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The following publications were known ascentral newspapers in theSoviet Union. They were organs of the major organizations of the Soviet Union.

• Pravda (Пра́вда, "Truth"), the organ of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• Izvestia (short for "Izvestiya Sovetov Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR", Известия Советов народных депутатов СССР, the "Reports of Soviets of Peoples' Deputies of the USSR") expressed the official views of the Soviet government as published by thePresidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.^[1]
• Komsomolskaya Pravda (Комсомольская правда, "Komsomol's Truth"), the organ ofKomsomol.
• Krasnaya Zvezda (Красная звезда, "Red Star"), the organ of theSoviet Armed Forces.
• Sovetskiy Sport (Советский спорт, "Soviet Sports"), the organ of the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports andVTsSPS
• Trud (Труд, "Labour"), the organ ofSoviet trade unions.
• Pionerskaya Pravda (Пионе́рская Пра́вда, "Truth for Young Pioneers"), the official newspaper of theVladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization

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