Młot (Minsk)

Młot ('Hammer') was a Polish language newspaper. It was published as a daily in Minsk in the 1920s.^[1]

16 March 1919 issue of Młot

The first issue was published in Minsk on 18 December 1918.^[2] The newspaper continued publications, albeit at times irregularly, until 1926, with the place of publishing shifting thrice in 1919; to Vilna, back to Minsk, then Smolensk and yet again back to Minsk in 1921.^[3][2] It was one of the main Polish newspapers in the Soviet Union.^[4]

During its first issues, Młot was an organ of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL).^[5] On 30 December 1918 Młot became an organ of the Communist Workers Party of Poland (KPRP) in Russia.^[5] On 23 February 1919 the newspaper became a joint organ of the Central Executive Committee of KPRP and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia.^[5] On 9 March 1921 the newspaper became the organ of the Polish Bureau of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Belorussia.^[5] In February 1924 Młot became the organ of the Polish Bureau of the Provisional Belorussian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).^[5] Between 3 April 1924 and 17 May 1924, Młot was an organ of the Provisional Belorussian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).^[5]

References

1. Ray Taras (27 July 2016). National Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe: Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995. Springer. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-349-26553-4.
2. Andrzej Ślisz (1968). Prasa polska w Rosji w dobie wojny i rewolucji, 1915-1919. Ksiazka i Wiedza. pp. 481, 546.
3. Studia Polono-Slavica-Orientalia, Vol. 13. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich., 1992. p. 319
4. Ezra Mendelsohn (24 September 1987). Studies in Contemporary Jewry: III: Jews and Other Ethnic Groups in a Multi-Ethnic World. OUP USA/Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-19-504896-4.
5. Белорусская ССР, краткая энциклопедия: Наука и научные учреждения. Техника и технология. Народное образование. Культурно-просветительные учреждения. Печать, Телевидение, Радиовещание. Здравоохранение. Физкультура и спорт. Белорус. сов. энциклопедия, 1980. p. 328