Founded in 1924, Krasnaia zvezda (Красная звезда, Red Star) is the official paper of the Soviet and now Russian Ministry of Defense. Krasnaia zvezda is the premier source for current news and other information regarding the defense and security of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. The newspaper publishes extensively on all aspects of Russia’s armed forces, including military reform, combat training and daily routine of troops, legal advice, analysis of Russia and CIS security issues, new combat equipment and arms, reports from areas of military conflicts around the world, information on foreign armies, alongside political, economic, business, cultural and sports news.
The Krasnaia Zvezda Digital Archive contains the most complete collection available for this title. The archive features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with other Global Press Archive collections.
The Krasnaia Zvezda Digital Archive is a part of the East View Global Press Archive®, which is the result of a landmark initiative of Stanford Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives to digitally preserve and make more accessible thousands of original print newspaper publications collected by the Hoover Institution and now housed by Stanford Libraries.