Young Communist League of Estonia explained

Young Communist League of Estonia EKNÜ
Native Name:	Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistlik Noorsooühing
Colorcode:	red
Founded:	1920
Dissolved:	1940
International:	Communist Youth International
Mother Party:	Communist Party of Estonia
Succeeded By:	Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia

Young Communist League of Estonia was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Estonia during the interbellum period.

Activities and organization

EKNÜ was working in a clandestine manner. It published Noor Proletaarlane (1921) and Noor Tööline (1922–1923).^[1] There are other publications from the EKNÜ that were written by Kalju Tiro.^[2] EKNÜ was a section of the Communist Youth International.^[3] After the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union on 6 August 1940,^[4] EKNÜ merged into the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (VLKSM). The Estonian branch of VLKSM had the name 'Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia' (Eestimaa Leninlik Kommunistlik Noorsooühing, ELKNÜ).^[5]

Sources

Parming, Tönu. The Electoral Achievements of the Communist Party, 1920-1940. Slavic Review, Vol. 42, No. 3. (Autumn, 1983), pp. 426–447.

Notes and References

See Estonian Literary Museum archives for the dates of publication. There does not seem to be any available translation to English.
http://www.jrnl.ut.ee/raamatukogu/1950ndad.html List of Estonian writers.
http://www.marxisthistory.org/subject/usa/eam/yci.html Youth Communist International
Siemer, Kaari "Who is Red on the outside and white inside?" University of Tartu. This is one article in Chapter 2 of a collection entitled, Studies on Oral Histories, Life, and Family Stories, edited by Tiiu Jaago in collaboration with Mare Kõiva and Kairika Kärsna .
Nelson, Daniel N. "Leninist and Political Inequalities: The Non-Revolutionary Politics of Communist States." Comparative Politics, Vol. 14, No. 3. (Apr., 1982), pp. 307-328. Stable URL