“Scouts of Military Glory”. The emergence and activities of the Pathfinder Movement in the North-West of Russia in the 1950s-1980s.

The article considers the origins of search activities to immortalize the memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War in the context of the youth movement “Red Pathfinders” in the Leningrad and Novgorod regions. The article analyzes the prerequisites for the emergence of the movement, the main forms and results of work in the Boksitogorsky, Kolpinsky and Malovishersky districts.