Latgolas Taisneiba ('Latgalian Truth') was a Latgalian language (or in Upper Latvian Dialect [ru] per later Soviet bibliography) newspaper published from Daugavpils, Latvian SSR between August 4, 1945 and September 5, 1952.[1] Until January 8, 1950 it was an organ of the Daugavpils County Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Latvia and the Daugavpils County Executive Committee, thereafter an organ of the Communist Party Daugavpils District Committee and the Daugavpils District Soviet.[1] On December 10, 1946 the deputy editor of Latgolas Taisneiba, Dominīks Kaupužs, was promoted to editor of the newspaper.[2][3]

Latgolas Taisneiba
January 1, 1949 issue of Latgolas Taisneiba
EditorDominīks Kaupužs
FoundedAugust 4, 1945 (1945-08-04)
Political alignmentCommunist
LanguageLatgalian language
Ceased publicationSeptember 5, 1952 (1952-09-05)
CityDaugavpils
CountrySoviet Union
Sister newspapersSotsialisticheskiy Put'

All in all 1,159 issues of Latgolas Taisneiba were published.[1] The day after the last issue of Latgolas Taisneiba was published it was replaced by the newspaper Sarkanais Karogs ('Red Flag').[4]

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  1. ^ a b c Газеты СССР 1917—1960: Библиографический справочник, Том 3 К — О (Краевые, губернские, областные, окружные, уездные районные, городские, транспортные, военные и другие газеты). Всесоюзная ордена «Знак Почета» книжная палата Государствелная ордена Ленина библиотека СССР им. В. И. Ленина, Государственная ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Публичная библиотека нм. М. Е. Салтыкова-Щедрина. p. 339
  2. ^ Geoffrey Swain. Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46. Routledge, 2004. p. 206
  3. ^ Okupācijas varu politika Latvijā 1939-1991: dokumentu krājums. Nordik, 1999. p. 555
  4. ^ Latgalīšu kulturys ziņu portals. Raksteit latgaliski padūmu laikā