Oktyabr (Yiddish newspaper)
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Der shtern was a Soviet
Yiddish newspaper, first published in Smolensk
on November 7, 1918. Der shtern became one of the main Yiddish publications in the early Soviet period. Before the end of the year, as Minsk
came under the control of the Soviets, the publication was shifted there. Zalman Khaykin was the founding editor of the paper, but was killed in battle in Vilna in the beginning of 1919.
The paper shifted to Vilna, then back to Minsk and then to Vitebsk
, and back to Minsk yet again in the period from March 1919 to July 1920. In April 1921 Der veker, a former bundist newspaper in Minsk and later a Jewish communist organ, merged into Der shtern. In 1924 the newspaper changed name to Oktyabr. Publishing was discontinued in June 1941.
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Yiddish newspaper, first published in Smolensk
Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
on November 7, 1918. Der shtern became one of the main Yiddish publications in the early Soviet period. Before the end of the year, as Minsk
Minsk
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came under the control of the Soviets, the publication was shifted there. Zalman Khaykin was the founding editor of the paper, but was killed in battle in Vilna in the beginning of 1919.
The paper shifted to Vilna, then back to Minsk and then to Vitebsk
Vitebsk
Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city...
, and back to Minsk yet again in the period from March 1919 to July 1920. In April 1921 Der veker, a former bundist newspaper in Minsk and later a Jewish communist organ, merged into Der shtern. In 1924 the newspaper changed name to Oktyabr. Publishing was discontinued in June 1941.