''Zvyazda'' ( be, Звязда, , literally: ''"The Star"'') is a
state-owned daily newspaper in
Belarus.
History and profile
''Zvyazda'' was founded in 1917 as an organ of the
Minsk Committee of
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (
Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
).
''Zvyazda'' was twice closed down by the
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government ( rus, Временное правительство России, Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii) was a provisional government of the Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately ...
but continued being published under different names. At some periods of
World War I and the
Polish-Soviet war Zvyazda was printed in
Smolensk. From 10 July 1944 ''Zvyazda'' has been published in
Minsk. Until 1991 it was an official newspaper of the
Communist Party of Belarus
The Communist Party of Belarus (CPB; russian: Коммунисти́ческая па́ртия Белару́си, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Belarusi; be, Камуністы́чная па́ртыя Белару́сі, Kamunistyčnaja Partyja B ...
and the Communist parliament and government of Belarus. During the Soviet era, the paper received the
Order of the Great Patriotic War and the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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 ...
.
Since August 1927 the newspaper has been printed in
Belarusian language
Belarusian ( be, беларуская мова, biełaruskaja mova, link=no, ) is an East Slavic language. It is the native language of many Belarusians and one of the two official state languages in Belarus. Additionally, it is spoken in some ...
only. It is the only daily newspaper published in the Belarusian language in the country.
During
World War II remaining communist party members tried to publish the newspaper illegally on the territory of
Nazi-occupied Belarus.
''Zvyazda'' is owned by the
Belarus government.
[ In 2012 its print run was reduced to 30,000 copies.][
In August 2020, during the first weeks of mass protests in Belarus, journalists of ''Zvyazda'' made joint statements calling to stop violence against protesters, stop harassment on journalists and state censorship. After a few days editor-in-chief Pavel Sukharukau was forced to resign and was replaced by the former minister of information ]Aliaksandr Karlyukevich
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
.Главного редактора газеты «Звязда» Павла Сухорукова уволили. Его место занял бывший министр информации
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See also
* Eastern Bloc information dissemination
References
External links
Zviazda on-line
1917 establishments in Belarus
Publications established in 1917
Eastern Bloc mass media
Newspapers published in Belarus
Communist newspapers
Belarusian-language newspapers
Mass media in Minsk
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