''Russkoye Znamya'' (russian: Русское знамя; ''Russian Banner'') was a newspaper,

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of the Union of the Russian People established in St. Petersburg by

Alexander Dubrovin Alexander Ivanovich Dubrovin (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Дубро́вин) (1855, Kungur – unknown) was a Russian Empire right wing politician, a leader of the Union of the Russian People (URP). Biography A trained do ...

on , notoriously known for its antisemitic bias. It was discontinued on by the order of Petrograd Soviet.

History

From the first issue in November 1905 until the end of the year ''Russkoye Znamya'' was released weekly. Became daily from January 1906. Its first editor was I. S. Durnovo. From March 1906 editor's duties were assumed by P. B. Bulatsel’. ''Russkoye Znamya'' was regularly sponsored by the Moscow merchantess Ye. A. Poluboyarinova. It was also subsidized by the Russian government. The URP chairman

often published articles in this newspaper. Other active authors were: D. I. Bulatovich, G. V. Butmi, L. Ye. Katansky, N. E. Markov, N. A. Pavlov, V. M. Purishkevich,

Alexander Trishatny Alexander Iosifovich Trishatny (russian: Александр Иосифович Тришатный) (1870 – after 1920)John D. Klier (2005). "Black Hundreds". In Richard S. Levy (ed.). Antisemitism: a historical encyclopedia of prejudice and perse ...

. Among other contributors M. N. Zelensky, A. V. Ososov, Ye. D. Khomenkov, S. S. Potapochkin, F. D. Klyuev, V. A. Bogdanov, N. I. Yeremchenko and M. P. Petrov are named. Up to 1909 the editorial office was located at 4th Rota (now 4th Krasnoarmeyskaya Street), 6. In 1910 it moved to Shpalernaya Street, 26.

Political alignment

The motto of ''Russkoye Znamya'', "", was stylistically processed so that even while inverted, this phrase would sound fabulous and epic. ''Russkoye Znamya'' has consistently advocated unlimited

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and became notoriously known for its pronounced antisemitic stance. In its critical and accusatory articles against the

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, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation. In 1905-10 it was warned 13 times; 6 times it was fined at a total sum of 11.000 rubles, and 18 rooms were seized. Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of World War I the newspaper abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with

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for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions. In 1916 its financial standing deteriorated resulting in cutting its size from 4 to 2 pages. 4 days after the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

, on ''Russkoye Znamya'' was discontinued by one of the first orders of Petrograd Soviet.

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