Izvestia

Izvestia is a Russian daily newspaper founded in 1917. It began as an official publication of Soviet government institutions and later became a commercial newspaper.

February Revolution: The 1917 uprising that ended the Russian monarchy and established a provisional government. Izvestia began publication in Petrograd during the political upheaval that followed this revolution.
Soviet press: The newspapers and other publications produced within the Soviet Union’s state-controlled media system. Izvestia’s early decades illustrate how Soviet newspapers served official institutions.
Soviet propaganda: Political communication designed to promote the Soviet state, Communist ideology, and official policies. As an official publication, Izvestia helped communicate government positions to the public.
Izvestia during the Russian Revolution: The newspaper’s early period, beginning in Petrograd in 1917 amid revolution and competing political authorities. This phase established Izvestia’s connection to Soviet institutions.
October Revolution: The 1917 Bolshevik seizure of power that displaced Russia’s provisional government. The new Soviet authorities shaped the newspaper’s early institutional role.
Censorship in the Soviet Union: The state regulation and suppression of information and expression in the Soviet Union. Political oversight constrained the newspaper’s reporting and editorial choices.
Glasnost: The policy of greater openness in public discussion and media introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev. Relaxed controls widened the scope of reporting in Izvestia during the late Soviet period.
Izvestia during the Soviet era: The newspaper’s decades of publication within the Soviet Union’s political and media system. Its Soviet-era editions reveal how an official newspaper addressed domestic and international events.
Petrograd Soviet: A council of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies that became a major political authority in Petrograd in 1917. The newspaper originated as the Petrograd Soviet’s official organ.
Glavlit: The Soviet state agency responsible for censorship and the protection of state secrets in print. Its rules formed part of the system governing what Izvestia could publish.

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Anna PolitkovskayaRelated: Politkovskaya began her journalism career at Izvestia in the 1980s.