The Komsomolskaya Pravda social and political newspaper has been published since 1925. The first issue that appeared on May 24, 1925, had a circulation of 31,000 copies. The newspaper regularly addressed the issue of participation of young people in the collectivization of agriculture, in the construction projects of the first five-year plan (Dneproges, Moscow and Gorky automobile plants, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, etc.).
From the very beginning, Komsomolskaya Pravda published works by well-known Soviet writers and poets. Over four years, V. Mayakovsky was on the staff of Komsomolskaya Pravda. The newspaper published war essays by A. Gaidar, chapters from the Young Guard novel by A. Fadeev. From the first day of the Great Patriotic War, the newspaper published front reports, numerous letters from and to the frontline. After the end of the war, the newspaper actively participated in mobilizing young people for the restoration of the national economy. In the second half of the 1980s, it supported the reforms carried out by M. Gorbachev. Until October of 1990, it was an organ of the Central Committee of Komsomol, and on October 29 of 1990, it was registered with the State Committee for Press of the USSR. From December 1, Komsomolskaya Pravda began to be published under the header All-Union Daily Newspaper. In 1991, joint-stock company Komsomolskaya Pravda was established.
Today, Komsomolskaya Pravda is a nationwide Russian newspaper. It is published in more than 40 cities in Russia, most of the former Soviet republics and is distributed throughout the CIS, as well as in Western Europe, the USA, and Israel.
The postage stamp provides symbols of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, as well as its awards: an Order of Honor, an Order of Lenin, an Order of October Revolution, an Order of Patriotic War, the first class, and two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor.
Illustrative material provided by the JSC Komsomolskaya Pravda
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Format of the envelope |
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114 × 162 mm |