Admission to the pioneer age. Pioneer organization encyclopedia of our childhood. What did the pioneer uniform look like?


In the autumn of 1918, the children's organization of young communists (YUK) was created, but a year later it was disbanded. In November 1921, a decision was made to create an all-Russian children's organization. Children's groups operated in Moscow for several months, during the experiment pioneer symbols and attributes were developed, the name was adopted new organization- detachments young pioneers named after Spartacus. On May 7, 1922, the first pioneer bonfire was held in the Sokolnichesky forest in Moscow.

In the Soviet Union, the Day of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin, or, to put it more simply, Pioneer Day, was officially celebrated on May 19. It was on this day in 1922 that the 2nd All-Russian Conference of the Komsomol decided to create pioneer detachments everywhere. social hierarchy: Octobrist - Pioneer - Komsomol member, was aimed at creating an internal ideological core in Soviet children and adolescents, the desire to grow and improve. The pioneer organization taught children how to live in a socialist society, how to coexist with their peers. Now many citizens see shortcomings in this approach to educating young people, they say, ideological clouding of the brain, which made puppets out of people. Even so, at that time the level of drug addiction and crime among young people was ultra-low, compared to our time. After the collapse of the USSR, Pioneer Day ceased to be an official holiday. Today Pioneer Day is unofficially celebrated by some children's organizations and companies involved in the organization of children's leisure. And there will always be people who remember the young pioneer years with pleasure.

Which of the Soviet pioneers does not remember the excitement with which he was preparing to join the ranks of a mass socio-political organization? How were scarlet ties tied to the sound of horns and drums? As for the first time in our lives we solemnly swore allegiance to the cause of Lenin and Communist Party? The Soviet country spared nothing for the young. Beautiful Palaces of Pioneers and children's camps were built. The very activity of children's communist organizations in the USSR and in other socialist countries had such a serious scale that it even surpassed in importance its "bourgeois" prototype and analogue - the scout movement. The Pioneer movement differed from it in significant aspects: the system was of an all-encompassing state character and set as its goal the ideological education of children as citizens completely devoted to the Communist Party and the state. At the same time, it should be noted that, as the movement evolved, the role of the heritage of scouting in it fell (which can be clearly seen in the evolution of the pioneer camp from the type of sports and tourist tent camp to the type of a sanatorium complex). Among particular differences, one can point out the absence of separate organizations for boys and girls. Until 1924, the pioneer organization bore the name of Spartak, and after the death of Lenin received his name.

"Be ready!"

"Always ready!"

Pioneer Oath
I, I.F., joining the ranks of the All-Union Pioneer Organization, in the face of my comrades, solemnly swear: to love my Motherland passionately; to live, study and fight as the great Lenin bequeathed, as the Communist Party teaches; always follow the laws of the pioneers Soviet Union
"Be ready!"
"Always ready!" Note. Until 1986, it was: "... passionately love your Motherland, live, study and fight, as the great Lenin bequeathed, as the Communist Party teaches, always follow the laws of the pioneers of the Soviet Union."

Revision 1922
With my word of honour, I promise that I will be faithful to the working class, that I will help my fellow workers every day, that I know the laws of the pioneers and that I will obey them.

Revision 1923
I, a young pioneer of the USSR, solemnly promise in the face of my comrades that

1) I will stand firmly for the cause of the working class in its struggle for the liberation of the workers and peasants of the whole world.
2) I will honestly and steadily carry out the laws and customs of the young pioneers.

Revision 1924
I, a young pioneer of the USSR, solemnly promise before the face of my comrades that I will firmly stand for the cause of the working class in its struggle for the liberation of the workers and peasants of the whole world. I will honestly and unswervingly fulfill the precepts of Ilyich, the laws and customs of the young pioneers.

Revision 1928
I, a young pioneer of the USSR, solemnly promise before my comrades that: 1) I will firmly stand for the cause of the working class in its struggle for the liberation of the working people of the whole world. 2) I will honestly and steadily fulfill the precepts of Ilyich - Laws of the UP Laws of young pioneers - a set of basic rules for the life and work of a member of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. V. I. Lenin. In a figurative and understandable form for children, the goals and tasks of the children's communist organization, the basic principles of communist morality, moral and ethical standards behavior of young pioneers.

