Scouting and Guiding in Russia: Difference between revisions

In Soviet Russia the Scouting system started to be replaced by [[Scouting#Breakaway and nonaligned organisations|ideologically-altered Scoutlike organizations]], such as "ЮК" ("Юные Коммунисты", or ''young communists''; pronounced as ''yuk''), that were created since 1918. There was a purge of the Scout leaders, many of whom perished under the Bolsheviks. Those Scouts who did not wish to accept the new Soviet system either left Russia for good, like Pantyukhov and others, or went underground. However, [[Clandestine operation|clandestine]] Scouting did not last long. On May 19, 1922 all of those newly created organizations were united into the [[Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union]], which existed until 1990. From that date, Scouting in the USSR was banned.

However, some features of Scouting remained in the modified form. The [[Scout motto]] "Bud' Gotov" ("Be Prepared") was modified into the Pioneer motto "Vsegda Gotov" ("Always Prepared"). Mention of [[God]] was removed, replaced by [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] and the [[CPSU|communist party]]. There were no separate organizations for girls and boys, and many new features were introduced, like [[Young Pioneer Palace]]s.  

* Union "[[Moscow]]'s Scout" (SMS; Союз "Московский Скаут"); 100 members; [http://www.moscowscout.ru/]

* Regional Children's Public Organization "Scouts of [[Moscow]]" (RDOOSM; Региональная Детская Общественная Организация «Скауты Москвы»); was: ''Saint Vladimir Union of Russian Scouts''; 300 members; [http://srs-scout.narod.ru/], [http://zao-scouts.narod.ru/]

* [[Borovichi]] Public Children's Organization of Scouts "Spring" (BDOOS; Боровичская детская общественная организация скаутов «Родник»); 100 members

NORS-R is presently active in Karelia, St. Petersburg, Murmansk Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Archangelsk Oblast, [[Togliatti]], Novgorod Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Moscow, Perm, [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Ivanovo Oblast]], [[Voronesh]], Bashkortostan and Saratov.

In addition, there are USA Girl Scouts Overseas in [[Moscow]], serviced by way of USAGSO headquarters in New York; as well as Cub Scout Pack 3950 and Boy Scout Troop 500, both of Moscow, and Cub Scout Pack 36 of Irkutsk. Russia is in a peculiar position (as is Norway), as American Scouts there may be linked either to the [[Direct Service]] branch of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world, or to the Horizon District of the [[Transatlantic Council]], which supports units in west-and-central Europe, the Near East and North Africa, at the discretion of the individual pack or troop.