ILYINSKIY, I. M. IT WASN’T IN VAIN

Abstract: The article has been originally taken from the Literaturnaya Gazeta (Literature Newspaper) and devoted to analyzing the Komsomol’s role in the history of our country. Sharing his experience of participation in the youth movement, the author provided quite a profound interpretation of the contradictory picture of the Soviet history. In particular, he underlined the advantages of that social practice.