''Sovetskaya Rossiya'' (russian: Советская Россия, ''Soviet Russia'') is a political

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 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. It kept its name after the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in December 1991 and presently presents itself as a leftist independent newspaper. Its current editor is MP

Valentin Chikin Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule, terco". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Latin America ...

History

''Sovetskaya Rossiya'' was first published on July 1, 1956. On January 1, 1974 it became the official press organ of the

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ...

and

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. The newspaper was published six times a week; in 1975, its circulation was 2,700,000 copies. In 2007, the circulation was 300 000, the newspaper is published three times a week.

Political tendency

The newspaper has friendly ties with the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

. During the time of the Soviet Union, ''Sovetskaya Rossiya'' was known for its opposition to

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

and support for

neo-Stalinism Neo-Stalinism (russian: Неосталинизм) is the promotion of positive views of Joseph Stalin's role in history, the partial re-establishing of Stalin's policies on certain issues and nostalgia for the Stalin period. Neo-Stalinism overl ...

. Notably, it published "

A Word to the People "A Word to the People" (Russian: «Слово к народу») was an open letter signed by twelve Soviet public figures. The declaration was published in '' Sovetskaya Rossiya'' (a newspaper that expressed anti-perestroika views) on 23 July 199 ...

", a letter signed by, among others, three of the Gang of Eight who participated in the

August Coup August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

against others. It also published "

I Cannot Forsake My Principles Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva (russian: Нина Александровна Андреева, 12 October 1938 – 24 July 2020) was a Soviet and Russian chemist, teacher, author, political activist, and social critic. A supporter of classical Sovie ...

", an infamous Stalinist critique of Gorbachev.

Rossiya Tournament

The newspaper arranged the

Rossiya Tournament Rossiya or Rossija (the Romanization of the word ) may refer to: * Russia (Russian: ) * ''Rossiya'' (icebreaker), Russian icebreakers named ''Rossiya'' * ''Rossiya'' or ''Rossia'', an Imperial Russian cruiser launched in 1896 * ''Rossiya'', an Im ...

, an international

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

competition held every other year in Russia in 1972–1990. This tournament lived on for another two decades, but from 1992 it was called the

Russian Government Cup Russian Government Cup was a tournament for national teams in bandy, arranged in Russia every other year from 1972 until 2012. The cup has not been played since 2012. When the Bandy World Championships were held every other year, this tournament w ...

and was arranged by the Russian government instead.

References

External links

* 1956 establishments in the Soviet Union Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist newspapers Communist Party of the Russian Federation Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Publications established in 1956 Russian-language newspapers published in Russia {{Russia-newspaper-stub