Today in Pravda History
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Historical Events
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1908-10-03 - The Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
1912-05-05 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS)
1917-04-20 - Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world")
1917-08-04 - Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers
1923-03-04 - Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy)
1935-12-28 - Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
1936-01-28 - Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera
1936-02-06 - Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"
1947-06-16 - Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
1953-07-10 - Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist]
1962-12-03 - Pravda criticizes western art
1986-06-15 - Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity
1992-03-14 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
Famous Birthdays
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1922-11-18 - Viktor Afanasiev, editor (Pravda)
Famous Deaths
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1985-04-30 - George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
1994-04-10 - Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
