141

p Youth Commissions, at the People’s Soviets: What are these?............ 148

p Does the Komsomol influence how young people choose their careers?....... 149

p How does the YCL contribute to the nationwide task of universal secondary education?. 152

p How can the Komsomol help a young worker
with his studies?............ 158

p How does the Komsomol contribute to the activities of Soviet higher educational establishments?.............. 161

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p Are there any forms of students’ self- government in the Soviet Union?........ 167

p What is the nature of the League’s contacts with young Soviet scientists?........ 169

p Is there any creative freedom for young Soviet artists? What is the League’s attitude toward the arts?............... 170

p What is the Komsomol’s attitude toward religious believers?............ 176

p What is the essence of Soviet foreign policy?. 180

p What is the attitude of young people toward
the Soviet foreign policy?........ 184

p What are the international ties of the Komsomol and the Soviet youth?..... ... 185

p What is the Komsomol’s contribution to the Peace Movement?............ 194

p What forms does the friendship and cooperation between the youth of the Soviet Union and the other socialist countries take?................ 199

p How does Soviet youth demonstrate its solidarity with the young people in the developing countries?.............. 203

p What role does the Komsomol play in the activities of the World Federation of Democratic Youth?............ 207

p What is Sputnik?. 215

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p What is the Students’ Council?...... 221

p How do Soviet students contribute to activities of the IUS?............ 224

How does Soviet youth participate in the festival movement?............ 228