''Säde'' ('Spark') was an

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,0 ...

youth publication issued from

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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 ...

from 1927 to 1929. The first issue was published on 21 June 1927. The newspaper replaced the youth magazine '' Säde'', which had been published from 1924 to 1926. It was the joint organ of the Estonian sections of the Central and

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

Committees of the All Union Leninist Young Communist League. As of 1927, ''Säde'' had a circulation of 10,000. The newspaper quickly built up a wide network of local correspondents. Ten months after its launch, it counted 148 correspondents across the Soviet Union. It played an important role in the communist youth cells in the Estonian settlements of the Black Sea coast. As of 1929 (issues 4 to 51) A. Saar was the director of the newspaper. ''Säde'' was published by the Külvaja publishing house. A total of 105 issues of ''Säde'' were published: 19 issues were printed in 1927, 34 issues in 1928, and 51 issues in 1929. ''Säde'' was printed at the Komintern printing shop from 1927 to 1928. Issues 1–35 of 1929 were printed at the Tvorchestvo printing shop. Issues 36–37 were printed at Pechatnyy Trud, and issues 38–51 of 1929 were printed at Kirjapaja. ''Säde'' was printed in a 53 x 43 cm format, with each issue including four pages. The final issue was published on 31 December 1929.

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