St. Petersburg Vedomosti

St. Petersburg Vedomosti (in Russian, ?????-????????????? ?????????) is the oldest Russian newspaper still in circulation.

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Russia - Newspaper

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Founded in 1728 in Saint Petersburg by the Russian Academy of Sciences, it received the status of the official government newspaper. In 18th century, it was issued 3 times a week and mostly consisted of foreign correspondences. From 1748 to 1751, the newspaper was edited by Mikhail Lomonosov.

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1728 - Saint Petersburg - Mikhail Lomonosov

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Since 1831, the newspaper is published daily. In 1860s, under the editor-in-chief V. F. Korsh, it becomes a prominent and popular liberal organ, but in 1874 the government replaced all the editorial staff, which resulted in the newspaper losing a good share of its influence and subscribers.

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1860s - V. F. Korsh

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In 1917, after the bolshevik revolution, the newspaper closed.

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1917 - Bolshevik revolution

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In 1991, after the coup, the former Communist Party daily Leningradskaya Pravda was rebranded as the revived Vedomosti and is still published today.

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1991 - Coup - Communist Party

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