Russkoe Znamya (Russian Banner), newspaper (1905-1917)

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RUSSKOE ZNAMYA (Russian Banner), a daily newspaper, organ of The League of the Russian People, a reactionary, antirevolutionary and anti-Semitic group, part of the Chernosotentsy movement, initiated during and after the Revolution of 1905, published in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) from 28 November 1905 until 5 March 1917 by A. I. Dubrovin. The editorial office was located in 1905-09 at 6 Fourth Rota (today Fourth Krasnoarmeyskaya) Street, from 1910 until March 1917 at 26 Shpalernaya Street. The circulation total fluctuated from 3,000 to14, 500 copies. It operated under the motto For the Orthodox Faith, the Sovereign Tsar, the United Fatherland and Russia for the Russians. Subsidised by Moscow merchant woman of the first guild Е. А. Poluboyarinova and the government the Russkoe Znamya consistently advocated absolutist tsarism, arguing against the State Duma, liberals and leftist radicals, speaking up with clear anti-semitic undertones. Dubrovin, D. I. Bulatovich, G. V. Butmi, L. E. Katansky, N. Е. Markov, N. А. Pavlov, V. М. Purishkevich, А. I. Trishatny were among its leading staff members. The paper was repeatedly harassed for libel and disinformation: in 1905-10 the Russkoe Znamya was fined six times (for a total sum of 11,000 roubles), 13 times warned, and with 18 issues removed. During WW I, the paper changed its standing from the slogan war till the victorious end to admitting the necessity of contracting an alliance with monarchical Germany for the sake of country's salvation from the impending Revolution. In 1916, on account of financial problems the Russkoe Znamya changed its format into a two-broadsheet one instead of the original 4. By the decree of the Petrograd Soviet of 5(18) March 1917 the publication of the Russkoe Znamya was shut down.

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A. V. Repnikov. Bulatovich D.I.
Butmi Georgy Vasilievich
Dubrovin Alexander Ivanovich
Katansky L.E.
Markov Nikolay Evgenievich
Pavlov N.A.
Poluboyarinova Elena Andrianovna
Purishkevich Vladimir Mitrofanovich
Trishatny А.I.
4th Krasnoarmeiskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Shpalernaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
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Кирьянов Ю.И. Правые партии в России, 1911 - 1917. М., 2001
Шевцов А. В. Непериодические издания русских либеральных и консервативных партий начала ХХ века: Библиогр. указ. СПб., 2002