a Russian newspaper, originally published in 1912, in
St. Petersburg, Russia, and later in
Moscow. The paper appeared under several
different names until 1918, when it became the official daily newspaper of the
Communist Party of the former Soviet
Union and remained as such until 1991. After the
fall of
Communist power in 1991, the newspaper's readership
dropped dramatically, but its publication continued. The
word pravda is Russian for "
truth."
the official newspaper of the
Communist Party in the Soviet
Union.