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The Pioneer Organization (Romanian: Organizaţia Pionierilor)
was a pioneer movement in Socialist Romania, created for young
people between the ages of eight and fourteen. Because most
students joined with their classmates in second grade and remained
pioneers through eighth grade, in practice, the normal age range
extended from seven to fifteen, or nearly fifteen. It was founded
on April 30, 1949. Members wore a small triangular red scarf (with
the triangle over their backs), with a red-gold-blue outside border
(red-gold blue were, and still are, the colours of the Romanian
national flag). Both ends of the scarf were passed through a narrow
ring of clear plastic. They also had pioneer uniforms that they
wore on certain days instead of their regular school uniforms. When
in school uniform, they still wore their pioneer tie (scarf). The
organisation´s responsibilities paralleled those of the Union of
Communist Youth (UTC) and involved political (preparing children to
become party members) and propagandistic training. Until 1966 the
Pioneers functioned as an integral part of the UTC, but thereafter
it was under the direct control of the Central Committee of the
Romanian Communist Party. 70 percent of the 9-14 age group,
approximately 1.3 million young people, belonged to the Pioneers in
1981. The organization published Cutezătorii.
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