Karjalan Sanomat

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'.

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.

Previous names:

• 1920-1923: Karjalan kommuuni (Karelian Commune)
• 1923-1937: Punainen Karjala (Red Karelia)
• 1938-1940: Советской Карелия (Soviet Karelia)
• 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.

See also

• Eastern Bloc information dissemination

References