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In [[1908]], Baden-Powell's book ''Scouting for Boys'' came out in Russia by the order of [[Tsar]] Nicholas II. In [[1909]], the first Russian Scout troop was organized and in [[1914]], a [[society]] called ''Russian Scout'', was established. Scouting spread rapidly across Russia and into Siberia. | In [[1908]], Baden-Powell's book ''Scouting for Boys'' came out in Russia by the order of [[Tsar]] Nicholas II. In [[1909]], the first Russian Scout troop was organized and in [[1914]], a [[society]] called ''Russian Scout'', was established. Scouting spread rapidly across Russia and into Siberia. | ||
After the October Revolution of [[1917]] and during the | After the October Revolution of [[1917]] and during the Russian Civil War from [[1917]] to [[1921]], most of the [[Scoutmaster]]s and many Scouts fought in the ranks of the [[White Army]] and [[interventionist]]s against the Red Army. Some [[Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators|Scouts]] took the [[Bolsheviks]]' side, which would lead to the establishment of ideologically-altered Scoutlike organizations, such as ''ЮК'' (''Юные Коммунисты'', or ''young communists''; pronounced as ''yuk'') and others. | ||
Between 1918 and 1920, the second, third, and fourth All-Russian Congresses of the Russian Union of the Communist Youth decided to eradicate the Scout movement and create an organization of the communist type that would take youth under its umbrella. In [[1922]], the second All-Russian Komsomol Conference decided to create Pioneer units all over the country; these units were united later that year as the [[Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union]]. | Between 1918 and 1920, the second, third, and fourth All-Russian Congresses of the Russian Union of the Communist Youth decided to eradicate the Scout movement and create an organization of the communist type that would take youth under its umbrella. In [[1922]], the second All-Russian Komsomol Conference decided to create Pioneer units all over the country; these units were united later that year as the [[Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union]]. |