Founded | November 7, 1925 |
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Political alignment | Communist Party (bolshevik) of Byelorussia |
Language | Yiddish |
Ceased publication | June 1941 |
Headquarters | Minsk |
Country | Soviet Union |
Oktyabr ( Yiddish: אקטיאבער, 'October'), was a Yiddish language newspaper published from Minsk 1917–1941. [1]
Oktyabr was launched on November 7, 1925, on the eighth anniversary of the October Revolution, replacing the ex- Bundist newspaper Der Veker. [2] [3] [4] The name of the new publication was unequivocally Bolshevik, in contrast with the Bundist legacy of Der Veker. [3] [4] As of 1925 Oktyabr had a circulation of 4,139, by 1926 it stood at 6,400 and by 1927 its circulation stood at 7,150, higher than any of the Belarusian language party organs. [5] Publishing of Oktyabr continued until the German invasion of the Soviet Union. [6]