Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Pioneer Organization, salute during a ceremony for the inauguration of 18 new members at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. Early pro-communist youth movements, which appeared in Russia after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, were reformed into the Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union. While the organization lost its dominance among students in post-Soviet Russia, some educational institutions and families still carry on this tradition. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Pioneer Organization, attend a ceremony for the inauguration of 18 new members at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





School children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, prepare before a ceremony to mark the beginning of a new academic year at school-liceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 1, 2012. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Pioneer Organization, salute while posing for a picture during a ceremony for the inauguration of 18 newly adopted members at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Pioneer Organization, take a pledge during a ceremony for the inauguration of 18 new members at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





A pioneer ties red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, stand in the background while the chairman of a pioneer team (R) salutes a school teacher and the local pioneer leader during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





People attend a ceremony for the inauguration of new members of the Pioneer Organization, with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin seen in the background, at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





A boy, holding a flag and wearing red neckerchief, a symbol of the Pioneer Organization, attends a ceremony for the inauguration of 18 new members at a local school in the southern settlement of Kazminskoye in Stavropol region, Russia, November 19, 2015. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





Children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, salute during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





A veteran kisses children, wearing red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Children, holding red neckerchiefs, a symbol of the Young Pioneer Organisation, salute during a ceremony for the inauguration of 55 newly adopted members on the day of its anniversary at school-lyceum number 12 in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 19, 2011. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)