Pravda

Pravda (, 'Truth') is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million. The newspaper began publication on 5 May 1912 in the Russian Empire but was already extant abroad in January 1911. It emerged as the leading government newspaper of the Soviet Union after the October Revolution. The newspaper was an organ of the Central Committee of the CPSU between 1912 and 1991.

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Pravda is a Russian newspaper that began publication in 1912 and became the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party, reaching a circulation of 11 million copies and wielding enormous influence in the Soviet Union. It served as the Communist Party's main propaganda organ from the October Revolution until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, making it one of the most important state-controlled newspapers of the 20th century.

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Newspaper.name: Pravda
Newspaper.logo: Газета Правда.svg
Newspaper.image: Газета «Правда». 1912, №01.pdf
Newspaper.caption: First issue, 5 May 1912 (22 April 1912 OS)
Newspaper.type: Triweekly newspaper
Newspaper.format: Broadsheet
Newspaper.founded: (officially)
Newspaper.owners: Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Newspaper.editor: Boris Komotsky
Newspaper.language: Russian
Newspaper.political_position: CommunismMarxism–Leninism
Newspaper.publishing_country: Russian Empire (1903–1917) Russian Republic (1917) Russian SFSR (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1991) Russian Federation (since 1991)
Newspaper.circulation: 100,300 (2010)
Newspaper.headquarters: 24, Pravda Street, Moscow
Newspaper.ISSN: 0233-4275
Newspaper.website: Pravda's website (CPRF branch)

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Official website: www.gazeta-pravda.ru
Image: Газета «Правда». 1912, №01.pdf

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inception: 1912-00-00
Commons category: Pravda
title: Pravda
quantity: 100300
publication interval: 1
start time: 1912-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1991-09-06

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Origins
Pre-revolutionary ''Pravda''
During the 1917 Revolution
Soviet period
Post-Soviet period
McCain controversy
Editors-in-chief
Similar newspapers in current communist countries
See also
Notes and references
Further reading
External links

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Pravda was sold by the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin to a Greek business family in 1992, and the paper came under the control of their private company Pravda International. In 1996, there was an internal dispute between the owners of Pravda International and some of the Pravda journalists that led to Pravda splitting into different entities. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) acquired the Pravda paper, while some of the original Soviet Pravda journalists separated to form Russia's first online paper Pravda Online (now Pravda.ru), which is not connected to the Communist Party. The Pravda paper is still run by the CPRF, whereas the online Pravda.ru is privately owned and has international editions published in Russian, English, French, and Portuguese. After a legal dispute between the rival parties, the Russian court of arbitration stipulated that both entities would be allowed to continue using the Pravda name.