2017 is the year of the 25th anniversary of the state youth policy of the modern Russia, which has been leading its history since the issuance of the Presidential Decree No. 1075 of September 16, 1992, «On the Priority Measures in the Field of the State Youth Policy. «The same document was supported by the creation of the Association of NGOs «National Youth Council of Russia».
Youth policy is not just a story, its people who stood at its source. In order to recall what the path was like, how the SYP looked in different periods, starting from 1992; the National Council initiated the publication of the anniversary edition «The Space of Open Opportunities». The book is devoted to the history of the state youth policy in the period from 1992 to 2016. It included interviews with veterans and actors of the youth policy, the chronicle of the main events of the National Council, the historical reference on the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (AULYCL) and the YP for the period 1985-1991, an author’s review of the history of the Festival movement in Russia and a lot more.
We sincerely thank those who responded to our appeal and helped with the preparation of materials for the anniversary collection: shared their memories, records, rare photographs and articles. We hope that the book will provide an opportunity for our readers to rewind time several decades ago and to live together with the authors an exciting and not very simple history of the development of state youth policy in new realities once again.
