Leninist Young Communist League of Lithuania

rdf:langString Leninist Young Communist League of Lithuania

rdf:langString Leninist Young Communist League of Lithuania

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rdf:langString Komjaunimo tiesa

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rdf:langString Lietuvos Lenino komunistinė jaunimo sąjunga

rdf:langString The Leninist Young Communist League of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Lenino komunistinė jaunimo sąjunga or LLKJS) or Lithuanian Komsomol (Lithuanian: Komjaunimas) was the Lithuanian branch of the Soviet Komsomol that served as the youth organ of the Communist Party of Lithuania. The organization was for youth ages 14 to 28. Younger children were organized into Pioneers (ages 10 to 14) and Little Octobrists (Lithuanian: spaliukai; ages 7 to 9). Since Komsomol was the only legal youth organization in the Soviet Union, it had significant impact and influence on the youth. The Lithuanian Komsomol was established in January 1919 during the Lithuanian–Soviet War. During the interwar, the Lithuanian Komsomol was outlawed in Lithuania and its members were frequently arrested by the Lithuanian police. The organization grew rapidly after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania and its members actively participated in Lithuania's sovietization. In the 1970s and 1980s, it became such a massive organization that non-members were viewed as anti-Soviet. On 3 June 1989, the Lithuanian Komsomol voted to break away from the All-Union Komsomol and form an independent organization, which became the Young Communist League of Lithuania.