On 15 May, in Red Square in Moscow, several thousand kids from all over Russia joined the ranks of the Pioneers. At a reception, the Young Pioneers received their red neckerchiefs from KPRF leaders, RF Gosduma deputies, and members of the Moscow City Duma.
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“Lenin‘s legacy lives, more than ever”, according to KPRF General Secretary Gennady Zyuganov. He tied the red neckerchiefs of several Pioneers personally.
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Participants in Young Pioneers ceremony are seen at the grave of Iosif Stalin at the Kremlin wall.
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The new Pioneers swore an oath to love their country without measure, to observe the Pioneer’s Code faithfully, and to excel at school, in work, and at sport.
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KPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov standing behind one of the participants in the Young Pioneers’ admission ceremony in Red Square.
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At the end of the ceremony, the Pioneers laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and they visited the Lenin Mausoleum.
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KPRF General Secretary Gennady Zyuganov gives his personal greetings to the participants in the Red Square ceremony.
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On 19 May, the Young Pioneers will celebrate their 89th anniversary; the event on Red Square was in commemoration of that date.
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16 May 2011
Voice of Russia World Service
