''Moskovskaya pravda'' (russian: Московская правда, "Moscow Truth", in the transliteration system used by the Library of Congress spelled "Moskovskaia pravda"), is a daily morning
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
of
Russia
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, and formerly of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
History
Moskovskaja Pravda is the first and oldest daily newspaper in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. It was first published in 1918. On March 18, 1920 the newspaper was renamed ''Communist Labor'' and became part of the Moscow Committee of the RCP and the Moscow Council. On February 19, 1950 it was renamed again and published under the name ''Moscow truth''.
In 1986
Michail Poltoranin was named as chief editor by the First Secretary of the Moscow City Communist Party Committee
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
.
On its 50th anniversary, the newspaper was awarded the
Order of Red Banner of Labor
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...
.
On June 30, 2016 the last printed issue was published.
See also
*
Evgeny Dodolev
Yevgeny Yuriyevich Dodolyev (also spelled "Yevgeniy" or "Eugueni"; russian: link=no, Евгений Юрьевич Додолев, born 11 June 1957) is a Soviet and Russian journalist, publisher, and one of hosts at a state-owned Russian televisi ...
*
Marina Lesko
* ''
Moskovskaya Komsomolka''
References
External links
''Moskovskaya Pravda''s official website
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Mass media in Moscow
Russian-language newspapers published in Russia
Publications established in 1918
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