The fall of the Komsomol authority: an attempt to introduce commerce into the organization of young people leisure activities (on the example of Smolensk region)

This article examines the process of the emergence and development of cooperatives, created under the Central Committee of the Komsomol during the Perestroika period, based on the materials of the Smolensk region. The purpose of the work is to show the introduction workers to new trends and the commercialization of the Komsomol organization. In the course of the study, the authors used materials from the periodical press, and also included previously unpublished materials from local archives into scientific circulation.