Smena

(Successors), a literary, artistic, and sociopolitical magazine of the Central All-Union Lenin Communist Youth League published twice a month in Moscow. Founded in 1924 as a publication for working youth, Smena is today an illustrated youth magazine with a wide circulation. It publishes literary and publicistic works describing the life of Soviet youth and the youth of other countries. It is lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. The magazine works closely with young writers. Circulation, 1.15 million (1975). Smena was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1974.