Dimitrov Communist Youth Union

Dimitrov Communist Youth Union DKMS/ДКМС Bulgarian: Димитровски комунистически младежки съюз
Emblem
Founded	September 1944[1]
Dissolved	1990
Headquarters	Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism (until 1956)
Mother party	Bulgarian Communist Party
National affiliation	Fatherland Front
International affiliation	WFDY

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.

See also

• Komsomol
• Workers Youth League
• Dimitrovist Pioneer Organization "Septemberists"

References

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.