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Karjalan Sanomat
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)OmaMedia
PublisherPeriodika
Editor-in-chiefMikko Nesvitski
Founded1920
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersPetrozavodsk,  Republic of Karelia
Country Russia
Circulation1,230 (as of 1920)
Websitewww.karjalansanomat.ru

Karjalan Sanomat (literally: Karelia's Messages) is a weekly Finnish language newspaper from the Republic of Karelia, published in Petrozavodsk. The newspaper was founded in 1920 as 'Karjalan kommuuni'.[1]

The newspaper is owned by OmaMedia, a conglomerate in the Karelian-language newspaper- industry. Its publisher is Periodika, a Russian state-owned publisher associated with OmaMedia.[2]

Previous names:

  • 1920-1923: Karjalan kommuuni (Karelian Commune)
  • 1923-1937: Punainen Karjala (Red Karelia)
  • 1938-1940: Советской Карелия (Soviet Karelia)[3]
  • 1940-1955: Totuus (Truth)
  • 1955-1957: Leninilainen totuus (Lenin's Truth)
  • 1957-1991: Neuvosto-Karjala (Soviet Karelia)
  • 1991-: Karjalan sanomat (Karelian News)

From 1938 to 1940 the newspaper was printed in Karelian using Cyrillic, rather than Finnish.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historia│Karjalan Sanomat". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30.
  2. ^ "Karjalan Sanomat". Omamedia - мультиязычный портал Карелии. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. ^ Jukka Pietiläinen (2005). "Diffusion of the News Paradigm 1850-2000". From Participating to Informing. The Transition of Journalism in Russian Regional Press (PDF). Nordicom. Retrieved 18 December 2014.