Pravda Vostoka
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Pravda Vostoka' is a Russian language
newspaper
published in Uzbekistan
. The paper was founded in 1917 under the name Nasha gazeta (Наша газета, Our newspaper). It received its current name in 1924, and was the main Russian language newspaper of the Uzbek SSR
. It had (1975) a print run of 250.000 newspapers.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The paper was founded in 1917 under the name Nasha gazeta (Наша газета, Our newspaper). It received its current name in 1924, and was the main Russian language newspaper of the Uzbek SSR
Uzbek SSR
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Uzbek SSR for short, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union since its creation in 1924...
. It had (1975) a print run of 250.000 newspapers.