Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Rossiya Bank |
Founder(s) | Peter the Great |
Publisher | SC Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti Editorial House |
Editor-in-chief | Dmitry Sherikh |
Founded | 13 January 1703 (2 January, OC) |
Language | Russian |
Ceased publication | 11 November 1917 (29 October, OC) |
Relaunched | 1 September 1991 |
Headquarters | 25/A, Marata Street, St. Petersburg |
Country | Russian Empire (1703-1917) Russian Republic (1917) Russian Federation (since 1991) |
Circulation | 190.000 (as of 1995) |
Website | spbvedomosti |
The Vedomosti (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ведомости) is Russia's oldest newspaper. It was established by Peter the Great's ukase dated 16 December 1702. The first issue appeared on 2 January 1703.