Young Communist League of Estonia

Young Communist League of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistlik Noorsooühing, EKNÜ) was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Estonia during the interbellum period.^[1]

Young Communist League of Estonia EKNÜ Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistlik Noorsooühing
Founded	1920
Dissolved	1940
Succeeded by	Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Mother party	Communist Party of Estonia
International affiliation	Communist Youth International

Activities and organization

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

References

1. Youth Communist International Marxist History website.
2. See Estonian Literary Museum archives for the dates of publication. There does not seem to be any available translation to English.
3. List of Estonian writers. See number 110 (Tiro, Kalju) on the list.
4. 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 ISBN 9985-4-0268-5.
5. 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

Sources

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