For the first time, the Laws of Young Pioneers, developed by the commission of the Central Committee of the RKSM with the participation of N. K. Krupskaya, were approved by the 5th Congress of the RKSM in October 1922. In the Laws of Young Pioneers, it was singled out as one of the main laws - "I will strive always, wherever possible, to obtain knowledge in order to use it for the benefit of the working people."

The changes in the conditions of activity of the pioneer organization that took place during the years of socialist construction, the deepening of the content and the improvement of the forms and methods of its work were reflected in the new text of the Laws of the Young Pioneers, approved in 1957 by the 8th Plenum of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.


The laws of the pioneers of the Soviet Union

The pioneer is devoted to the motherland, the party, communism.
Pioneer is preparing to become a member of the Komsomol.
The pioneer looks up to the heroes of struggle and labor.
Pioneer honors the memory of the dead fighters and is preparing to become a defender of the Fatherland.
Pioneer is the best in studies, work and sports.
The pioneer is disciplined.
The Pioneer is an honest and faithful comrade, always boldly standing up for the truth.
Pioneer - comrade and counselor of the October.
Pioneer is a friend to pioneers and children of working people of all countries.
Pioneer is honest and truthful. His word is like granite.

Pioneer habits.

Pioneer does not lie in bed in the morning, but rises immediately, like a roly-poly.
Pioneers make beds with their own hands, not with the hands of others.
Pioneers wash themselves thoroughly, not forgetting to wash their necks and ears, brush their teeth and remember that teeth are the friends of the stomach.
Pioneers are accurate and accurate.
Pioneers stand and sit straight, not hunched over.
Pioneers are not afraid to offer their services to people. Pioneers do not smoke; a smoking pioneer is no longer a pioneer.
Pioneers don't keep their hands in their pockets; one who keeps his hands in his pockets is not always ready.
Pioneers protect useful animals.
Pioneers always remember their customs and laws.

Pioneer anthem

Music: S. Deshkin Lyrics: A. Zharov


We, the pioneers, are the children of the workers.

Chorus (after each verse):
The time is coming /aut:era/
bright years,
The call of the pioneer
"Always be ready!"

With a joyful step, with a cheerful song,
We stand for the Komsomol.

We raise the red / aut: scarlet / banner,
Children of workers, boldly follow us!

We will thunder together the song of the daring
For the pioneers of the world family

Fire up, blue nights!
We, the pioneers, are the children of the workers.

1922
Signals and marches of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. V. I. Lenin (Parts 1, 2)

Genre: signals and marches
Disc release year: 1983
Disc manufacturer: USSR
Audio Bitrate: 320 kbps
Duration: 00:16:11

I Signals

1. Entry - 00:00:35
2. Attention! Listen everyone! - 00:00:37
3. Rise! - 00:00:28
4. For lunch - 00:00:23
5. To class - 00:00:27
6. Gathering of pioneer leaders - 00:00:14
7. Go to bed - 00:00:47


II squad line

8. Signal "Gathering" - 00:00:40
9. March "Ceremonial removal of the banner" - 00:00:23
10. Raising and lowering the State Flag of the USSR - 00:00:29
11. Fly fires, blue nights!
12. Grand opening - 00:00:21
13. Minute of silence - 00:00:51


III Accompanying Marches
pioneer system

14. Solemn greeting - 00:00:36
15. Pioneer touch - 00:00:17
16. Pioneer march - 00:00:53
17. Counter march - 00:00:28
18. Ringing march - 00:00:32
19. March on guards - 00:00:22
20. Pioneer march - 00:00:43


IV Signals pioneer
military sports game"Zarnitsa"

21. Signal "Dawn" - 00:01:04
22. Signal "Alarm" - 00:00:30
23. Signal "Air Raid" - 00:00:13
24. Signal "Alarm end" - 00:00:21


Symbols of the pioneer organization

Regulations on the symbols, attributes and rituals of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. IN AND. Lenin provides for the use in educational work state symbols established by the Constitution of the USSR. The Pioneer Organization instills in children and adolescents a deep respect for the Coat of Arms, the Flag, the Anthem of the USSR, as well as for the Coat of Arms, the Flag, and the Anthem of the Union Republic. These state symbols personify the heroic history, power and greatness of the socialist Fatherland.

