Pryazovia Worker


The Pryazovia Worker is a regional Russian-language newspaper in Ukraine.
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History

The newspaper was founded on March 9, 1918, in Mariupol. At various times, it published under different names: Reports of the Mariupol Military Revolutionary Committee, Reports of the Revolutionary and Party Committee of Mariupol, Pryazovia Truth, Our Truth, and Pryazovia Proletarian. It began publishing under its current name on April 16, 1937.

Today

The newspaper is distribution throughout the south of the Donets Basin; it had the largest circulation in Donetsk oblast in 2010. It has its own printing, distribution network and shop. As of 2008, it had about 100 employees.
The newspaper is a subdivision of the company PJSC «Pryazovia Worker», which publishes other periodicals and runs an advertising agency. The beneficial owner of PJSC «Pryazovia Worker», holding 88.69% of shares, is SCM, the holding company of Rinat Akhmetov, the richest man in Ukraine.