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Karjalan Sanomat
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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.
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