The educational purpose of the symbolism of a pioneer organization, the importance of using state symbols in its work lies primarily in explaining to them in a specific bright, imaginative, emotional and understandable form for children:

The idea of ​​revolutionary succession of generations of communists - Komsomol - pioneers, loyalty of the young generation to the revolutionary, fighting and labor traditions of the Soviet people, readiness to fight for the cause of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
the socio-political meaning of the activities of the communist organization of children and adolescents;
the significance of the pioneer organization as a replacement and reserve for the Lenin Komsomol;
the need to strengthen the unity of the members of the pioneer organization.

The symbolism of the pioneer organization was distinguished by the following ideological and political orientations:

The deep ideological and political content of each symbol, the inextricable link with communist ideas;
the concreteness and accuracy of the expression of the ideological and political content of certain communist ideas;
brightness and emotional appeal external form symbol;
simplicity and accessibility of disclosing political concepts that are difficult for children.

Red banner and red flag. The Communist Party and the Komsomol entrusted pioneer organizations and squads with the right to have the Red Banner, the detachment - the red pioneer flag. These were symbols of the young generation's loyalty to the cause. October revolution, the cause of the Communist Party, a symbol of loyalty to the motherland, honor and unity of the pioneers.

On the Red Banner of the All-Union Pioneer Organization are two Orders of Lenin and the Commemorative Ribbon of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. The first Order of Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization named after. IN AND. Lenina was awarded May 17, 1962 in connection with her 40th birthday for great job on communist education children. The commemorative ribbon of the Central Committee of the Komsomol was presented to the pioneer organization on June 30, 1970 at the XVII All-Union Pioneer Gathering in Leningrad for successful work in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin. The pioneer organization was awarded the second Order of Lenin on May 18, 1972 in connection with its 50th anniversary and for its great work in raising children in the spirit of Lenin's precepts.

The Red Banner was solemnly presented by representatives of the Lenin Komsomol to pioneer organizations of the Union and Autonomous Republics, national districts, territorial and regional, city and district organizations, the squad of the school, the temporary squad of the pioneer camp.

Samples of the Red Banners of pioneer organizations and squads were established by the Central Committee of the Komsomol. These banners bore the pioneer badge and inscribed the words of the pioneers' motto: "Be ready to fight for the cause of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union!" On the ribbon attached to the flagstaff is the name of the organization or squad. Commemorative ribbons for successes in all-Union and republican pioneer affairs were also attached to the flagpole of the squad. Respect for the Red Banner was the sacred duty of every leader and pioneer.

Red flag presented by a representative Komsomol organization newly created pioneer joy at the solemn line. The sample of the red flag of the detachment was also approved by the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. The front side of the flag featured a pioneer badge. A ribbon with an honorary name of the detachment embroidered in silk was attached to the flagpole, commemorative ribbons - a reward for success in pioneering affairs, for example. Ribbon of Honor of the Central Council of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. IN AND. Lenin's detachment - the "right-flank" All-Union march of pioneer detachments.

Red tie and pioneer badge.

Every pioneer wore a red tie. It was a symbol of loyalty to the cause of the Great October Revolution, a symbol of the indestructible unity of three generations: communists - Komsomol members - pioneers. A pioneer's tie is a particle of the revolutionary Red Banner. Protecting the honor of your pioneer tie means sacredly preserving the honor of the Red Banner. The badge is a symbol of the pioneer's belonging to a single mass communist organization of children and adolescents of the Soviet Union. “Such an icon,” wrote N.K. Krupskaya in the brochure "RKSM and Boy Scouting" - strengthens the bond between the organization and its members and strengthens the member's responsibility for his actions.

Pioneer badge.
The pioneer badge is an image of a five-pointed red star (a symbol of unity, the workers of the five continents) with the profile of V.I. Lenin in the center of the star (a sign of belonging to the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V.I. Lenin and the fidelity of the pioneer to Lenin's precepts), above the upper rays of the star pioneer bonfire with three flames (a symbol of the unity of generations of communists - Komsomol members - pioneers), the lower rays of the star are intertwined with a ribbon with the words "Always ready!" (a symbol of a pioneer's readiness to fight for the cause of the Communist Party).

