Der Rote Bergmann ('The Red Mine Worker') was a German language newspaper published from Prokopyevsk (West Siberian Krai), the Soviet Union between 1933 and 1935.[1] The newspaper was an organ of the Prokopyevsk City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the Coal Miners Union.[1][2] The first issue was published on March 10, 1933.[1]
 October 25, 1933 issue of Der Rote Bergmann | |
| Editor | Rodovski, Ludwig Karas |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 10, 1933 |
| Political alignment | Communist |
| Language | German language |
| Ceased publication | 1935 |
| City | Prokopyevsk |
| Country | Soviet Union |
DerRote Bergmann had a readership among German-speaking workers in the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass) coal mining area, especially among Reichsdeutsche (i.e. recent immigrants from Germany).[2] The editors of the newspaper were Rodovski and Ludwig Karas.[3] The most frequently quoted correspondent of the newspaper was the worker F. Frießen.[3] The newspaper had a largely industrial character, carrying reports on mining industry in the Kuzbass and on the udarniks (shock workers).[3]
Copies of the newspaper had two pages.[2] It was printed in some 500 copies per issue.[3] All in all, around 126 issues of the newspaper were published.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Газеты СССР 1917—1960: Библиографический справочник, Том 3 К — О (Краевые, губернские, областные, окружные, уездные районные, городские, транспортные, военные и другие газеты). Всесоюзная ордена «Знак Почета» книжная палата Государствелная ордена Ленина библиотека СССР им. В. И. Ленина, Государственная ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Публичная библиотека нм. М. Е. Салтыкова-Щедрина. p. 287
- ^ a b c Heide, Walther. Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Zeitungen im Ausland, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 1935. p. 183
- ^ a b c d Katharina Boldt, Ilpo Tapani Piirainen. Sprache und Kultur der Russlanddeutschen: eine Dokumentation anhand von Presseberichten aus den Jahren 1970 bis 1990. Die Blaue Eule, 1996. p. 93