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Luch (Ray), newspaper


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LUCH (Ray) a newspaper of the Social Democratic Party and an organ of the Menshevik faction. Founded in September 1912 it was conceived as a counterbalance to the Bolshevik newspapers Pravda and Zvezda. Edited by L. Martov (real name Y. O. Tsederbaum) it appeared six times a week. Among other writers and critics М. Gorky, S. I. Gusev-Orenburgsky, S. A. Klychkov contributed to the literary section. Printed in the house of the Art Printing Company at 14 Ivanovskaya Street (presently Sotsialisticheskaya Street), it had its editorial office located at 1 Chubarov (now Transportny) Lane. It was suppressed by the authorities in July 1913, it was thereafter published under various names: Zhivaya Zhizn in July-August 1913, Novaya Rabochaya Gazeta, August 1913 - January 1914, Severnaya Rabochaya Gazeta, January-May 1914 and Nasha Rabochaya Gazeta in May-July 1914.

References: Русская литература и журналистика начала XX века, 1905-1917: Большевист. и общедемокр. изд. М., 1984. С. 331-337; Майер Л. Русская воля и Луч: А. Д. Протопопов и М. Горький в борьбе за буржуаз. общественность накануне Февр. революции // ОИ. 1996. № 1. С. 29-52.

D. N. Cherdakov.

Persons
Gorky Maxim (Alexey Maximovich Peshkov)
Gusev-Orenburgsky Sergey Ivanovich
Klychkov (real name Leshenkov) Sergey Antonovich
Martov L. (real name Tsederbaum Yuly Osipovich)

Addresses
Sotsialisticheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Transportny Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1

Bibliographies
Майер Л. "Русская воля" и "Луч": А. Д. Протопопов и М. Горький в борьбе за буржуаз. общественность накануне Февр. революции // Отеч. история, 1996
Русская литература и журналистика начала XX века, 1905-1917: Большевист. и общедемокр. изд. М., 1984

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