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Pravda

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
996–1987Date range
7Named people
3Places

Chronological records

996

Yaroslav the Wise996

Government / Government of Russia

Russkaya Pravda, the first written compilation of Russian law, completed under Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev

1912

Mikhail Ivonovich Kalinin1912

Government / Government of Russia

Founds Pravda, journal of the Communist Party

1930

Joseph StalinMarch 1930

Government / Government of Russia

Publishes letter in "Pravda", "Dizzy with Success"

1938

Nikolai Bukharin13 March 1938

Government / Government of Russia

Nikolay Bukharin, a revolutionary economist who helped edit Pravda with Lenin, is put on trial and executed in the purges

1955

Nikita Sergeyevich KhruschevJuly 1955

Geneva · Government / Government of Russia

Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschevs foreign policy

1976

Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev1976

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Editor of in-Chief of The Pravda

1985

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev14 April 1985

Bitburg · Government / Government of Russia

Pravda calls Regans visit to Bitburg Nazi cemetry an "act of blasphemy"

1987

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMarch 1987

Government / Government of Russia

Pravda uses the word "democracy" for "multi-candidate" elections

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMarch 1987

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Pravda announces larger constituencies & more candidates than seats in local elections

Names involved

Joseph StalinMikhail Ivonovich KalininMikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevNikita Sergeyevich KhruschevNikolai BukharinViktor Grigoryevich AfanasyevYaroslav the Wise

Provenance

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