Komsomolskaya Pravda

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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda (Template:Langx; Template:Lit) is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper<ref name="purch" /> that was founded in 1925.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its name is in reference to the official Soviet newspaper Pravda (English: 'Truth').

History and profile

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The issue of 23 May 1930
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USSR postage stamp commemorating 50 years of Komsomolskaya Pravda

During the Soviet era, Komsomolskaya Pravda was an all-union newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. Established in accordance with a decision of the 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b), it first appeared on 24 May 1925<ref>Template:GSEn</ref> in an edition of 31,000 copies.

Komsomolskaya Pravda began as the official organ of the Komsomol, the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). As such, it targeted the same 14 to 28 demographics as its parent organization, focusing initially on popular science and adventure articles while teaching the values of the CPSU. During this period, it was twice awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labour (in 1950 and 1957) and was also the recipient of the Order of Lenin (in 1930), of the Order of the October Revolution (in 1975), and of the Order of the Patriotic War (in 1945).Template:Citation needed

The paper's largest owner is the son of the founder of the Baltic Media Group, Sergei Rudnov, who indirectly controls 45%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Until 2011, it was owned by Media Partner, which in turn was owned by ESN Group (Template:Lang), an energy company led by Grigory Berezkin.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December 2000 the Norwegian media company A-Pressen bought 25 percent plus one share of the paper.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is published in tabloid format by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" (Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House).<ref name=adsm/>

Komsomolskaya Pravda reached its highest circulation in 1990 when it sold almost 22 million daily copies.<ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref> According to the European Commission, Komsomolskaya Pravda has also been described as Russian president Vladimir Putin's favourite newspaper.<ref name="Indy2023">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2001, it was the ninth-top European newspaper with a circulation of 785,000 copies.<ref name=adsm>Template:Cite news</ref> It was the top-selling newspaper in Russia in 2006 with daily circulation ranging from 700,000 to 3.1 million copies.<ref name="purch">Template:Cite news</ref> Its March 2008 circulation, certified by the NCS, was 660,000 copies<ref name="bbc"/> and it was the most read paper in the country based on the findings by the TNS Gallup Media.<ref name=cec>Template:Cite book</ref> In the same year the online version of the paper was also the most visited news website.<ref name=cec/>

In January 2015 a front-page article in Komsomolskaya Pravda suggested that the United States had orchestrated the Charlie Hebdo shooting.<ref name=TH150112>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2017, columnist Alisa Titko went viral for writing that the English city of Manchester was "full of fat people" and that she found the sight of same-sex love "disgusting".<ref name="telegraphmanchesterfullof">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="independentrussiabiggestnewspaper">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="manchesterarussian">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2021, the tabloid published an article in which former Kontinental Hockey League coach Andrei Nazarov accused New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Latvian woman in Riga. The team released a statement condemning the allegations as a "fabrication" and "intimidation tactic" against Panarin after speaking out against "recent political events", most notably expressing his support for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained upon return to Russia from Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In September 2022, Komsomolskaya Pravda editor in chief Vladimir Sungorkin died. The official cause of death was a stroke,<ref name=Ъ2022>Template:Cite news</ref> but came amid a series of suspicious deaths of Russian businesspeople, Russian oligarchs, and journalists since 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December 2023, Komsomolskaya PravdaTemplate:'s deputy editor in chief was also found dead in her apartment.<ref name="Indy2023" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In February 2023, news editor Vladimir Romanenko published anti-war articles documenting Russian war crimes and criticising the alleged torture of Alexei Navalny. These articles were deleted within 10 minutes, and Romanenko no longer works for the publication.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Editors in chief

The newspaper's editors in chief, in reverse chronological order, have been:

  • From 2022 – Olesya Nosovad
  • 1997–2022 – Vladimir Nikolayevich Sungorkin<ref name="Ъ2022" />
  • 1995–1997 – Vladimir Petrovich Simonov
  • 1988–1995 – Vladislav Aleksandrovich Fronin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • 1981–1988 – Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov
  • 1978–1980 – Valeriy Nikolayevich Ganichev
  • 1973–1978 – Lev Konstantinovich Korneshov<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • 1965–1973 – Boris Dmitriyevich Pankin
  • 1959–1965 – Yuriy Petrovich Voronov
  • 1957–1959 – Aleksey Ivanovich Adzhubey
  • 1950–1957 – Dmitriy Petrovich Goryunov
  • 1948–1950 – Anatoly Blatin
  • 1941–1948 – Boris Sergeyevich Burkov
  • 1937–1938 – Nikolay Aleksandrovich Mikhaylov
  • 1932–1937 – Vladimir Mikhaylovich Bubekin (1904–1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • 1925–1928 – Taras Kostrov (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Martynovskiy)
  • 1925 – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Slepkov

Notable journalists

A "European" edition (Komsomolskaya Pravda v Evrope), aimed in particular at the Russian diaspora in Germany, as well as Russian-speaking tourists on the Croatian Adriatic coast, is distributed in several EU countries, while a special Baltic-region edition is available in Latvia, Estonia, and Finland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A number of similar, but independently owned, newspapers can be found in other member or associate-member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS):

The radio network Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda (Template:Langx; Template:Lit) is also related to the newspaper.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

Notes

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