Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic explained

Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (krl|Karjalas-suomelaisen sosialistisen nevvostotazavaldun Leninin kommunistinen nuorizoliitto, abbr. KSSNT:n LKNL or KSSNT:n Komsomol; fi|Karjalais-suomalaisen SNT:n Leninin kommunistinen nuorisoliitto, abbr. KSSNT:n LKNL or KSSNT:n Komsomol; ru|Ленинский коммунистический союз молодежи Карело-Финской ССР, Leninsky kommunistichesky soyuz molodezhi Karelo-Finskoy SSR, abbr. LKSM KFSSR, Komsomol KFSSR) was the soviet republican branch of the All Union Leninist Communist Youth League (VLKSM, Komsomol) in the Karelo-Finnish SSR 1940–1956. The first congress of the Karelo-Finnish Komsomol was held 1st to 3rd June, 1940. The conference elected a Central Committee, with Yuri Andropov as its First Secretary (until 1944[1]). During the Continuation War (part of WWII), the Central Committee of the Karelo-Finnish Komsomol organized partisan resistance against the Finnish occupying forces, both in urban and rural areas,[2] but also mostly against civilians in Finland.

In total seven congresses of the Karelo-Finnish Komsomol were held. It published the newspaper Leninin nuori seuraaja/Юные ленинцы (Young Lenin's Follower) and Nuori bolsevikki/Молодой большевик (Young Bolshevik).[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/andropov.html Андропов Юрий Владимирович
  2. http://guides.eastview.com/browse/guidebook.html?bid=5&sid=308984 The Republic of Karelia State Archive of Modern Political History. Guide-Book