Sovetskaya Rossiya ( Russian : Советская Россия , Soviet Russia ) is a political newspaper in Russia . It kept its name after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 and presently presents itself as a leftist independent newspaper. Its current editor is MP Valentin Chikin .
10-527: Sovetskaya Rossiya was first published on July 1, 1956. On January 1, 1974, it became the official press organ of the Supreme Soviet and Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR . The newspaper was published six times a week; in 1975, its circulation was 2,700,000 copies. In 2007, the circulation was 300.000, the newspaper is published three times a week. The newspaper has friendly ties with
20-758: A museum. The sessions were held in Grand Kremlin Palace . In 1981 the Supreme Soviet was moved to a specially constructed building on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, The House of Soviets . The Supreme Soviet was abolished in October 1993 (after the events of Russia's 1993 constitutional crisis ) and replaced by the Federal Assembly of Russia (consists of the Federation Council of Russia and State Duma ). Prior to 1990,
30-697: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Supreme Soviet of Russia The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR , later the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation , was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR from 1938 to 1990; between 1990 and 1993, it was a permanent legislature ( parliament ), elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation . The Supreme Soviet of
40-586: The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was head of state of the Russian SFSR but exercised only nominal powers. In contrast to other Soviet republics of the Soviet Union, the Russian SFSR did not have its own Communist Party and did not have its own first secretaries (which in other republics are relatively independent of power) until 1990. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of
50-680: The Communist Party . During the time of the Soviet Union, Sovetskaya Rossiya was known for its opposition to Mikhail Gorbachev and support for neo-Stalinism . Notably, it published " A Word to the People ", a letter signed by, among others, three of the Gang of Eight who participated in the August Coup against others. It also published " I Cannot Forsake My Principles ", an infamous Stalinist critique of Gorbachev. The newspaper arranged
60-655: The Rossiya Tournament , an international bandy competition held every other year in Russia in 1972-1990. This tournament lived on for another two decades, but from 1992 it was called the Russian Government Cup and was arranged by the Russian government instead. [REDACTED] Media related to Sovetskaya Rossiya (newspaper) at Wikimedia Commons This Russian newspaper–related article
70-519: The events of September–October 1993 . Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation in 1990-1993 First Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation 1990-1993 Article 107. Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation is an agency of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation and a permanently functioning legislative, administrative, and supervisory agency of state power of
80-694: The Russian SFSR Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990 Following the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian SFSR in October 1989, the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was removed, and the position of the Russian head of state passed directly to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in May 1990. From 1990 to 1993
90-658: The Russian SFSR was established to be similar in structure to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938, replacing the All-Russian Congress of Soviets as the highest organ of power of Russia. In the 1940s, the Supreme Soviet Presidium and the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR were located in the former mansion of counts Osterman (3 Delegatskaya Street), which was later in 1991 given to
100-654: The Supreme Soviet consisted of 252 deputies in the two equal chambers—the Soviet of the Republic under Chairman Veniamin Sokolov , and the Soviet of Nationalities under Chairman Ramazan Abdulatipov . However, the bicameral Supreme Soviet was nominal, because the major decisions were adopted as joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions of all chambers; many of the legislative committees were shared between these chambers. The Supreme Soviet of Russia ceased to exist after
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