Access to Red Square during public events is very strict.

Waiting for the event to start.

A man, a retired military man, also came to the celebration.

On this day, children are in a good mood.

Everything looks just as exciting as it did during the Soviet era.

Another former military man, member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

These guys came from the small town of Podolsk.

Red flags of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation are everywhere.

Both old and young.

There are no former pioneers.

These children will only be accepted into the Pioneers on this day.

These children will only be accepted into the Pioneers on this day.

It was believed that the three ends of the tie symbolized the unbreakable connection between three generations: communists, Komsomol members, and pioneers.

View of the Kremlin and the government building.

It is obvious that solemn music is playing at this moment.

Communist Party of the Russian Federation leader Gennady Zyuganov gives an autograph.

The event is in full swing.

Children take a solemn oath.

Communist Party of the Russian Federation leader Gennady Zyuganov ties a tie on a young pioneer.

Pioneer banner.

In the background is Moscow's main department store, GUM.

Pioneers go to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum.

At the end of the event, the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation also plan to lay flowers at Lenin's Mausoleum.