Burevestnik (Minsk, 1917)

Burevestnik (Russian: Буревестник) was a newspaper published daily from Minsk, Belarus, Russian Partition.[1][2] It was the organ of the Minsk Bolsheviks.[1][2] Burevestnik first appeared in October 1917, two days after the Bolshevik organ Molot had been suppressed by the Russian Provisional Government.[1] Its masthead included the motto "Workers of the world, unite!".[1]

Burevestnik
TypeDaily
FoundedOctober 1917
Political alignmentMarxist
HeadquartersPetrograd

Burevestnik carried articles by Vladimir Lenin. Issue no. 3 (published on October 11, 1917) carried the article The Crisis Has Matured, issue no. 8 (October 17, 1917) included The Nationalisation of the Banks whilst Lenin's A Letter to Comrades was published in parts in issues 13-16. These articles laid out the Bolshevik programme of action in Belarus.[1]

Burevestnik continued to be published up to the victory of the October Revolution.[1]

References
  1. Maksim Gorky (1950). The History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R. International Publishers. p. 153.
  2. Against Trotskyism: The Struggle of Lenin and the CPSU Against Trotskyism. A Collection of Documents. Progress Publishers. 1972. p. 381.
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