The Kopeck Press

Popular Journalism in Revolutionary Russia, 1908-1918

By: Felix Cowan

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Hardcover | 15 June 2025

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328 Pages

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The Imperial Russian penny press was a vast network of newspapers sold for a single kopeck per issue. Emerging in cities and towns across the empire between the 1905 Revolution and the onset of the First World War, these sensational tabloids quickly became the Russian Empire's most popular periodical genre. They appealed to a mass audience of poor and less-literate readers with their low prices and accessible language.
sheds light on the crucial role of popular media in shaping public discourse and mobilizing political change in early twentieth-century Russia.

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