Pioneer salute. The salute of a pioneer means that for him the interests of society, his communist organization, squad and detachment are higher than personal ones. The pioneer gave a salute, lifting the bent at an angle right hand with tightly clenched fingers above the head:

Https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/62701/108533029.23/0_211944_e1f9d85f_orig.jpg when handing him a red tie;
during the performance of the Anthem of the Communist Party "International", the Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the anthems of the Union Republics, the raising of the State Flag of the USSR and the flags of the Union Republics;
at the Mausoleum and monuments to V.I. Lenin, memorials of the revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people, answering "Always ready!" to the words of the pioneer motto;
when presenting insignia to members of the councils of squads and detachments, awarding them during a solemn ceremony;
the pioneer also salutes the Red Banner - the flag of the detachment, salutes the leaders, the pioneer and military system with a salute.

honorary name. Assigning the name of an outstanding figure of the Communist Party and the revolutionary movement, the hero of our Motherland, to a pioneer organization, squad, detachment was a symbol of fidelity to the glorious traditions of the struggle for communism. Samples of heroic life and struggle, "glorious work Soviet people, the feat of heroes stand as high moral ideal pioneers" that they were to imitate. Already N.K. Krupskaya noted in her writings the significant educational power of the connection between the ideals and practical behavior of adolescents and children. The highest ideological and moral ideal for the pioneers was the life and work of V. I. Lenin.

Symbolism is inextricably linked with the attributes of the pioneer organization. Attributes - certain objects and signs that express the ideas, symbols and traditions of the pioneer movement in a bright and expressive form, emphasize the cohesion, unity and organization of pioneer teams, create an emotionally attractive design for a children's communist organization.

Some of the main symbols of the pioneer organization were at the same time its attributes (the red banners of the pioneer organizations and teams, the red flags of the detachments, the pioneer's tie and badge).

The attributes, having a symbolic meaning, reflected the revolutionary romance of pioneer life, the pathos of the heroic struggle of the people for the great cause of the Communist Party. Therefore, for example, both the bugle and the drum should not be considered only from the point of view of their utilitarian and practical purpose of giving signals. The horn and the drum became companions of the detachment as symbols of the battle trumpet of the Red Army regiments. fiery years civil war and the marching drums of the young Gavroches of the Paris Commune.

The attributes of the pioneer organization were the form of leaders and pioneers, insignia of the elected pioneer activists, awards of leaders and pioneers, commemorative emblems, signs and award badges of pioneer rallies, festivals, competitions, competitions, all-Union and republican games.

Thus, the goals and objectives of the pioneer organization were determined on the basis of party directives and formulated in the Charter of the Komsomol and the Regulations on the All-Union Pioneer Organization. V.I. Lenin, documents of the Lenin Komsomol.

The common and unified goal of the school, the Komsomol and the pioneer organization was the task of the all-round development of the communist personality. The purpose of the work of each squad was to prepare a worthy replacement for the Lenin Komsomol.

Symbolism and attributes gave a revolutionary-romantic mood to the life and work of the pioneers, helped to organizationally and ideologically strengthen the team of members of the communist organization of children and adolescents, bring emotional and solemn elation to pioneer affairs, and create an aesthetics of the life of the team. They expressed the socio-political ideas of public life, the pathos of the struggle for the construction of socialism and communism.

For the first time, the Laws of Young Pioneers, developed by the commission of the Central Committee of the RKSM with the participation of N. K. Krupskaya, were approved by the 5th Congress of the RKSM in October 1922. In the Laws of Young Pioneers, it was singled out as one of the main laws - “I will strive always, wherever possible, to obtain knowledge in order to use it for the benefit of the working people”

The Laws of Young Pioneers - a set of basic rules for the life and work of a member of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. V. I. Lenin. The goals and tasks of the children's communist organization, the basic principles of communist morality, and the moral and ethical norms of behavior of young pioneers are set out in a figurative and understandable form for children.

The laws of the pioneers of the Soviet Union

The changes in the conditions of activity of the pioneer organization that took place during the years of socialist construction, the deepening of the content and the improvement of the forms and methods of its work were reflected in the new text of the Laws of the Young Pioneers, approved in 1957 by the 8th Plenum of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.

1. Pioneer is loyal to the working class and communism.
2. A pioneer is a friend and brother to every other pioneer and Komsomol member.
3. The pioneer is honest and truthful. His word is like granite.
4. The pioneer is disciplined.
5. Every day a pioneer helps fellow workers in the construction of a communist society.
6. The pioneer is industrious and respects useful work.
7. The pioneer is pure in thought, word and deed.

Pioneer habits.

