Bil’shovyk (1919–25)

Bil’shovyk (1919–25) («Більшовик»; Bolshevik). A daily newspaper, organ of the Kyiv gubernia Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine, published in Kyiv from April 1919 to June 1925 with minor interruptions. The newspaper mobilized workers and peasants in support of the Soviet regime. Subsequently, Bil’shovyk was merged with the newspaper Proletars’ka pravda.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]