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From Komsomol to the Republican Youth Union: Building a Pro-presidential Mass Youth Organisation in Post-Soviet Belarus

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  • Kristiina Silvan

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Based on extensive and diverse primary material, this article provides a detailed analysis of the development of Belarusian government-affiliated youth organisations from the late 1980s until 2002. Using a historical institutionalist approach, it examines the transformation of the Belarusian Komsomol into an independent association and the emergence of new, proactive pro-government youth organisations. The article demonstrates that, contrary to common assumptions, building a mass membership pro-presidential youth organisation in Belarus was a complex project that took years to complete. When the Belarusian Republican Youth Union finally emerged in 2002, it was a result of an interplay of many structural and agency-related factors.

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  • Kristiina Silvan, 2020. "From Komsomol to the Republican Youth Union: Building a Pro-presidential Mass Youth Organisation in Post-Soviet Belarus," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(8), pages 1305-1328, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:72:y:2020:i:8:p:1305-1328
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1761296
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