Padomju Latvijas Komunists

Padomju Latvijas Komunists ('Communist of Soviet Latvia') was a Latvian language monthly journal published from Riga, the theoretical organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.[1][2] It had a Russian language edition, called Kommunist Sovetskoi Latvii.[3]

The publication was founded in 1945, and called Padomju Latvijas Boļševiks ('Bolshevik of Soviet Latvia') until 1952.[4] In the early years Jānis Bumbiers was the editor of the journal.[5] As of the early 1970s, Padomju Latvijas Komunists had a circulation of 16,300, and Kommunist Sovetskoi Latvii had a circulation of 5,100.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija 5,2, Latvijas PSR. Riga: Galvenā Encikl. Red, 1984. p. 594
  2. ↑ Dreifelds, Juris. Latvia in Transition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. p. 209
  3. 1 2 II. Local Media Center for International Studies. MIT. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Latvijas PSR vesture no vissenakajiem laikiem lidz musu dienam 2. Latvijas PSR Vesture. Riga: Zinatne, 1986. p. 294
  5. ↑ Leitāns, V. Pretstatu cīnā: Latvija 1917. - 1950. Rīga: Avots, 1990. p. 342

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