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| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Editor | Valentin Vasilievich Chikin |
| Founded | 1 July 1956 |
| Political alignment | Communism |
| Language | Russian |
| Headquarters | 24, Pravda Street, Moscow |
| Country |  Russian SFSR (1956-1991) Russian Federation (since 1991) |
| Circulation | 300.000 (as of 2007) |
| Website | sovross.ru |
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Sovetskaya Rossiya (Russian:Советская Россия,Soviet Russia) is a politicalnewspaper inRussia. It kept its name after thedissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 and presently presents itself as a leftist independent newspaper. Its current editor isMPValentin Chikin.
Sovetskaya Rossiya was first published on July 1, 1956. On January 1, 1974, it became the official press organ of theSupreme Soviet andCouncil of Ministers of theRussian SFSR. The newspaper was published six times a week; in 1975, itscirculation was 2,700,000 copies. In 2007, the circulation was 300.000, the newspaper is published three times a week.
The newspaper has friendly ties with theCommunist Party. During the time of the Soviet Union,Sovetskaya Rossiya was known for its opposition toMikhail Gorbachev and support forneo-Stalinism. Notably, it published "A Word to the People", a letter signed by, among others, three of theGang of Eight who participated in theAugust Coup against others. It also published "I Cannot Forsake My Principles", an infamous Stalinist critique of Gorbachev.[1]
The newspaper arranged theRossiya Tournament, an internationalbandy competition held every other year in Russia in 1972-1990. This tournament lived on for another two decades, but from 1992 it was called theRussian Government Cup and was arranged by the Russian government instead.
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