World Festival of Youth and Students

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The 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin in 1973 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-M0804-0734, Berlin, 10. Weltfestspiel, Demonstration.jpg
The 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin in 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947.

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History

The festival has been held occasionally since 1947, mainly in communist states, as an event of global youth solidarity for democracy and against war and imperialism. The largest festival was the 6th, held in 1957 in Moscow, when 34,000 young people from 131 countries attended the event. This festival also marked the international debut of the song "Moscow Nights", which subsequently went on to become a widely recognized Russian song. There were no festivals between 1962 and 1968, as events proposed in Algeria and then Ghana were cancelled due to coups and political turmoil in both countries. [1] Until the 19th festival in Sochi, Russia in 2017 (with 185 countries participating), [2] the largest festival by number of countries with participants was the 13th, held in 1989 in Pyongyang when 177 countries attended the event. [3]

The most recent festival took place in Sochi, Russia, from 13 to 22 October 2017.

Editions

EditionYearLogoCountryHost CityParticipantsNo. of countries
represented
Motto
1st 1947 Fmje-1.jpg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Prague 17,00071"Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace!"
2nd 1949 Fmje-2.jpg Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary Budapest 20,00082"Youth Unite, Forward for Lasting Peace, Democracy, National Independence and a better future for the people"
3rd 1951 Fmje-3.jpg Flag of Germany.svg East Germany East Berlin 26,000104"For Peace and Friendship – Against Nuclear Weapons"
4th 1953 Fmje-4.jpg Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania Bucharest 30,000111"No! Our generation will not serve death and destruction!."
5th 1955 Fmje-5.jpg Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland Warsaw 30,000114"For Peace and Friendship – Against the Aggressive Imperialist Pacts"
6th 1957 Fmje-6.jpg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Moscow 34,000131"For Peace and Friendship"
7th 1959 Fmje-7.jpg Flag of Austria.svg Austria Vienna 18,000112"For Peace and Friendship and Peaceful Coexistence"
8th 1962 Fmje-8.jpg Flag of Finland.svg Finland Helsinki 18,000137"For Peace and Friendship"
9th 1968 Fmje-9.jpg Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria Sofia 20,000138"For Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
10th 1973 Fmje-10.jpg Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany East Berlin 25,600140"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
11th 1978 Fmje-11.jpg Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Havana 18,500145"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
12th 1985 12-i Vsemirnyi Festival' Molodiozhi i Studentov, 1985 g.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Moscow 26,000157"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
13th 1989 Pyongyang13thWorldFestivalforYouthsandStudents.svg Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg North Korea Pyongyang 22,000180"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
14th 1997 Fmje-14.jpg Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Havana 12,325136"For Anti-Imperialist Solidarity, Peace and Friendship"
15th 2001 Fmje-15.jpg Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algiers 6,500110"Let’s Globalize the Struggle For Peace, Solidarity, Development, Against Imperialism"
16th 2005 Fmje-16.jpg Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Venezuela Caracas 17,000144"For Peace and Solidarity, We Struggle Against Imperialism and War"
17th 2010Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Pretoria 15,000126"Let's Defeat Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!"
18th 2013 Logo-festival-mundial-de-la-juventud-2013.jpg Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Quito 8,50080 [4] "Youth Unite Against Imperialism, for a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation!"
19th 2017 RR5111-0363R.png Flag of Russia.svg Russia Sochi 30,000185 [5] "For peace, solidarity and social justice, we struggle against imperialism. Honoring our past, we build the future!"

See also

References

  1. Koivunen, Pia (30 December 2020). "The World Youth Festival as a Soviet Cultural Product during the Cold War". Quaestio Rossica. 8 (5). Ural Federal University: 1623. doi: 10.15826/qr.2020.5.548 . ISSN   2313-6871.
  2. "#WFYS2017". russia2017.com.
  3. Sang-Hun, Choe (4 February 2018). "North Korea's Would-Be Olympics: A Tale of a Cold War Boondoggle". The New York Times .
  4. "El festival busca que los jóvenes tengan presencia". telegrafo.com.ec.
  5. "#WFYS2017". russia2017.com.