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  2. Russian Telegraph Agency - Wikipedia

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    After the creation of the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) on July 10, 1925 [6] [7] ‎, ROSTA functioned as the news agency of the RSFSR. In March 1935, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR, ROSTA was liquidated, and its functions were transferred to TASS .

  3. ROSTA windows - Wikipedia

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    ROSTA windows (also known as ROSTA windows of satire or ROSTA posters, Russian: Окна сатиры РОСТА, Окна РОСТА, ROSTA being an acronym for the Russian Telegraph Agency, the state news agency from 1918 to 1935) were a propagandistic medium of communication used in the Soviet Union to deliver important messages and instill ...

  4. TASS - Wikipedia

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    On July 10, 1925, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Телеграфное агентство Советского Союза, Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza, TASS) was established [7] [8] by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and took over the duties of the ROSTA as the country's central information agency. TASS ...

  5. Alpha Group - Wikipedia

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    Spetsgruppa "A", also known as Alpha Group (a popular English name), or Alfa, whose official name is Directorate "A" of the FSB Special Purpose Center (TsSN FSB) (Russian: Спецназ ФСБ "Альфа"), is a stand-alone sub-unit of Russia's special forces within the Russian Special Forces Center of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

  6. Departments of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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    Ukrainian SSR, Moldavian SSR, Estonian SSR, Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Central Asia (Kazakh SSR, Turkmen SSR, Kyrgyz SSR and Uzbek SSR), Transcaucasia and several important sections for Russian SFSR territories, such as the Far East Oblast for instance. Planning and Financial Organs: Ministry of Finance

  7. Soviet Information Bureau - Wikipedia

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    The final Sovinformburo operational summary, 15 May 1945. Soviet Information Bureau (Russian: Советское информационное бюро, romanized: Sovetskoye informatsionnoye byuro), commonly known as Sovinformburo (Совинформбюро) was a leading Soviet news agency, operating under that name from 1941 to 1961 when its name changed to RIA Novosti.

  8. Cheka - Wikipedia

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    The order instructed agencies everywhere to unite the Military control and the military sections of Chekas and to form special sections of frontlines, armies, military districts, and guberniyas. In November 1920 the Soviet of Labor and Defense created a Special Section of VCheKa for the security of the state border. On February 6, 1922, after ...

  9. People's Commissariat for Education - Wikipedia

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    The People's Commissariat for Education (or Narkompros; Russian: Народный комиссариат просвещения, Наркомпрос, directly translated as the "People's Commissariat for Enlightenment") was the Soviet agency charged with the administration of public education and most other issues related to culture.