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Youth World Festival
The World Festival of Youth and Students was an international event, organised by
year place
1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1949 Budapest, Hungary
1951 Berlin (East), GDR
1953 Bucharest, Romania
1955 Warsaw, Poland
1957 Moscow, USSR
1959 Vienna, Austria
1962 Helsinki, Finland
1968 Sofia, Bulgaria
1973 Berlin (East), GDR
1978 Havanna, Cuba
1985 Moscow, USSR
1989 Pyongyang, North Korea
1997 Havanna, Cuba
2001 Algiers, Algeria
2005 Caracas, Venezuela
2010 Pretoria, South Africa
2013 Quito, Ecuador
1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1949 Budapest, Hungary
1951 Berlin (East), GDR
1953 Bucharest, Romania
1955 Warsaw, Poland
1957 Moscow, USSR
1959 Vienna, Austria
1962 Helsinki, Finland
1968 Sofia, Bulgaria
1973 Berlin (East), GDR
1978 Havanna, Cuba
1985 Moscow, USSR
1989 Pyongyang, North Korea
1997 Havanna, Cuba
2001 Algiers, Algeria
2005 Caracas, Venezuela
2010 Pretoria, South Africa
2013 Quito, Ecuador
the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), a left-wing youth organisation,
jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947.
The visitors of the world festivals discussed and celebrated, they heard and offered
music and lectures. The meetings had political and cultural subjects.
The largest festival was the 6th, held in 1957 in Moscow, when 34,000 young people
from 131 countries attended the event.
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Polonica stamps:
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Bulgaria 1955, 30 VII Cuba 1978, 28 VII |
Czechoslovakia 1955, 20 VII Romania 1962, 06 VII |
Vietnam 1985, 20 VI |