1. The pioneer does not lie in bed in the morning, but rises as soon as
roly-poly.
2. Pioneers make beds with their own hands, not with the hands of others.
3. Pioneers wash themselves thoroughly, remembering to wash their neck and ears, clean
teeth and remember that teeth are friends of the stomach.
4. Pioneers are precise and accurate.
5. Pioneers stand and sit straight without hunching over.
6. Pioneers are not afraid to offer their services to people.
7. Pioneers do not smoke; a smoking pioneer is no longer a pioneer.
8. Pioneers don't keep their hands in their pockets; hands in pockets
not always ready.
9. Pioneers protect useful animals.
10. Pioneers always remember their customs and laws.
11. A drunken pioneer dishonors the squad.

Pioneer - a young builder of communism - works and studies for the good of the Motherland, preparing to become its defender.
The Pioneer is an active fighter for peace, a friend of the Pioneers and the children of the working people of all countries.
The pioneer looks up to the communists, is preparing to become a member of the Komsomol, leads the Octobrists.
The Pioneer cherishes the honor of his organization, strengthens its authority with his deeds and deeds.

The Pioneer is a reliable comrade, respects the elders, takes care of the younger ones, and always acts according to his conscience.

A pioneer has the right: to elect and be elected to pioneer self-government bodies; discuss the work of the pioneer organization at pioneer gatherings, rallies, meetings of councils of detachments and squads, in the press, criticize shortcomings, make proposals to any council of the pioneer organization, up to the Central Council of VPO named after V. I. Lenin; ask for a recommendation from the council of the squad for joining the ranks of the Komsomol.

Motto of the pioneers

The declared goal of the pioneer organization is to educate young fighters for the cause of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is expressed in the motto of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin. To the call: “Pioneer, be ready to fight for the cause of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union!” - the answer follows: "Always ready!"

pioneer badge

The most important pioneer attributes were the squad banner, detachment flags, a horn and a drum, which accompanied all solemn pioneer rituals. Each pioneer squad had a pioneer room, where the relevant attributes were stored and meetings of the squad council were held. In the pioneer room, as a rule, a ritual counter with pioneer attributes, a Leninist corner and a corner of international friendship were arranged. At school and in the classes, the pioneers issued and hung out hand-written squad and detachment wall newspapers.

pioneer form

On ordinary days, it coincided with school uniform, supplemented by pioneer symbols - a red tie and a pioneer badge. On solemn occasions (holidays, greetings at party and Komsomol forums, meetings of foreign delegations, etc.) dress uniform, which included:
red caps, pioneer ties and badges;
boys - white shirts with gilded buttons and sleeve emblems, belted with a light brown belt with a gilded buckle, blue trousers and dark shoes;
girls wear white blouses, blue skirts, white stockings and white shoes;
in regions with a hot climate, shoes were replaced with sandals, and trousers could be replaced with shorts, if this did not contradict the spirit of the event and national traditions republics;
in banner groups, the dress uniform was complemented by a red ribbon over the shoulder and white gloves.



Pioneer editions

The Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League of the union republics, regional committees, regional committees of the Komsomol, the Central, Republican, regional and regional councils of pioneer organizations published pioneer newspapers and magazines and literature necessary for children, including the newspaper Pionerskaya Pravda, the magazines Pioneer, Koster "," Young Technician”, “Young Naturalist”, etc. Radio and television regularly produced programs for the pioneers, the call signs of the radio newspapers “Pionerskaya Zorka” sounded on the air daily, the Orlyonok television studio worked on Central Television, and the monthly documentary film magazine “Pioneeria” was shown in cinemas before the film was shown. .

Pioneer practice

Waste paper collection
Scrap metal collection
Help for pensioners (Timurov movement)
Game "Zarnitsa"
Pioneerball
Classes in sports circles and sections

pioneer camps

The vast majority of pioneers spent their school holidays in pioneer camps. Up to 40,000 summer and year-round pioneer camps functioned in the USSR, where about 10 million children spent their holidays annually. There was a kind of unspoken hierarchy. The most famous of them was the All-Union Pioneer Camp of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League "Artek", which had international status. The second place in terms of prestige was occupied by the All-Russian pioneer camp "Eaglet" ( Krasnodar region, RSFSR). This was followed by the republican recreation camps "Ocean" (Primorsky Krai, RSFSR), "Young Guard" (Odessa region, Ukrainian SSR) and "Zubrenok" (Minsk region, BSSR).

