From the Komsomol Archive: “Mama won’t stand for it”
I’ve been going through Komsomolskaya pravda for 1928 collecting articles on whatever I find interesting. And there’s a lot–1928 was a tumultuous year. Articles about
January 6, 2011
Youth
Nashi Plagiarizes Goebbels
Google Nashi and you’ll inevitably come across the term “Putinjugend” I’ve never liked this label, mostly because Nashi is a far cry from the Hitler
November 14, 2010
October 25, 2010
Nashi Turns Five
I haven’t peeked into the world of Nashi in a while. The movement seems like it’s in a rut and continues to bobble along. Long gone are the days where Nashi paraded 10,000 red and white clad youths down a Moscow thoroughfare denouncing the scourge of “colored revolution.”
Yet Nashi perseveres. It carries out a small action against illegal gambling clubs here; and joins the chorus of sympathy for Poland there. Nothing flashy. Almost barely noticeable, in fact. If it wasn’t for the machinations of its member and Duma rep Robert Shlegel, Nashi would barely make headlines at all.
Shlegel reared his all too Aryan looking head following
April 15, 2010
From the Komsomol Archive
Today, I began research on Komsomol participation in collectivization and found this little tidbit in the archive.
December 14, 2009
Yakemenko Loves You
Vasili, Vasili, Vasili. How far you’ve fallen. To think that only a few years ago you were the leader of your own youth army, Nashi.
December 10, 2009
Access to Fading Lives
HIV-AIDS is something that hits close to my heart. My brother died of the disease in 1993. One of my earliest blog posts way back
December 1, 2009
“The leading fighting brigade of our political system.”
It looks like Nashi might have crossed a line in their campaign against Alexander Podrabinek. According to Vremya, the Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights
October 5, 2009
Kebab House of Comedy
Russian politics is a joke. I’m not being sarcastic. It really is funny. Perhaps in an effort to one up the inanity of American politics
October 5, 2009
Nashi Looks to Expand Youth Militia
The plan to fill Russia’s streets with 100,000 young militiamen by 2010 has been all over the Russian internet media over the last few weeks.
August 10, 2009
