komsomol
/kom-suh-mawl, kom-suh-mawl/US // ˌkɒm səˈmɔl, ˈkɒm səˌmɔl //UK // (ˌkɒmsəˈmɒl, ˈkɒmsəˌmɒl, Russian kəmsaˈmɔl) //
蔻西莫尔,蔻赛姆,蔻西莫,蔻蔻
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
- : a member of this organization.Compare Octobrist, Pioneer.
Examples
Khodorkovsky, a young communist league (komsomol) activist, was in the latter category.
But if you are going to the university, not everybody is a member of the Komsomol, although a high percentage of them are.
The membership in the Komsomol may be found to be involuntary and is on occasion found involuntary.
Suppose Marina had told you that she was a member of the Komsomol, what would you have done then?
Would it be normal for one to graduate, so to speak, from the Komsomol to the membership in the Communist Party?
I thought that practically all young people belonged to the Komsomol?
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