Pioneer Movement - Countries With Pioneer Movements

Countries With Pioneer Movements

The Pioneer Movement now exists in these countries:

  • Armenia (Republic of young Pioneers and The Lernamerdz Soviet Pioneers)
  • Belarus (Belarusian Republican Pioneer Organization)
  • Belgium (Pioneers of the Workers Party of Belgium)
  • People's Republic of China (Young Pioneers of China)
  • Cuba (José Martí Pioneer Organization) Established in 1961; in 2001 it was elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programme for its environmental activities.
  • Cyprus (EDON)
  • Finland (Democratic Union of Finnish Pioneers)
  • The Czech Republic – Nowadays Pionýr is a non-political organisation organizing leisure time for children, part of the IFM-SEI.
  • Hungary
  • Laos; the Young Pioneers in Laos are under the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union (LPRYU).
  • North Korea (Young Pioneer Corps of the Korean Children's Union)
  • Portugal – Pioneiros de Portugal, connected to the Portuguese Communist Party. Founded in 1974.
  • Russia - (Pioneers of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation)
  • Moldova - (Pioneers of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova)
  • Ukraine - (Pioneers of the Communist Party of Ukraine)
  • Senegal – Mouvement Nationale des Pionniers Senegalese
  • Spain (Pioneers of the Communist Party of the Basque Homelands)
  • Syria (Baath Party Pioneers)
  • Tajikistan (King Somoni Inheritance)
  • United States of America (Young Pioneers of America)
  • Mexico (Pioneers Association "Vicente Lombardo Toledano" of the Partido Popular Socialista)
  • Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer League, established on May 15, 1941)

Older children could continue in other communist organizations, but that would typically be done only by a limited number of people.

The communist parties in Russia and other countries continue to run a pioneer organization, but membership tends to be quite limited.

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