«Gorkovskaya Pravda» (Gorky Truth) was a regional newspaper published in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) during the Soviet period. The publication served as the main print organ of the Gorky Regional Committee of the CPSU and the regional executive committee, covering the region's political, public, and sporting life.
Activity
The newspaper published official decisions of party and Soviet bodies, as well as regional news — including sports coverage. In particular, its pages reported the results of the popular athletics relay race organized by the editorial office: the annual "Gorkovskaya Pravda" prize drew teams from major enterprises of the city, including the Gorky Automobile Plant. Teams from the automobile plant won this prize more than once.
The publication also recorded the political decisions of city and regional authorities. In 1979, the newspaper reported the unveiling of a bust of Andrei Zhdanov at the main entrance of the Krasnoye Sormovo Plant, which was named after him at the time. A decade later, in 1989, "Gorkovskaya Pravda" published the decree abolishing the Zhdanov name in the designation of the Gorky Polytechnic Institute and other facilities of the region — material notable for the Perestroika era as an account of the desovietization of the region's toponymy.
Successor
After Gorky's renaming to Nizhny Novgorod in 1990, the newspaper changed its name. Its successor became Nizhny Novgorod Pravda", which continues to be published as a regional newspaper.