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Even more than 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, young pioneer camps remain one of the symbols of a state that no longer exists. What is a pioneer camp? It is a children's recreational and educational institution designed for temporary stay there of pioneers and schoolchildren aged 7 to 16.The unique network of pioneer camps, which covered the whole country from Moscow to the outskirts, was perhaps the main achievement of Soviet social policy. Nowhere else in the world was organized recreation for children so accessible or so widespread. The first camps appeared immediately after the establishment of the pioneer organization in May 1922. The real heyday of pioneer camps came in the 1960s and 1980s. In 1973, 40,000 pioneer camps hosted 9.3 million children on vacation In 1987, 18.1 million children, or 45.4% of schoolchildren in the USSR. Today lets talk about how these centers were organized and why young soviet children loved them so much.
00:00 - Introduction
02:43 - Pioneer camps before WW2
08:10 - Two types of soviet pioneer camps
13:14 - A day in a pioneer camp
16:43 - Unique young pioneer camps atmosphere
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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Even more than 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, young pioneer camps remain one of the symbols of a state that no longer exists. What is a pioneer camp? It is a children's recreational and educational institution designed for temporary stay there of pioneers and schoolchildren aged 7 to 16.The unique network of pioneer camps, which covered the whole country from Moscow to the outskirts, was perhaps the main achievement of Soviet social policy. Nowhere else in the world was organized recreation for children so accessible or so widespread. The first camps appeared immediately after the establishment of the pioneer organization in May 1922. The real heyday of pioneer camps came in the 1960s and 1980s. In 1973, 40,000 pioneer camps hosted 9.3 million children on vacation In 1987, 18.1 million children, or 45.4% of schoolchildren in the USSR. Today lets talk about how these centers were organized and why young soviet children loved them so much.
00:00 - Introduction
02:43 - Pioneer camps before WW2
08:10 - Two types of soviet pioneer camps
13:14 - A day in a pioneer camp
16:43 - Unique young pioneer camps atmosphere
Special thanks to my Patrons:
Petar Ilic, Jordan LaMothe, Kirill Klimuk; Simon Böse; Steak221; Yelizaveta Zakharova; Adam Stakhanov; Devon Hodgson; Mike Pearce; Niels Dowgwillo; Osas; Ravenghast; Sarah McMaster; Triskelia; Petar Kerelov; Yuval Carmon; Peter Lassen; Jimmy Albin; Eli; Michael; College Russian; Haku Shiro; Bruce Eternick
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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