Bednota

Bednota (Russian: Беднота, "Poverty" or "The poor") was a daily newspaper designed and focused toward a peasant readership that was issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union[1] in Moscow, Russia,[2] from March 1918 to January 1931.

[9][c] At the time, peasants accounted for over 70% of the Russian population, and Bednota was created by the Bolsheviks as a means to address this aspect of the citizenry.

[19] During the spring of 1919, Bednota and pravda both began publishing short coverage about "Volunteer Saturdays", for citizens to assist with work in various enterprises and railroad repair shops.

[20] During the first few years of the New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union, which commenced in March 1921, some newspapers had problems in getting their publications out into rural areas.

[21] The book denotes that at the time, while Bednota did focus on agricultural problems and issues, it was not written in a style that appealed to a peasant readership.

[22] The British ultimatum was based in part upon Communist International's work to incite revolutionary activities in Afghanistan, India and Persia that went against the interests of the United Kingdom.