Young Army Cadets National Movement

Young Army Cadets National Movement
All-Russian Military Patriotic Social Movement "Young Army"
Юнармия
FormationOctober 29, 2015 (2015-10-29) (presidential decree)
July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29) (state registration)
FounderSergey Shoigu
Headquarters1st Krasnokursantsky passage, 1/4, building 1, Moscow, Russia
Official language
Russian
Chief of the Main Staff
Nikita Nagornyy
Parent organization
DOSAAF
Websiteyunarmy.ru

The All-Russian Military Patriotic Social Movement "Young Army" (Russian: Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия», romanized: Vserossiyskoye voyenno-patrioticheskoye obshchestvennoye dvizhenne "Yunarmiya") is a youth organization supported and funded by the Government of Russia through the Ministry of Defence with a mission to train future personnel for the uniformed services. Established in October 2015, its purposes are to instill the values of patriotism, national service, national and military history, remembrance of past military operations and campaigns and of the fallen of its armed forces, and to help develop the country as its population grows.

While being a successor to the military courses in both the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization and the Komsomol during Soviet times, and keeping the traditions of the Great Patriotic War services of these organizations, it is affiliated with the Russian Armed Forces, DOSAAF and the MOD Armed Forces Central Sports Society.