The Round Table: ‘100-th anniversary of the Komsomol’
Abstract:

The round table discussed a wide range of issues related to the history of the Komsomol, paying special attention to a historic change in the tasks and structure of the Komsomol organization. In the course of the conversation participants demonstrated different positions and approaches, as well as fundamentally different assessments of the Komsomol activity. They discussed the role of youth in the life of the state, the ways of assessments of historical events in general, and unpredictability of our history.

The final period of the Komsomol activity: Historiography of the problem and its Legal assessment
S.G. Gorin
DOI: 10.17212/2075-0862-2018-3.1-223-232
Abstract:

The article considers the issues of historiography of the final period of the Komsomol activity and the legal aspects of its self-dissolution in 1991. The author analyzes some facts and conditions of crisis phenomena in the Komsomol at the level of stating the problem. The author perceives the Komsomol as part of the political system of Soviet society, and therefore its crisis is considered in the context of a systemic crisis that affected all party-state structures. The author notes that in the newest period of Russian history, questions concerning the causes and circumstances of the crisis and the subsequent dissolution of the Komsomol have not been considered in scientific publications. For a quarter of a century there has not been published a single book on the reasons and legal grounds for self-dissolution of the Komsomol. Bibliographic and source study of research work on the legal sciences show that the role of the Komsomol was considered to be fragmentary at best. At the same time, both foreign researchers and representatives of Russian youth demonstrate their interest to the problem. It is noted that the subjective factor that caused the decision of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Komsomol and the XXII Extraordinary Congress of the Komsomol on the completion of the activity of the All-Union Organization has not been investigated at all. In 1990-1991, before the collapse of the Union, everyone in the society, including the Komsomol, advocated the development and implementation of a strong state youth policy at the all-Union and regional levels, but due to the worsening of crisis phenomena in power and society, it did not lead to anything. There is still no serious analytical publication on how and under what circumstances the leaders of the Komsomol Central Committee and regional organizations of the Komsomol abdicated youth entrusted to them.