Izvestia (Russian: Известия, IPA: , "The News") is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. Founded in 1917, Izvestia, which covered foreign relations, was the organ of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, disseminating official state propaganda. It is now described as a "national newspaper" of Russia. The word izvestiya in Russian means "bring news" or "tidings", "herald" (an official messenger bringing news), derived from the verb izveshchat ("to inform", "to notify"). The newspaper began as the News of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers Deputies on 13 March 1917 in Petrograd. Initially, the paper expressed Menshevik and Socialist-Revolutionary Party views; however, they were later purged by the Bolsheviks. More information...
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