''Moskovskaya pravda'' (, "Moscow Truth", in the transliteration system used by the Library of Congress spelled "Moskovskaia pravda"), is a daily morning
newspaper
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of
Russia
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, and formerly of the
Soviet Union
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.
History
Moskovskaja Pravda is the first and oldest daily newspaper in
Moscow
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. It was first published in 1918. On March 18, 1920 the newspaper was renamed ''Communist Labor'' and became part of the Moscow Committee of the RCP and the Moscow Council. On February 19, 1950 it was renamed again and published under the name ''Moscow truth''.
In 1986
Michail Poltoranin was named as chief editor by the First Secretary of the Moscow City Communist Party Committee
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...
.
On its 50th anniversary, the newspaper was awarded the
Order of Red Banner of Labor.
On June 30, 2016 the last printed issue was published.
See also
*
Evgeny Dodolev
*
Marina Lesko
* ''
Moskovskaya Komsomolka''
References
External links
''Moskovskaya Pravda''s official website
Newspapers published in the Soviet Union
Mass media in Moscow
Russian-language newspapers published in Russia
Newspapers established in 1918
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