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

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. It kept its name after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 and presently presents itself as a leftist independent newspaper. Its current editor is MP Valentin Chikin.

History

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

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of the

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. 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

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

. 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

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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, an international bandy 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

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and was arranged by the Russian government instead.

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* 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