Komsomolskaya Pravda

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Note: "Komsomolskaya Pravda" should not be confused with Pravda.

Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russian: Комсомо́льская пра́вда; meaning Komsomol Truth) was the All-Union newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Komsomol between 1925 and 1991. It was established according to the decision of the 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b) and the first issue was published on May 24, 1925.[1]

After the breakup of the USSR it turned a Russian nationwide daily tabloid newspaper and is currently owned by Media Partner. Media Partner is owned by ECN Group, an energy company led by Grigory Berezkin, who has close links to Gazprom. It once had a circulation figure of around 20,354,000[citation needed], making it second only to the Trud newspaper. It is currently the top-selling newspaper in Russia, with daily circulation ranging from 700,000 to 3.1 million [1].

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  1. ^ Entry on Komsomolskaya Pravda in the 3rd ed. of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.

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