''Golos Armenii'' (russian: Голос Армении, "Voice of Armenia"), previously known as ''Kommunist'' («Коммунист», " heCommunist"), is a

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newspaper published in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

Soviet period

The newspaper was founded in 1934. During the Soviet period it was a daily organ of the

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of Communist party, communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party org ...

of the Communist Party of Armenia and the Yerevan City Committee of the Communist Party. In the 1940s and 1950s, Veniamin Andreevich Syrtsev served as editor of the newspaper. As of 1972, it had a circulation of 45,000.

Independent Armenia

''Kommunist'' became ''Golos Armenii'' in August 1990. As of 1991, it was still an organ of the Communist Party, and was issued six times a week. B. M. Mkrtchyan served as the editor during this period. In the post-Soviet period, it became a thrice-weekly newspaper. Flora Nashkharian took over as editor-in-chief in 1992.Yerevan Press Club.
NAKHASHKARYAN Flora
'' Nashkharian worked at ''Kommunist'' since 1976, serving as its first deputy editor in the latter years. As of the mid-1990s, ''Golos Armenii'' had a circulation of about 5,000, twelve journalists employed and around twenty other staff members. It was strongly opposed to the presidency of

Levon Ter-Petrossyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...

. The newspaper was closed down by the government on May 11, 1995, in the midst of a dispute over rent of its editorial office. The closure was seen as a move to silence an opposition voice in the media. Shamiram Aghabekian served as deputy editor of ''Golos Armenii'' for a period, before becoming the editor-in-chief of ''Respublika Armenia'' (the Russian version of the government gazette ''

Hayastani Hanrapetutyun ''Hayastani Hanrapetutyun'' (also spelled ''Hayastany Hanrapetutyun'', Romanization of hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, lit=Republic of Armenia, label=none) is the official newspaper of Armenia. The newspaper was founded on ...

'') in 1998. In 1999, ''Golos Armenii'' claimed a circulation of 5,230. It was sold for around 100

Armenian dram The dram ( hy, դրամ; sign: ֏; abbreviation: դր.; ISO code: AMD) is the currency of Armenia, and is also used in the neighboring unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. It was historically subdivided into 100 luma (). The Central Bank of Armen ...

per copy. The newspaper was printed in A2 format, with four pages.Yerevan Press Club.
MONITORING OF THE ARMENIAN MEDIA
'' As of the early 2000s, it was estimated to have a circulation of 3,500. It was perceived as close to the government of

Robert Kocharyan Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ Սեդրակի Քոչարյան ; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician. He served as the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh from ...

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{{reflist, 3 Publications established in 1934 Russian-language newspapers published in Armenia

Soviet period

Independent Armenia

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