Der komunistisher veg
| Editor | M. Kiper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1920 |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | Yiddish language |
| Headquarters | Gomel |
| Circulation | 2,000 |
Der komunistisher veg (Yiddish: דער קאמוניסטישער וועג, 'The Communist Path') was a Yiddish-language newspaper published from the Soviet city of Gomel, founded in 1920.[1][2] It was a weekly paper.[1][3] Der komunistisher veg was the organ of the Gomel Governorate Bureau of the Jewish Section of the Communist Party and the Gomel Governorate Committee.[1] M. Kiper was the editor of the newspaper.[2]
Published in the midst of the Russian Civil War, times of great scarcity of printing paper, Der komunistisher veg was printed on grey wrapping paper.[4] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) congresses of the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks), 182 issues of Der komunistisher veg were published. It had a circulation of around 2,000.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c National Library of Russia. Yiddish Newspapers (in the Latin alphabet) Archived 14 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Weltkampf, eds. 38-43. Aussenstelle Frankfurta M. der Hohen Schule. 1941. p. 56.
- ^ Sovetish geĭmland, Eds. 9-12. Soṿetski Pisaṭel. 1984. p. 162.
- ^ Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry The Hebrew University Jonathan Frankel Tamara and Saveli Grinberg Professor of Russian Studies, Jerusalem (Emeritus) (22 April 2005). Dark Times, Dire Decisions : Jews and Communism: Jews and Communism. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-534613-8.
- ^ David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.