Vechernyaya Moskva Explained

Vechernyaya Moskva
Type:	daily
Format:	A2 per spread
Foundation:	December 6, 1923
Owners:	Concern "Vechernyaya Moskva"
Political:	independent
Headquarters:	Moscow, Russia
Editor:	Alexandr Kupriyanov
Website:	http://www.vmdaily.ru/
Circulation:	25,000 daily, 787,000 weekly

Vechernyaya Moskva (Russian: Вечерняя Москва|lit=Evening Moscow) is a Russian local newspaper^[1] published in Moscow since 6 December 1923 daily (except Saturday and Sunday).^[2] It was founded as an organ of the Mossovet, later as an organ of the city committee of the CPSU and the Mossovet. Since 1990 it is published by the joint-stock company Concern 'Vechernyaya Moskva'.^[3]

This is the oldest evening newspaper in Russia, one of the most popular in Moscow with a current circulation of 25,000 copies per day plus 787,000 copies of weekly edition.^[4]

In 2011, the project was restarted and developed with the support of the Government of Moscow as a city newspaper of influence covering the major events in the capital, the work of urban services, governance, and the main events in the country and in the world^[5]

Editors-in-chief

• Volin, Boris Mikhailovich (1923–1924)
• Antoshkin, Dmitry Vasilyevich (1925)
• Barkov, Vladimir Nikolayevich (1926–1928)
• Lazian, Iosif Gerasimovich (1928–1930)
• Volodin, Sergey Alekseevich (1930–1931)
• Tsypin, Grigory Evgenievich (1931–1932)
• Rzhanov, Georgy Alexandrovich (1932–1933)
• Romanovsky, Abram Mironovich (1933–1937)
• Pozdnov, Mikhail Mikhailovich (1937–1942)
• Vasilenko, Vasily Stepanovich (1942–1945)
• Fomichev, Andrei Andreevich (1945–1950)
• Syrokomsky, Vitaly Aleksandrovich (1963–1966)
• Indursky, Semyon Davydovich (1966 – January 1988)
• Lisin, Alexander Ivanovich (1988–1998)
• Kazarin, Yuri Ivanovich (February 1998 – 2000)
• Evseev, Valery Petrovich (2000–2006)
• Brantov, Peter Yurievich (February 3 – May 5, 2006)
• Avyazova, Zhanna Semonovna (2006–2007)
• Ryazhsky, Yury Olegovich (2007–2011)
• Kupriyanov, Alexander Ivanovich (2011–)

External links

• Vechernyaya Moskva - 90 years!
• The newspaper Evening Moscow, Russia.
• Evening Moscow digital archives in "Newspapers on the web and beyond", the digital resource of the National Library of Russia

Notes and References

1. Russian Mass Media Directory. Volume 1. Strategic Information and Contacts. Washington: International Business Publication, 2016, p. 104
2. Matthew E Lenoe. Closer to the Masses: Stalinist Culture, Social Revolution, and Soviet Newspapers. Harvard University Press, 2009, p. 52
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=271411899 Company Overview of OJSC Concern Vechernyaya Moskva
4. https://www.mos.ru/mayor/themes/3299/4648050/ Sergai Sobyanin Congratulated Vechernyaya Moskva with 95 Anniversary
5. https://vjoon.com/press-events/press-releases/detail/nd/moscow-evening-newspaper-re-launches-print-and-online-editions-with-vjoon-k4-2/ Moscow Evening Newspaper Re-launches Print and Online Editions with vjoon K4