They developeda program calledthe Young Pioneers that was closely modeledon the Boy...

They developed
a program called
the Young Pioneers that was closely modeled
on the Boy Scouts. -[Dvalashvili in
Georgian]
-[translator] I can say that the fact
I later became a geographer was inspired
from this building as it was such a source
of creative learning. I want to also say
the negative side
of pioneerism I want to also say
the negative side
of pioneerism was that you were supposed
to be obedient to the Soviet ideology. But this was quite normal
anyway for that time in the whole Soviet Union, and we also were part of it. [Dvalashvili in Georgian] [narrator] Despite being
guided by the hand of their communist overlords, the people of Chiatura
never had it so good. All that was about to come
crashing down