On May 19, 1922, 90 years ago, the first pioneer organization was created, since 1926 it has been called the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V.I. Lenin

After the October Revolution, children's organizations, groups and associations began to emerge in many cities of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party instructed the Komsomol to create a single children's communist organization.

May 19, 1922 Second All-Russian Conference The Komsomol decided to create pioneer detachments everywhere. And in October of the same year, the 5th All-Russian Congress The RKSM decided to unite all pioneer detachments organized in different cities USSR, in the children's communist organization "Young Pioneers named after Spartak."

In 1924, the pioneer organization was named after V.I. Lenin. And after the 7th congress of the Komsomol in 1926, at which a resolution was adopted to rename the RKSM into the Komsomol, the pioneer organization became known as the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V.I. Lenin.

The purpose of the pioneer organization is:

Preparing children school age to join the Komsomol, and then to the ranks of the Communist Party.

In the early 1930s, pioneer associations began to form in schools. The All-Union Pioneer Organization was built according to the so-called school principle: a class - a detachment, a school - a pioneer squad.

The first pioneer detachments worked at the Komsomol cells of factories, factories, institutions, participated in subbotniks, helped in the fight against child homelessness, in the elimination of illiteracy.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War a mass Timurov movement was organized, which also included the duties of its members:

assistance to the families of veterans;

Cathedral medicinal plants and herbs;

collection of scrap metal;

organizing fundraising for military equipment for the front;

duty in hospitals and nursing homes;

participation in harvesting;

organization of amateur performances for military personnel and civilians.

The organizer of this direction of pioneering activity was famous writer Arkady Petrovich Gaidar. His works: "Chuk and Gek", "RVS", "Blue Cup", "The Fate of a Drummer", "Timur and his team" brought up more than one generation of children and adolescents in the spirit of patriotism and selfless service to the Motherland.

Pioneer Heroes of the Soviet Union

Before the war, they were the most ordinary boys and girls. They studied, helped the elders, played, ran, jumped, broke their knees. Their names were known only to relatives, classmates and friends.

The hour of trials has come and the little pranksters and naughty people have shown the whole world how much, in a small children's heart, the sacred fiery love for the Motherland is concentrated. At first glance, boys, girls. On their fragile shoulders, the war laid the brunt of adversity, childish trials, misfortune and grief of military hard times. But the eagle pioneers did not bend under this weight, they became stronger in spirit more courageous, more resilient.

Little heroes of the big war! Their grown-up childhood was filled with such trials that even the most talented writer could hardly come up with. But it was. It was in the history of our great country, it was in the fate of its little Soviet guys - ordinary boys and girls.

Valya Kotik together with friends decided to fight the enemy. The guys collected weapons at the battlefield, which the partisans then transported to the detachment in a wagon of hay. He tracked the location of enemy posts, the order of the changing of the guard. On his account - six enemy echelons blown up on the way to the front.

Marat Kazei. His mother was captured for her connection with the partisans and subsequently hanged by the Nazis. Went to the partisans. He fought to the last bullet, and when he had only one grenade left, he let the enemies get closer and blew them up ... and himself.

Zina Portnova participated in operations against the enemy, in sabotage, distributed leaflets, conducted reconnaissance on the instructions of the partisan detachment. In December 1943, the young pioneer was brutally tortured by the Nazis, but until the last minute she remained steadfast, courageous, unbending.

Lenya Golikov. There was a battle in his life that Lenya fought one on one with a fascist general. A grenade thrown by a boy knocked out a car. The Nazi got out of it with a briefcase in his hands. Lenya pursued the enemy for almost a kilometer and finally killed him. There were some very important documents in the briefcase.

All four were awarded the high title of Heroes of the Soviet Union posthumously ...

The most important pioneer attributes are the squad banner, detachment flags, bugle and drum, which accompanied all solemn pioneer rituals.

The pioneer uniform on ordinary days coincided with the school uniform, supplemented by pioneer symbols - a red tie and a pioneer badge. On solemn occasions (holidays, greetings at party and Komsomol forums, meetings of foreign delegations, etc.), full dress was worn. They proudly wore a red tie on their chest - a piece of a red battle banner. The pioneer tie has three ends - this is a symbol of the unity of the party, the Komsomol and the pioneers.

The pioneer organization accepted children aged 9 to 14 years. Reception was carried out individually, by open voting at the gathering of the pioneer detachment or squad.

