Southern Russia or the South of Russia (Russian: Юг России , IPA: [juk rɐˈsʲiɪ] ) is a colloquial term for the southernmost geographic portion of European Russia generally covering the Southern Federal District and the North Caucasian Federal District .
14-561: South Russia may refer to: Southern Russia South Russia (1919–1920) , a territory that existed during the Russian Civil War in Ukraine and the north Caucasus See also [ edit ] South Russian Ovcharka , a breed of sheepdog Southern Russian dialects Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
28-660: A "foreign agent" in May 2021, saying it was registered in the Netherlands ; on 3 June 2021, VTimes announced closure of its operations on 12 June, citing operational difficulties connected with the status. In 2022, the formal ownership of Vedomosti was transferred to Oleg Leonov, a PR advisor and former head of the FTI Consulting office in Moscow. In July 2016 Vedomosti published an article about Igor Sechin,
42-544: A loan of €28 million from Rosneft's subsidiary the Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB) to pay off a previous €25 million loan from the Russian state-owned bank Gazprombank which was used to buy Vedomosti in 2015. The investigation also alleged that Rosneft spokesperson Mikhail Leontyev was involved in both the selection of Shmarov as editor-in-chief and in negotiating the sale of
56-466: The Financial Times ; and Independent Media, who publishes The Moscow Times . Independent Media was acquired by Finnish media company Sanoma in 2005. Leonid Bereshidsky was the first chief editor, till he entered INSEAD business school in 2002 and was replaced by Tatiana Lysova. From 2007 till 2010, Yelizaveta Osetinskaya served as chief editor. In 2010, she became chief editor of
70-881: The Russian Empire , including portions of Ukraine. In Soviet historiography , it also was referred to as "White South" in reference to the White Army that fought the Bolsheviks there along with the Armed Forces of South Russia and the Volunteer Army . Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the area of Southern Russia spans two of the nine federal districts of Russia containing 19 federal constituent entities , six of which are disputed with Ukraine: In relation to
84-682: The Russian Federation as designated by the Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). The Caucasus has been inhabited for millennia. Eastern Slavic tribes, like the Antes , inhabited Southern Russia at least from the 3rd century. Southern Russia played an important role in the influence of Byzantine culture on Russia. Persian culture has also left its traces in Southern Russia. At
98-809: The right of first refusal . According to the newspaper, Vedmosti had about twenty-thousand paid subscribers in November 2016. Ilya Bulavinov, former head of the directorate for internet broadcasting of the state First Channel, has been serving as chief editor since 2017. In March 2020, Kudryavtsev and his partners, Boris Berezovsky associate Vladimir Voronov and former News Corp executive Martin Pompadour, announced their intention to sell Vedomosti to two buyers: publisher of Nasha Versiya Konstantin Zyatkov and managing director of Arbat Capital Alexei Golubovich. Former editor-in-chief Tatiana Lysova criticized
112-544: The area. 45°24′00″N 43°00′00″E / 45.4000°N 43.0000°E / 45.4000; 43.0000 Vedomosti Vedomosti (Russian: Ведомости , IPA: [ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ] , lit. ' The Record ' ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow . Vedomosti was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones , who publishes The Wall Street Journal ; Pearson , who previously published
126-634: The beginning of the second millennium, between Volga and Don, Turkic tribes established in the South of Russia Tatar states. According to historical sources, the Russian lands in Southern Russia adopted the Islamic faith after contact with the Mongols. During the Russian Civil War (1917–1922), a territory called South Russia briefly existed from 1919 to 1920, which spanned the southern parts of
140-754: The official economic regions of Russia , most of Southern Russia is included in the North Caucasus economic region , with the exception of the Astrakhan Oblast, the Republic of Kalmykia and the Volgograd Oblast, which are part of the Volga economic region . References to "Southern Russia" can be found in media or news portals devoted to the area. Newspapers and websites like Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Vedomosti have sections or tags for
154-500: The online version of the newspaper. She was replaced by former chief editor Tatiana Lysova. Sanoma sold its stake in the paper to Demyan Kudryavtsev [ ru ] , former chief executive of Kommersant , in April 2015. Ahead of a new Russian media ownership law prohibiting foreign enterprises from owning more than 20% of Russian media companies, Dow Jones and Pearson also divested their stakes in 2015 to Kudryavtsev, who held
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#1732764665116168-483: The paper. Kudryavtsev confirmed the loan, but claims the loan was not used to buy Vedomosti . On 29 May 2020, Vedomosti was sold to businessman Ivan Yeremin via his holding company Sapport. On 15 June 2020, five senior editors resigned from Vedomosti in protest to Shmarov's confirmation to editor-in-chief by the paper's board of directors. Some of them established an independent VTimes [ ru ] news website. Russia designated VTimes as
182-466: The sale, saying that the buyers were "alien to Vedomosti 's rules and ideals." The following month, the sale was put on hold amid accusations of censorship under editor-in-chief Andrey Shmarov. Shmarov reportedly deleted articles critical of Rosneft 's head, Igor Sechin , and banned articles critical of Putin's proposed constitutional changes . According to an investigation by Meduza , Arkan Investment, Vedomosti s parent company, had taken out
196-509: The title South Russia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Russia&oldid=1228946982 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Southern Russia The term does not conform to any official areas of
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