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Not to be confused with Pravda.
Komsomolskaya Pravda
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatA3
Owner(s)Media Partner
PublisherIzdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda
EditorVladimir Sungorkin
FoundedMarch 13, 1925
LanguageRussian
HeadquartersMoscow, Stary Petrovsko-Razumovsky Proezd 1/23, Building 1
ISSN0233-433X
Websitekp.ru, комсомольскаяправда.рф

Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russian: Комсомо́льская пра́вда; lit. "Komsomol Truth") is a Russian tabloid[1] newspaper. It was the All-Union newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Komsomol between 1925 and 1991. It was established according to the decision of the 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b) and the first issue was published on May 24, 1925[2] in an edition of 31,000 copies.

History

Комсомольская правда began as the official organ of the Communist Union of Youth, or Komsomol, the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. As such, it targeted the same 14-28 demographic as its parent organization, focusing initially on popular science and adventure articles while teaching the values of the CPSU. During this period, it was twice awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labour, and was also the recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, and the Order of the Patriotic War.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, on 1 December 1990 the paper shifted from serving as a Komsomol mouthpiece to a Russian nationwide daily tabloid newspaper. During the 1991 August Putsch, the paper was banned by the State Committee of the State of Emergency, or "Gang of Eight," and did not publish from 19-20 August, the first time in its history that it failed to appear on schedule. Nevertheless, on 21 August, the newspaper published the entire chronicle the coup as a historical document.

It is currently owned by Media Partner, which in turn is owned by ECN Group, an energy company led by Grigory Berezkin, who has close links to Gazprom. The newspaper reached its highest circulation in 1990, when it sold almost 22 million daily copies.[3] It is currently the top-selling newspaper in Russia, with daily circulation ranging from 700,000 to 3.1 million.[1]

Editions

In addition to the Russian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda, which divided into regional editions by cities, there are other editions of the newspaper in CIS countries such as Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine (Ukraine), Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belorussii (Belarus), Komsomolskaya Pravda v Moldove (Moldova).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Gazprom Snaps Up Best-Selling Tabloid". The Moscow Times. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. ^ Entry on Komsomolskaya Pravda in the 3rd ed. of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ BBC Monitoring: "The Press in Russia, last updated 16 May 2008.
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