12th World Festival of Youth and Students

1985 youth festival in Moscow, Soviet Union 12th World Festival of Youth and Students 12-й Всемирный Фестиваль Молодёжи и Студентов, 1985 г.svg 27 July - 3 August 1985 Soviet Union Moscow For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship 26,000 people from 157 countries 13th World Festival of Youth and Students 11th World Festival of Youth and Students The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 27 July to 3 August 1985 in Moscow, capital city of Soviet Union.https://books.google.com/books?id=d2vcMrqPB90C&q=12th+World+Festival+of+Youth+and+Students&pg=RA1-PA43 Working Papers of the Council of Europe Consultative Assembly 36th Ordinary Session 1 January 1968 Council of Europe Google Bookshttp://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ae9a52c0-c99c-407c-878b-8c2f3c622f74 12th World Festival of Youth & Students, Moscow 1985: Labour History Archive and Study Centre National Archives (United Kingdom) The festival was attended by 26,000 people from 157 countries.http://insidethecoldwar.org/sites/default/files/documents/Department%20of%20State%20Note%20Soviet%20Active%20Measures%2012th%20World%20Youth%20Festival%20in%20Moscow%20June%201985.pdf United States Department of State - Soviet Active Measures: 12th World Youth Festival June 1985 United States Department of State insidethecoldwar.org 2017-03-11 2020-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20200819234414/http://insidethecoldwar.org/sites/default/files/documents/Department%20of%20State%20Note%20Soviet%20Active%20Measures%2012th%20World%20Youth%20Festival%20in%20Moscow%20June%201985.pdf dead The slogan of the festival was "For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship".http://18wfys.tumblr.com/history History of the WFYS Tumblr.com Objective thumb|160 px|Soviet 5 Kopek postage stamp, 1985 The political goal of the festival was to show positive aspects of life in Soviet society. The political program of the festival included the establishment of a new international economic order, discussion of the problems of economic assistance to backward and developing countries, combating poverty and unemployment, and raising environmental issues. Anti-Soviet elements, just as before the 1980 Summer Olympics, were expelled from Moscow before the opening of the festival. Events The main organizer of the festival events was the Soviet Preparatory Committee, chaired by Vladimir Fedosov, secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.http://komsomol36.ru/face/view_face.php?id=11 Воронежская региональная организация Воспитанники комсомола — Мое Отечество Voronezh Regional Organization of Pupils of the Komsomol 2017-03-11 2020-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20200819234859/http://komsomol36.ru/face/view_face.php?id=11 dead The Komsomol relied heavily on the infrastructure of the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics for the festival venues, including the Luzhniki Olympic Complex and the Cosmos Hotel,http://www.hotelcosmos.ru/eng/hotel/history/ History of the Cosmos Hotel Moscow Hotel Cosmos which accommodated 3,000 foreign participants.http://glasgowpunter.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-12th-world-festival-of-youth-and.html Glasgow Punter: The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students. Moscow 1985 11 May 2016 Glasgow Punter The opening of the festival took place at a four hour parade and ceremony at Luzhniki stadium and was broadcast live on Soviet television. The festival was opened with a welcome speech from the newly-elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Mikhail Gorbachev: Here, in the homeland of the great Lenin, you can directly feel how deeply our young people are devoted to the noble ideals of humanity, peace and socialism. I think we all agree that there is no more important and urgent task for humanity today than saving and strengthening peace. To this we are bound by the concern for the future and the memory of the past. Your forum takes place in the year of the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Hitler's fascism and Japanese militarism, the end of the Second World War - the most bloody and brutal war. After it there was so much suffering and grief, affecting the lives of several generations - it urgently demands that we prevent the recurrence of such a disaster.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyZtiEyFoo Hello, 12th World Festival for Youth and Students Moscow 1985 opening ceremony tonysdelicatessen 12 January 2014 YouTube The festival included an exhibition of young artists, a photo exhibition, and concerts by amateur and ethnic groups, as well as professional performers from the socialist states such as such as Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, Anne Veski, Irina Otieva, Sofia Rotaru, Mikhail Boyarsky, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Igor Sklyar, Yuri Antonov, Viktor Reznikov, Nadezhda Chepraga, The Leningrad Concert Orchestra, Zemlyane, Mashina Vremeni, Tsvety, Integral, Dean Reed, Karel Gott, Biser Kirov, Bajaga i Instruktori, Elán, Bijelo Dugme and Western musicians Bob Dylan, Udo Lindenberg, https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/did-bob-dylan-shed-tears-of-rage-in-russia-34103 Did Bob Dylan Shed Tears of Rage in Russia? John Freedman 26 October 2009 Moscow Times and Everything but the Girl.