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The Background of the 1959 Vienna Youth Festival
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The Background of the 1959 Vienna Youth Festival
Paperback5.3 x 8.4 inches, 44 pages
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. Initially pluralist, the event became an outlet for Soviet propaganda for foreign audiences during the Cold War.
The festival has been held regularly since 1947 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. Until the 19th festival in Sochi, Russia in 2017 (with 185 countries participating), the largest festival by number of countries with participants was the 13th, held in 1989 in Pyongyang when 177 countries attended the event.
The most recent festival took place in Sochi, Russia, from 13 to 22 October 2017.
Edition Year Country Host City Participants No. Represented Countries Motto
7th 1959 Austria Vienna 18,000 112 For Peace & Friendship & Peaceful Coexistence
Paperback5.3 x 8.4 inches, 44 pages
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. Initially pluralist, the event became an outlet for Soviet propaganda for foreign audiences during the Cold War.
The festival has been held regularly since 1947 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. Until the 19th festival in Sochi, Russia in 2017 (with 185 countries participating), the largest festival by number of countries with participants was the 13th, held in 1989 in Pyongyang when 177 countries attended the event.
The most recent festival took place in Sochi, Russia, from 13 to 22 October 2017.
Edition Year Country Host City Participants No. Represented Countries Motto
7th 1959 Austria Vienna 18,000 112 For Peace & Friendship & Peaceful Coexistence
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- The Background of the 1959 Vienna Youth Festival
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- Cambridge, MA
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- Keywords
- Vienna Youth Festival
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