11 Facts About Pravda

Pravda is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper 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.

Pravda paper is today run by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, whereas the online Pravda.

Pravda had started publishing in the light of the Russian Revolution of 1905.

Under Kamenev's and Stalin's influence, Pravda took a conciliatory tone towards the Provisional Government – "insofar as it struggles against reaction or counter-revolution" – and called for a unification conference with the internationalist wing of the Mensheviks.

Pravda became an official publication, or "organ", of the Soviet Communist Party.

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Pravda became the conduit for announcing official policy and policy changes and would remain so until 1991.

Subscription to Pravda was mandatory for state run companies, the armed services and other organizations until 1989.

However, though not highly appreciated as an objective and unbiased news source, Pravda was regarded – both by Soviet citizens and by the outside world – as a government mouthpiece and therefore a reliable reflection of the Soviet government's positions on various issues.

The publication of an article in Pravda could be taken as indication of a change in Soviet policy or the result of a power struggle in the Soviet leadership, and Western Sovietologists were regularly reading Pravda and paying attention to the most minute details and nuances.

The Pravda paper is today run by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, whereas the online Pravda.

Pravda is witnessing hard times and the number of its staff members and print run has been significantly reduced.