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Jens Pattke, 1 May 2013
Dimitrovist Pioneer Organization "Septemberists" (Bulgarian: Димитровска
пионерска организация "Септемврийче") was a pioneer movement in Bulgaria. The
organization was founded in September 1944. DPO "Septemberists" organized
children between 9 and 14 years old. Its day to day affairs were supervised by
the Dimitrovist Young Communist League. A 1967 estimate put its membership to
about 700 000. There were also an organization called chavdarcheta – these were
the youngest children, which later became pioneers. The difference between the
two was the distinctive scarf, which was sky-blue in the chavdarcheta movement
and red in the pioneri movement. The flag is red with the logo in center.
Jens Pattke, 1 May 2013