The Government Gazette (Russian: Правительственный Вѣстникъ) was a daily St. Petersburg newspaper (1869–1917) under the General Directorate for Press Affairs (the highest censorship body under the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire).

The newspaper was established on the basis of the Highest Commandment on November 8, 1868,[1] which was deemed necessary to concentrate in one common official newspaper for all ministries and main departments for printing various government orders, announcements and clarifications.

The idea of creation belonged to the Minister of the Interior Alexander Timashev.

In the "Notifications" section, the newspaper published (in some issues) "lists of secret officers" of the previous regime with a brief description of their activities and their remuneration.

On October 28, 1917, the same editorial board (in the same building of the former Ministry of the Interior on Fontanka, 57) began to publish "The Newspaper of the Provisional Worker and Peasant Government" – instead of the "Provisional Government Gazette",[5] which retained the general format and design of the "Government Gazette" and called itself "the official body of the Council of People's Commissars".