Soviet Information Bureau
Soviet Information Bureau (Russian: Советское информационное бюро, romanized: Sovetskoye informatsionnoye byuro, commonly known as Sovinformburo [Совинформбюро]) was a leading Soviet news agency, operating under that name from 1941 to 1961 when its name changed to RIA Novosti.
Operation
The
Sovnarkom and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union established the Sovinformburo "to bring into the limelight international events, military developments, and day-to-day life through printed and broadcast media".[1]
During
International Information Agency Russia Today
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Samara
) until 1945.
The Soviet Information Bureau never announced the fall of Kiev in 1941.
Chairmen
- Aleksandr Sergeevich Scherbakov (1941–1945)
- Solomon Abramovich Lozovsky (1946–1947)
- Boris Nikolaevich Ponomarev (1947–1961)
Radio announcers
See also
- Eastern Bloc information dissemination
- Censorship in the Soviet Union
- Propaganda in the Soviet Union
References
- ^ Sovinformburo during WWII Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mass Media in Russia Archived 2000-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
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