Pryazovia Worker

The Pryazovia Worker (Приазовский рабочий) is a regional Russian-language newspaper in Ukraine.

History
The newspaper was founded on March 9, 1918, in Mariupol. At various times, it published under different names: Reports of the Mariupol Military Revolutionary Committee («Известия Мариупольского военно-революционного комитета»), Reports of the Revolutionary and Party Committee of Mariupol («Известия Мариупольского ревкома и парткома»), Pryazovia Truth («Приазовская правда»), Our Truth («Наша правда»), and Pryazovia Proletarian («Приазовский пролетарий»). It began publishing under its current name on April 16, 1937.

Today
The newspaper is distribution throughout the south of the Donets Basin; it had the largest circulation in Donetsk oblast in 2010. It has its own printing, distribution network and shop. As of 2008 it had about 100 employees.

The newspaper is a subdivision of the company PJSC «Pryazovia Worker», which publishes other periodicals and runs an advertising agency. The beneficial owner of PJSC «Pryazovia Worker», holding 88.69% of shares, is SCM, the holding company of Rinat Akhmetov, the richest man in Ukraine.