The Communist Union of Youth, usually called Komsomol ) (a syllabic abbreviation from from the Russian Kommunisticheskiy Soyuz Molodyozhi), was the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its full name since 1922 was Vsesoyuzny Leninskiy Kommunisticheskiy Soyuz Molodyozhi (VLKSM) (; ). The organization was officially established on October 29, 1918. Overview Komsomol served as the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the youngest members being fourteen ye… (More on Komsomol)