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Dimitrov Communist Youth Union

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Dimitrov Communist Youth Union
DKMS/ДКМС

Bulgarian: Димитровски комунистически младежки съюз
FoundedSeptember 1944[1]
Dissolved1990
HeadquartersSofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Ideology
Mother partyBulgarian Communist Party
National affiliationFatherland Front
International affiliationWFDY

The Dimitrov Communist Youth Union (DKMS) was the state-sanctioned youth movement in the People's Republic of Bulgaria and an important organ of the Bulgarian Communist Party, which utilized the organization to educate the Bulgarian youth in Marxist-Leninist philosophy and prepare the younger generations for future party membership.[2] It was the parent organization of the Dimitrovist Pioneer Organization "Septemberists", the membership of which was for children between 9 and 14 years of age.

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  1. ^ Directory of Bulgarian Officials. The Directorate. 1986. p. 13.
  2. ^ United States. Joint Publications Research Service (1968). Political Translations on Eastern Europe. pp. 1–9.