''Krasnaya Zvezda'' (russian: Кра́сная звезда́, literally "Red Star") is the official newspaper of the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and later Russian Ministry of Defence. Today its official designation is "Central Organ of the Russian Ministry of Defence." ''Krasnaya Zvezda'' was created by the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP on 29 November 1923 as the central printing body of the People's Commissariat of defense of the USSR for military Affairs (later the

Ministry of Defense of the USSR The Ministry of Defense (Minoboron; russian: Министерство обороны СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The first Minister of Defense was Nikolai Bulganin, starting 1953. The Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) was th ...

). The first issue was published on 1 January 1924.О газете
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Official site"Krasnaya Zvezda" digital archives in "Newspapers on the web and beyond"
the digital resource of the

National Library of Russia The National Library of Russia (NLR, russian: Российская национальная библиотека}), located in Saint Petersburg, is the first, and one of three national public libraries in Russia. The NLR is currently ranked amo ...

Military newspapers published in the Soviet Union Newspapers established in 1924 Russian-language newspapers published in Russia 1924 establishments in the Soviet Union State media {{Russia-newspaper-stub