Lesnaya Gazeta celebrates 90th anniversary

The editorial staff of Lesnaya Gazeta celebrates its anniversary – 90 years. It is one of the oldest publications in Russia. The first issue titled the “Leaflet of Woodcutter” was released on October 17, 1926. This day is officially considered the birthday of Lesnaya Gazeta. 90 years are a whole era. During this period the name of the publication changed several times: “Listok lesoruba (Leaflet of Woodcutter and Wood-floater)”, “Lesnoy rabochiy (Forest Worker)”, “Lesnaya promyshlennost (Timber industry)”. Since 1990 and until now the publication is issued under the name “Lesnaya Gazeta (Forest Newspaper)”.

Lesnaya Gazeta several times became the winner of creativity competitions of the USSR Union of Journalists, awarded the diplomas of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League and the USSR Ministry of Education, the USSR Chamber of Commerce for the active promotion of international economic relations. In 1976 the newspaper was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor. In 1986 it was presented in the pavilion “Sovetskaya pechat” at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR. Lesnaya Gazeta is a winner of the National Environmental Award 2016 of the Russian environmental movement; in connection with the 90th anniversary, it was awarded the highest award of the Russian environmental movement - an honorary diploma and a medal “For the conservation nature of Russia”.

Today, Lesnaya Gazeta is read in Russia, the CIS countries, as well as in England, Italy, China, the USA, Finland, Japan and South Korea.