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== History of Scouting in Russia == | == History of Scouting in Russia == | ||
=== 1908 to 1922 === | === 1908 to 1922 === | ||
In 1908, [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]]'s book ''Scouting for Boys'' came out in Russia by the order of [[Tsar]] | In 1908, [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]]'s book ''Scouting for Boys'' came out in Russia by the order of [[Tsar]] Nicholas II. It was called ''Young Scout'' (Юный Разведчик, ''Yuny Razvedchik''). On April 30 1909, a young officer, Colonel [[Oleg Pantyukhov]], organized the first Russian Scout troop ''Beaver'' (Бобр, ''Bobr'') in [[Pavlovsk]], a town near [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. In 1910, Baden-Powell visited Nicholas II in Tsarskoye Selo and they had a very pleasant conversation, as the Tsar remembered it. In 1914, Pantyukhov established a [[society]] called ''Russian Scout'' (Русский Скаут, ''Russkiy Skaut''). The first Russian Scout campfire was lit in the woods of Pavlovsk Park in Tsarskoye Selo. A Russian Scout song exists to remember this event. Scouting spread rapidly across Russia and into Siberia, and by 1916, there were about 50,000 Scouts in Russia. Nicholas' son [[Tsarevich]] [[Tsarevich Alexei of Russia|Aleksei]] was a Scout himself. | ||
With the advent of communism after the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, and during the [[Russian Civil War]] from 1917 to 1922, most of the Scoutmasters and many Scouts fought in the ranks of the [[White Army]] and interventionists against the Red Army. | With the advent of communism after the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, and during the [[Russian Civil War]] from 1917 to 1922, most of the Scoutmasters and many Scouts fought in the ranks of the [[White Army]] and interventionists against the Red Army. | ||