Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity of the Youth
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Centers for Scientific and Technical Creativity of the Youth , NTTM) were established in late Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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 during perestroika
Perestroika
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as enterprises whose goal was commercialization of science
Science
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 and technology
Technology
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Other translations of the Russian term are Scientific and Technical Creativity of Youth Center, Youth Center for Scientific Creativity, etc.

The Centers were introduced by a joint decree of the USSR Council of Ministers, All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, and Komsomol
Komsomol
The Communist Union of Youth , usually known as Komsomol , was the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Komsomol in its earliest form was established in urban centers in 1918. During the early years, it was a Russian organization, known as the Russian Communist Union of...

 Central Committee
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 no. 321 (March 13, 1987) "об образовании единой общегосударственной системы научно-технического творчества молодежи". They were established as subsidiaries of Komsomol raikoms.

The Centers enjoyed various benefits, including no taxes, only 3% contribution to the all-union fund.

Fortunes of quite a few "new Russians", notably Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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 arose from these Centers.

The Centers continue to exist in modern Russia
Russia
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Similar establishments were the Foundations of Youth Initiatives (фонды молодёжных инициатив, ФМИ).
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