''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' (russian: Московский комсомолец, lit=Moscow Komsomolets) is a

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-based daily

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with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news. Founded in 1919, it is famed for its topical reporting on Russian politics and society.

History

The newspaper was first published by the Moscow Committee of the Komsomol on 11 December 1919 as ''Yuny Kommunar'' (russian: Юный коммунар, lit=Young

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, links=no). Over the next years it changed its name several time, starting a few months after the first issue when it became the ''Yunosheskaya Pravda'' (russian: Юношеская правда, lit=Youth Truth, links=no). In 1924, after

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, it was renamed to ''Molodoy Leninets'' (russian: Молодой ленинец, lit=Young Leninist, links=no). It took its present-day name in September 1929. Between 1931 and 1939, the paper ceased publication. It was revived in 1940, but not for long:

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interrupted publishing again in August 1941. Publishing resumed only on 2 October 1945. Until 1990, it served as the organ of the Moscow Committee and the Moscow City Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. In 1991, it was taken over by its editorial staff.

Editors-in-chief

Since 1983, Pavel Gusev serves as ''MK'' editor-in-chief. Previous editors-in-chief include: *Aleksandr Subbotin (1951–1958) *Arkady Udaltsov (1968–1974) *Lev Gushchin (1977–1983)

The paper specialises in topical social and political material, economic surveys, city news, urban chronicles and diverse information.

ZD Awards

''MK'' is also known as the host of Russia's oldest

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– the ''Zvukovaya Dorozhka'' (russian: Звуковая дорожка, lit=Sound Track, links=no). It was founded in autumn 1975 by Yu. V. Filonov. Also called the ZD Awards, it features both Russian and international acts. Since 2003, it has been held in concert halls. It is considered one of the major Russian music awards.

Circulation

According to a poll conducted in May 2004 by the

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, 9% of the Russians and 33% of the Moscovites who responded, read the paper "more or less regularly". For the year 2000 the poll reports 11% and 40%, respectively. It has a printed circulation of between 700,000 and 930,000 copies.

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{{Reflist 1919 establishments in Russia Komsomol Mass media in Moscow Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Publications established in 1919 Russian-language newspapers published in Russia