"Always forward, not one step back": today, 97 years of the pioneer organization

May 19, 1922 decision of all-Russian conference of Komsomol was first created in the pioneer organization. The pioneers were children of secondary schools, it was an honor, fun and meant the first step on the path to becoming a respectable member of Communist society.

Pioneers became almost all — it was accepted. Primarily took honors activists, then the other children. Did not take the pioneers rarely, usually only inveterate bullies. Happened and refusals for religious reasons.

1987. Bugler in the pioneer camp "Artek" in Gurzuf. Buglers had to be able to run drills with the mountain and raise the alarm: "Listen to everything", "Harvest", "the banner," "Marching March", "On line", "Alarm" and some others.

The 1930-ies. Charging in a camp. To raise the morale of the kids had not only exercises but also the songs. Pioneers had a lot of songs, most had a radio show "pioneer dawn", which existed from 1925 to 1991.

1961. Children take the pioneers on the red square of Moscow. It was a very honourable and solemn ritual.

Frame from the film "My perestroika-2010". One of the few foreign films about pioneers. (Photo: Red Square Productions / Bungalow Town Productions / ITVS International)

1965. The educational system of pioneers in the gym. Note the sign: "The human person". Guess who we are?

1960-ies. Pioneers on the line, get the table.

1960-ies. Great Stroy in Artek. The Crimean Artek was the most prestigious summer camp. To get there was the dream of every student.

1960-ies. Pioneers in Artek.

1960-ies. Pioneers in Artek.

1970-ies. Pioneered "the Seagull" in Sverdlovsk.

1920-ies. Parade of pioneers in Tashkent.

1923. Livenskiy pioneers.

1950-ies. Pioneers often were forced to be photographed, because their faces are pretty telling.

1983. Pioneers in the Zeravshan mountains of the Tajik SSR.

22 APR 2012. The celebration of the 142 nd anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Mariupol pioneers arrived in Moscow with his banner and was represented by all-Ukrainian pioneer organization them. V. I. Lenin. In watch memory also took part in the pioneers and Komsomol members of Moscow and St. Petersburg. (Photo: Ukrainian pioneer organization them. V. I. Lenin)