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[[Image:NORRRussianYouthOrganizatio.gif|right]]The '''National Association of Russian Explorers''' (in Russian: ''Natsional'naya Organizatsiya Russkih Razvedchikov'', abbreviated as ''NORR'') is a youth organization founded by former Russian [[Scout]] Pavel Nikolaevich Bogdanovich, a [[White emigre]] and veteran of the [[Russian Imperial | [[Image:NORRRussianYouthOrganizatio.gif|right]]The '''National Association of Russian Explorers''' (in Russian: ''Natsional'naya Organizatsiya Russkih Razvedchikov'', abbreviated as ''NORR'') is a youth organization founded by former Russian [[Scout]] Pavel Nikolaevich Bogdanovich, a [[White emigre]] and veteran of the [[Russian Imperial army]], in the late 1920's after leaving the [[National Organization of Russian Scouts]] of Colonel [[Oleg Pantyukhov]]. | ||
After failing to achieve the recognition of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in [[London]], NORR abandoned the title "Scout", favoring the term "pathfinder". It reoriented its symbolism and traditions on Russian imperial military tradition, taking particular inspiration from tsar [[Peter the Great]]'s ''poteshniye'' (childhood friends of Peter who later formed his most loyal Semyonovskiy and Preobrazhenskiy guard regiments), while retaining several Scout traditions. | After failing to achieve the recognition of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] in [[London]], NORR abandoned the title "Scout", favoring the term "pathfinder". It reoriented its symbolism and traditions on Russian imperial military tradition, taking particular inspiration from tsar [[Peter the Great]]'s ''poteshniye'' (childhood friends of Peter who later formed his most loyal Semyonovskiy and Preobrazhenskiy guard regiments), while retaining several Scout traditions. | ||
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''Concerning patriotism, at the moment the Russian instructor has before him tasks that are more infinitely complicated and difficult than any of his foreign colleagues. The exclusive situation that all us Russians find ourselves in has called out a cruel enemy of the Russian youth - denationalisation. One of the most exceptional patriots of his country, Marshall Fosh, constantly repeated that nations of people die when they loose their memory. A peoples' memory is made of the study of exceptional occurrences and heroes of their country, pondering the givens of the peoples' experiences.'' | ''Concerning patriotism, at the moment the Russian instructor has before him tasks that are more infinitely complicated and difficult than any of his foreign colleagues. The exclusive situation that all us Russians find ourselves in has called out a cruel enemy of the Russian youth - denationalisation. One of the most exceptional patriots of his country, Marshall Fosh, constantly repeated that nations of people die when they loose their memory. A peoples' memory is made of the study of exceptional occurrences and heroes of their country, pondering the givens of the peoples' experiences.'' | ||
Prior to | Prior to World War II the organization had its strongest chapters in [[Bulgaria]] (600 members counted in 1938) and [[France]]. After the war, the organization became based in the [[United States]]. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* Molodezhniye Organizatsii Russkoi Emigratsii (1920-1945) A.V. Okorokov, Moscow 2000. | * Molodezhniye Organizatsii Russkoi Emigratsii (1920-1945) A.V. Okorokov, Moscow 2000. | ||
[[Category:Scouting in Russia]] | [[Category:Scouting in Russia]] | ||
[[Category:Non-scout youth organizations]] | [[Category:Non-scout youth organizations]] | ||