The one who joined the pioneer organization on the pioneer line gave the Solemn Promise of the Pioneer of the Soviet Union. Pioneers received in a solemn atmosphere. As a rule, during Soviet holidays, most often on April 22 near the monument to V.I. Lenin.

“I (Name, Surname), joining the ranks of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, solemnly promise in the face of my comrades: to love my Motherland passionately. Live, study and fight as the great Lenin bequeathed, as the Communist Party teaches. It is sacred to observe the Laws of the Pioneers of the Soviet Union.

The purpose of the pioneer organization is to educate young fighters for the cause of the Communist Party. It is expressed in the motto of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin.

For the call:

"Pioneer, be ready to fight for the cause of the Communist Party!"

The answer follows:

"Always ready!"

Laws of young pioneers:

The Pioneer is devoted to the Motherland, the party, the ideas of social justice;

Pioneer is preparing to become a member of the Komsomol;

The pioneer looks up to the heroes of struggle and labor;

Pioneer honors the memory of fallen fighters and prepares to become a defender of the Fatherland;

Pioneer is the best in studies, work and sports;

The Pioneer is an honest and faithful comrade, always boldly standing for the truth;

Pioneer - comrade and counselor of October;

Pioneer is a friend to pioneers and children of working people of all countries;

The anthem of the pioneer organization is "March of Young Pioneers" - a Soviet pioneer song written in 1922 by two Komsomol members - pianist Sergei Kaidan-Deshkin and poet Alexander Zharov

Pioneer in Ukraine

July 21, 2004 All-Ukrainian Pioneer Organization named after. V.I. Lenina was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

As in the old days, the senior mentor, assistant and organizer of the resurgent pioneer movement is the Lenin Komsomol.

Since 1993, a lot of organizational work has been done to revive the pioneer organization.

Today in Ukraine there are 22 all-Ukrainian children's public organizations. The main difference between the pioneers is the ideological, organizational and symbolic similarity with the Soviet pioneers, which makes it possible to declare that VPO them. VI Lenin is the ideological successor and successor of the pioneer movement in Ukraine.

Pioneers pass hard way formation and rebirth.

Undoubtedly, a significant event was the holding in 2010 in Kherson of the 1st All-Ukrainian gathering of regional pioneer organizations, which was attended by representatives of 15 regions of the country.

During the work, the guys independently finalized and adopted the laws of the pioneer, the oath, got acquainted with the main pioneer traditions and organizational details during the events.

Today, regional pioneer organizations are registered and operate in the Kiev, Zhytomyr, Volyn, Vinnitsa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, and Kirovohrad regions.

The organizations of Nikolaev, Kherson, Chernihiv, Lugansk, Kharkov, Poltava, Cherkassy regions, Sevastopol have huge achievements.

Traditionally, in most regional centers and cities on May 19, solemn pioneer lines are held, new recruits are accepted into the ranks.

Children's eyes light up, and sonorous voices chirp out “Be ready! - Always ready!".

The fact that today a new recruit is coming to the pioneer organization, ready to fight, to work, speaks of the relevance and necessity of restoring the pioneer organization, gives it incorruptible simplicity and strength.

Press service of the Zaporozhye OK LKSMU


Red wall cloth with golden silk fringe with the motto, the laws of the pioneers of the Soviet Union and the pioneer badge. The artifact was made in the 70s of the XX century. Material: acetate silk. Dimensions: 58 x 90 cm. Such canvases, as a rule, were hung on the walls of the school Pioneer Room or the Red Corner, where the paraphernalia of the pioneer detachment was kept - banners, flags, horns, drums, etc. Upon closer examination, it becomes obvious that the Soviet pioneers borrowed their laws, like many other things, from the bourgeois scouts. The artifact is awaiting a more detailed description.

The laws of young pioneers in the Soviet Union were the established set of rules for life and social activities members of the All-Union Pioneer Organization. IN AND. Lenin. These laws, in a concise and accessible form for children's perception, set out the main goals and objectives of the pioneer movement, essential principles communist morality, moral and ethical norms of behavior of young pioneers - the younger Komsomol change.

