Pravda is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the coun
First issue, 5 May 1912 (22 April 1912 OS)
First published Pravda dated 5 May 1912 (22 April 1912 OS)
A delegate at Bolshevik 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party holding a Pravda newspaper in 1934
A soldier reading Pravda during the Second World War, late 1941
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, also known at some points as the Russian Communist Party, the All-Union Communist Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the Soviet Communist Party, was the founding
Pravda
…Pravda (Russian: Правда, IPA: , lit. 'Truth') is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million. The first issue of Pravda was published in Vienna on…
A neighborhood in the Kozhukhovsky Bay of the Moskva River with a large sign promoting the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Moscow, 1975
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Bolshevik party.
Josef Stalin led the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953, rapidly industrializing the country during the global Great Depression and leading the military defeat of Germany during World War II. After his death, the repressive aspects of his leadership were criticized by the party and became a divisive matter for the rest of its history.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the CPSU and the Soviet Union, implemented major reforms to restructure the economy and state which would prove fatal for both.