Rech (newspaper)

Rech (Speech; current Russian: Речь, originally: Рѣчь) was a Russian daily newspaper and the central organ of the Constitutional Democratic Party.

History

Rech was published in St. Petersburg from February 1906[1] to October 1917.[2] Julian Buck, an engineer and philanthropist, was the first editor. The newspaper was based in his house on Kirochnaya street, № 24, in apartment № 21. Its editorial office and printing house were located at Zhukovsky street, № 21.[3] The editors were Iosif Gessen and Pavel Miliukov.[1] It was a radical paper.[1] Politically it supported approachment with Britain and France (e.g. welcomed the Anglo-Russian Convention). It was closed down by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution 1917.

References
  1. Jacob Walkin (July 1954). "Government Controls Over the Press in Russia, 1905-1914". Russian Review. 13 (3). JSTOR 125972.
  2. Lenin: 11. TO THE EDITOR OF PRAVDA
  3. Густаров, Андрей (2018). Исторические здания.


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