For the first time, the Laws of Young Pioneers, developed by a commission of the Central Committee of the RKSM with the participation of representatives of the Komsomol, as well as N. Krupskaya and A. Lunacharsky, were approved by the V Congress of the RKSM in October 1922 - i.e. 5 months after the formation of the Pioneer itself, but before it was given the name of Lenin. The congress delegates quite expectedly decided that the children's movement, in the conditions of an acute class struggle, should set itself the goal of uniting, educating and preparing children for the struggle for the interests of the proletariat. "The basis of the proletarian children's movement long-term play of children should be laid, based on the characteristics of childhood and therefore affecting the feelings of children and drawing children into public life into the struggle and building of the working class," stated in the decision of the congress. And in order to subordinate the personal life of the child to the goals of the pioneer movement, moral obligations were established in the form of the Laws of Young Pioneers. They initially singled out the main rule, the so-called "iron law", formulated according to Lenin's testament youth to learn communism: “I will strive always, wherever possible, to acquire knowledge in order to use it for the benefit of the working people.” However, it was not the only one.

It is quite obvious that most of its laws, as well as many other things (including the form, organizational structure and paraphernalia - more about this in the article) the Soviet pioneers borrowed from the bourgeois scouts, who by 1922 were practically banned in the USSR. These borrowings are clearly visible in the comparison table below. Let us note that in the pioneer interpretation there are no longer such “bourgeois” concepts as Motherland or property, and for some reason scout politeness, fun and modesty are considered inappropriate. Instead of “neighbor”, “working fellows” appear, instead of “Motherland” - “working class” and further down the list:

The gradually increasing ideologization of the children's movement could not but be reflected in the content of the pioneer laws. Comparison of them (and until 1932, 7 versions of laws were adopted and operated, replacing each other) convincingly confirms not only the complication of formulations that are difficult for the child to assimilate and implement, but also the increasing degree of their politicization. New versions of laws began to appear annually in 1929, 1930, 1931, which was due to the aggravated political situation caused by the "great turning point" and the permissiveness of the totalitarian party-state system. Children were drawn into immoral political struggle - this was required of them by the "Laws of Young Pioneers", developed and adopted by adults. Let's read the texts of those laws: "The pioneer is the enemy of the kulaks and the bourgeoisie, for the international of the workers", "The pioneer always and everywhere rebuffs the class enemy." Who is he, the "class enemy"? What forms of resistance and struggle should a pioneer use? And the adults themselves answered: inform and report, report and inform ... And the pioneers of the early 30s worked illegally in factories and factories, where they helped to implement the notorious industrial financial plan, which was unsecured and unjustified. After all new law, which appeared at the end of the first five-year plan, read: "The Pioneer organizes children to fulfill the plans of factories, plants, MTS, collective farms." In a word, in the difficult situation of the 30s, passion and romance were completely expelled from the life of the pioneers, and formalism and bureaucracy were firmly entrenched in return.

At the X Congress of the Komsomol in 1936, the opinion was voiced that the "laws and customs of the pioneers" were far-fetched and useless thing. Soon the Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League canceled them, at the same time approving the “Rules for Young Pioneers” in the style of the school. Such a step only strengthened the subordination of the pioneers to the school, which provoked a protest from N. K. Krupskaya. “I was very upset by the decision of your plenum on the pioneers…”,- she wrote to the Central Committee of the Komsomol, but the opinion of the widow of the deceased leader was not heard. By that time, what we now call "the ideology and practice of the cult of personality" had already firmly established itself in life. His spirit was also permeated with the new, adopted by the Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League in November 1937, the Solemn Promise: "The Pioneers are selflessly devoted to their Motherland, the All-Union Bolshevik Party and the great successor of Lenin's work - Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who made childhood in the USSR joyful and happy."

The changes in the conditions of activity of the pioneer organization that have taken place during the years of socialist construction, the deepening of the content and the improvement of the forms and methods of its work are reflected in the new text of the laws of young pioneers, approved in 1957 by the VIII Plenum of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. They were recruited not only on red panels for the Red Corner, but were issued in the form of numerous posters and postcards. Here are the rules:

  • The pioneer is devoted to the motherland, the party, communism
  • Pioneer is preparing to become a Komsomol member
  • The pioneer looks up to the heroes of struggle and labor
  • Pioneer honors the memory of fallen fighters and prepares to become a defender of the Fatherland
  • Pioneer is the best in studies, work and sports
  • A pioneer is an honest and faithful comrade, always boldly standing for the truth.
  • Pioneer - comrade and counselor of October
  • Pioneer is a friend to pioneers and children of working people of all countries

Canvas with the Laws of Young Pioneers from the collection of "Little Stories"