The All-Russian Military Patriotic Social Movement "Young Army" (Russian: Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия», romanized: Vserossiyskoye voyenno-patrioticheskoye obshchestvennoye dvizhenne "Yunarmiya") is a youth organization supported and funded by the Government of Russia through the Ministry of Defence of Russia (MOD)[citation needed] with a mission to train future personnel for the uniformed services.

Modern YAM was formally established by presidential decree issued on October 29, 2015 by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the behest of Minister of Defense General of the Army Sergey Shoygu.

Critics have described the organization as the Russian equivalent of the Hitler Youth and a modern, republican form of the Soviet Komsomol and Young Pioneers.

[11] In July 2022 the EU imposed sanctions on the Young Army Cadets National Movement in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[18] The organization is led by a person holding the position of Chief of the Main Staff of the National Movement (Russian: Начальник Главного штаба).

[21][22] According to Russian youth militarization scholar Ian Garner, the movement's activities have increasingly been focused on digital engagement, with social media, viral trends, and participation online being added to traditional elements.