The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union, also Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization (Russian: Всесою́зная пионе́рская организа́ция и́мени В. И. Ле́нина listen; tr.:Vsesoyuznaya pionerskaya organizatsiya imeni V. I. Lenina), was a mass youth organization of the USSR for children of age 10–15 in the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991.
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—A.N. (Arkady N.)
““Darling,
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after a few hours,
or at noon,
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A young wife
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“In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
—A.N. (Arkady N.)
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