''Novaya Zhizn'' (, ''New Life'') was a daily newspaper published by a group of

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s associated with the literary magazine '' Letopis'', including Nikolai Sukhanov,

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, Stroev, Denitsky and A. N. Tikhonov. It was published in

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from 18 April (1 May) 1917 until 16 July 1918 (with a total of 354 issues) and then in

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from June to July 1918, when it was closed down. The most known contributor was

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. The Swedish correspondent of the newspaper was Paul Olberg. Its run was interrupted in September 1917, when publication was suspended on the orders of the

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.Novaya Zhizn. Newspapers and Journals
Spartacus. Retrieved 31 March 2017. Before the October Revolution, Bolshevik leaders Zinoviev and Kamenev published their opposition in this newspaper, leaking the news and jeopardizing the coup d'etat. This move was later used against them by Stalin. It should not be confused with the

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s' paper '' Novaya Zhizn'', which was published for two months in 1905.

References

External links

"Novaya Zhizn" digital archives in "Newspapers on the web and beyond"
the digital resource of the

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Novaya Zhizn Archive
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