Znamya (newspaper)
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Russkoye Znamya — a newspaper, organ
of the Union of the Russian People
established in Petersburg
by Alexander Dubrovin on , notoriously known for its antisemitic bias.
Discontinued on by the order of Petrograd Soviet
.
"Russkoye Znamya" was regularly sponsored by the Moscow merchantess Ye. A. Poluboyarinova. It was also subsidized by the Russian government.
The URP
chairman Alexander Dubrovin often published articles in this newspaper. Other active authors were: D. I. Bulatovich, G. V. Butmi, L. Ye. Katansky, N. E. Markov, N. A. Pavlov, V. M. Purishkevich, Alexander Trishatny
.
Among other contributors M. N. Zelensky, A. V. Ososov, Ye. D. Khomenkov, S. S. Potapochkin, F. D. Klyuev, V. A. Bogdanov, N. I. Yeremchenko and M. P. Petrov are named.
Up to 1909 the editorial office was located at 4th Rota (now 4th Krasnoarmeyskaya street), 6. In 1910 it moved to Shpalernaya street, 26.
"Russkoye Znamya" has consistently advocated unlimited autocracy and became notoriously known for its pronounced anti-Semitic stance. In its critical and accusatory articles against the State Duma, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation. In 1905-10 it was warned 13 times; 6 times it was fined at a total sum of 11.000 rubles, and 18 rooms were seized.
Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of the World War I
if abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with German monarchy for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions. In 1916 its financial standing deteriorated resulting in cutting its size from 4 to 2 pages.
4 days after the February Revolution
, on "Russkoye Znamya" was discontinued by one of the first orders of Petrograd Soviet
.
Newsletter
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of the Union of the Russian People
Union of the Russian People
The Union of Russian People — a loyalist right-wing nationalist party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist and antisemitic political organizations in the Russian Empire of 1905–1917....
established in Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
by Alexander Dubrovin on , notoriously known for its antisemitic bias.
Discontinued on by the order of Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies , usually called the Petrograd Soviet , was the soviet in Petrograd , Russia, established in March 1917 after the February Revolution as the representative body of the city's workers.The Petrograd Soviet became important during the Russian...
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History
From the first issue in November 1905 until the end of the year "Russkoye Znamya" was released weekly. Became daily from January 1906. Its first editor was I. S. Durnovo. From March 1906 editor's duties were assumed by P. B. Bulatsel’."Russkoye Znamya" was regularly sponsored by the Moscow merchantess Ye. A. Poluboyarinova. It was also subsidized by the Russian government.
The URP
Union of the Russian People
The Union of Russian People — a loyalist right-wing nationalist party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist and antisemitic political organizations in the Russian Empire of 1905–1917....
chairman Alexander Dubrovin often published articles in this newspaper. Other active authors were: D. I. Bulatovich, G. V. Butmi, L. Ye. Katansky, N. E. Markov, N. A. Pavlov, V. M. Purishkevich, Alexander Trishatny
Alexander Trishatny
Alexander Iosifovich Trishatny — a Russian right wing politician, one of the founders and leaders of the Union of the Russian People , a loyalist right-wing nationalist party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist and antisemitic political organizations in the Russian Empire of...
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Among other contributors M. N. Zelensky, A. V. Ososov, Ye. D. Khomenkov, S. S. Potapochkin, F. D. Klyuev, V. A. Bogdanov, N. I. Yeremchenko and M. P. Petrov are named.
Up to 1909 the editorial office was located at 4th Rota (now 4th Krasnoarmeyskaya street), 6. In 1910 it moved to Shpalernaya street, 26.
Political alignment
The motto of "Russkoye Znamya", For Orthodox Belief, Autocratic Czar, Indivisible Fatherland and Russia for Russians, was stylistically processed so that an inversion (permutation of nouns and adjectives) provided this phrase to sound fabulously and epically ."Russkoye Znamya" has consistently advocated unlimited autocracy and became notoriously known for its pronounced anti-Semitic stance. In its critical and accusatory articles against the State Duma, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation. In 1905-10 it was warned 13 times; 6 times it was fined at a total sum of 11.000 rubles, and 18 rooms were seized.
Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of the World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
if abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with German monarchy for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions. In 1916 its financial standing deteriorated resulting in cutting its size from 4 to 2 pages.
4 days after the February Revolution
February Revolution
The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...
, on "Russkoye Znamya" was discontinued by one of the first orders of Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies , usually called the Petrograd Soviet , was the soviet in Petrograd , Russia, established in March 1917 after the February Revolution as the representative body of the city's workers.The Petrograd Soviet became important during the Russian...
.