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/25/tracey-thorn-tinsel-and-lights-review Tracey Thorn: Tinsel and Lights – review Alexis Petridis 25 October 2012 The Guardian https://www.discogs.com/Everything-But-The-Girl-По-Концертным-Залам-XII-Всемирного-Фестива/release/2804874 Everything But The Girl – По Концертным Залам XII Всемирного Фестиваля Молодёжи И Студентов В Москве 1985 г. (In Concert at the XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow 1985) discogs.com https://books.google.com/books?id=JGEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Everything+but+the+Girl%22+moscow&pg=PA186 Orange Coast Magazine: Everything but the Fame 1 May 1990 Keith Tuber Emmis Communications Google Books "Waltz of Silence", a song by Yuri Livshits, was the final melody of the festival. Commemorative Merchandise thumb|250px|USSR Commemorative Coin for the 1985 World Festival thumb|160 px|Medal for active participation in the preparation and conduct of the XII World Festival of Youth and Students) Before the festival, posters, postage stamps with festival symbols, a commemorative coin were issued and a special promotional campaign was held by the Soviet state lottery. The poster and symbols of the festival were approved by the Central Committee of the CPSU. The emblem of the festival was chosen as a result of a competition in 1984 in which more than 200 professional artists from different countries took part. The winning designer of the festival's emblem was People's Artist of Ukraine Rafael Zeynurovich Masautov.https://www.facebook.com/Rafael-Masautov-619997984707825/ Rafael Masautov Facebook The emblem was used in more than 80 countries. In the USSR the emblem of the festival, at the order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, was used to produce more than 7,000 souvenir items. The emblem brought the USSR a net profit of 450,000,000 Soviet rubles (through surcharges for products with festival symbols). "Katyusha", the mascot of the festival, was conceived by Soviet artist Vyacheslav Yermakov, photographer Yuri Alekseevich Zharov and artist Ekaterina Afanasyevna Dunaeva, who was also depicted on the official poster of the festival for the Central Committee of the CPSU youth publication "Plakat". "Katyusha" was sketched by Mikhail Veremenko, an artist from Moscow.https://vk.com/id6706697 Mikhail Veremenko vk.com http://www.russia2017.com/en/#/posts/contest/en/2 3 March 2017 I was just at the right time and the right place with the right idea: History of creation of the Festival talisman of 1985 WFYS2017 2017-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20161124051006/http://www.russia2017.com/en/#/posts/contest/en/2#/posts/contest/en/2 2016-11-24 dead At the first meeting of the International Preparatory Committee of the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students of 2017, which was held in Sochi, Russia, the logo of the event was chosen to be an updated version of the logos of the two previous Moscow world festivals of youth and students in 1957 and 1985.http://www.ahora.cu/en/sections/world/more-of-world/21719-russia-to-host-world-festival-of-youth-and-students-in-2017 Russia to host World Festival of Youth and Students in 2017 9 February 2016 RHC Ahora 2017-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055159/http://www.ahora.cu/en/sections/world/more-of-world/21719-russia-to-host-world-festival-of-youth-and-students-in-2017 2017-03-12 dead See also World Festival of Youth and Students Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) Komsomol International University Sports Festival External links Подборка газетных публикаций 1985 года A selection of newspaper publications in 1985. «Восемь незабываемых дней» https://web.archive.org/web/20230405233219/http://toz.khv.ru/print.php?page=23173&date_id_num=2005-07-27&year=2005&month=07&day=27 2023-04-05 — воспоминания участника фестиваля. "Eight unforgettable days" - memories of the participant of the festival. «Фестиваль, которого не было...» — воспоминания участника фестиваля. "Festival, which was not ..." - memories of the festival participant. Материалы ГостелерадиофондаAugust 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Gosteleradiofonda Materials. Транспарант и плакат фестиваля на школе No. 7 в г. Игарке Banner and poster of the festival at school No. 7 in Igarka. Soviet documentary 'Hello' on the opening ceremony for the 12th World Festival for Youth and Students in Moscow 1985, showing participants parading through Moscow streets, opening ceremony at Lenin Stadium and opening speech by Michael Gorbachev. References 30em 12th World Festival of Youth and Students Category:World Festival of Youth and Students Category:Youth wings of communist parties Category:1985 in the Soviet Union Category:1985 festivals Category:1985 conferences