The Komsomol direction () or Komsomol travel ticket was a mobilization document of in the Soviet Union issued by a Komsomol committee to a Komsomol member, which directed the member to temporary or permanent shock construction projects, study, or military service. Usually the Komsomol direction was associated with relocation to new, poorly settled remote locations: new construction sites ("Komsomol construction sites", ), army service, etc.
During the 10th five-year plan more than 500,000 young volunteers were assigned to shock construction projects with Komsomol travel tickets. Komsomol organizations formed and directed 100 All-Union squads consisting of 80,000 people.
Eponymous songs Комсомольская путёвка, lyrics: Dolmatovsky, music: Pakhmutova Комсомольская путёвка (1959), lyrics: , music: Serafim TulikovKomsomol Travel Ticket. Sovmusic.
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See also Shock construction projects Road to Life (1931 film) – "Putyovka" into Life
References
External links Denis Lapin. Komsomlskaya putyovka (Комсомольская путевка). Infodon.org. 30 October 2012. Viktor Trushkov. Komsomlskaya putyovka (Комсомольская путевка). Pravda at the KPRF. 2018
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