TASS

Russian state-owned news agency
Organization news_agency Q223799
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TASS is a news agency founded on September 1, 1904 by the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union. It is headquartered in Moscow. The organization operates with 1.5k employees.

TASS

Summary

TASS is a news agency[1]. TASS ranks in the top 2% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (516 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • TASS received the Order 'For Valiant Labor'[3].
  • TASS is in the country of Russian Empire[4].
  • TASS is in the country of Soviet Union[5].
  • TASS is in the country of Russia[6].
  • TASS's image is recorded as Moscow TASS 3542.JPG[7].
  • TASS's instance of is recorded as news agency[8].
  • TASS's founder is recorded as Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union[9].
  • TASS's logo image is recorded as TASS Logo Cyrillic.svg[10].
  • TASS's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow[11].
  • TASS's headquarters location is recorded as ITAR-TASS building[12].
  • TASS's chief executive officer is recorded as Andrey Kondrashov[13].
  • TASS's ISNI is recorded as 0000000112870087[14].
  • TASS's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128328315[15].
  • TASS's GND ID is recorded as 5265203-8[16].
  • TASS's GND ID is recorded as 10067613-3[17].
  • TASS's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr95028840[18].
  • TASS's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15581650t[19].
  • TASS's IdRef ID is recorded as 120527855[20].
  • TASS's Commons category is recorded as ITAR-TASS[21].
  • TASS's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[22].
  • +1904-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of TASS[23].
  • TASS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0283lh[24].
  • TASS's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20071111011[25].
  • TASS's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2007416654[26].
  • TASS's location of formation is recorded as Saint Petersburg[27].

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Founding

TASS's founder is recorded as Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union[9]. +1904-09-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of TASS[23]. TASS's location of formation is recorded as Saint Petersburg[27].

Leadership

TASS's chief executive officer is recorded as Andrey Kondrashov[13]. TASS's director / manager is recorded as Sergey Mikhailov[28].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Moscow[11], a capital of Russia[29], in Duchy of Moscow[30] and ITAR-TASS building[12], a building[31], in Russia[32], founded in 1976[33].

Ownership

TASS's product or material produced is recorded as news agency[34].

Recognition

TASS received the Order 'For Valiant Labor'[3].

Why It Matters

TASS ranks in the top 2% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (516 views/month).[2] TASS has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] TASS is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did TASS receive?

Honors received include Order 'For Valiant Labor'[3].

References

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  10. [3] . publication.pravo.gov.ru. publication.pravo.gov.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Library of Congress Control Number. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Kritikanstvo. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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