Soviet Central Television

The Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR) (Russian:Центральное телевидение СССР, ЦТ СССР, Tsentral'noye televideniye SSSR, TsT SSSR), was the state television broadcaster in the Soviet Union.

Soviet TV programming was highly diverse and somewhat similar to that of the BBC or American PBS. Like much of the Soviet media, CT USSR regularly promoted the agendas of the Communist Party. Initially, the service was operated, together with the national radio service, by the Ministry of Culture. Later it was operated by the Committee on Television and Radio (USSR Gosteleradio, Russian:Государственный комитет по телевидению и радиовещанию СССР, Гостелерадио СССР), under the Communications Ministry and the Information and Press Ministry, and later a Council of Ministers-controlled network of television and radio broadcasting.

First decades

Radio was the dominant medium in the former Soviet Union, however, in the 1930s preparations for television were in full swing.

On 1 October 1934, the first television sets were made available to the public. The next year, the first television broadcasts began.

Central Television

Central Television may refer to: