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Gudok, 17 August 1956, p. 4: 'Indonesia today' (G. Svetlanov, 11th anniversary of the Republic)

Gudok, 17 Aug 1956: 'Indonesia today' for the Republic's 11th anniversary

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Gudok (Soviet railwaymen's paper), 17 Aug 1956, p. 4. Survey article by G. Svetlanov for the Republic's 11th anniversary: Dutch colonial legacy, nationalisations, five-year plan, foreign policy and Sukarno's coming visit. One passage lists Gerwani, 'half a million members', among leading patriotic mass organisations beside PKI, SOBSI, BTI and Pemuda Rakyat.

Gudok (koran buruh kereta api Soviet), 17 Agu 1956, hlm. 4. Artikel tinjauan G. Svetlanov untuk HUT ke-11 Republik: warisan kolonial Belanda, nasionalisasi, rencana lima tahun, politik luar negeri dan kunjungan Sukarno. Satu kalimat menyebut Gerwani, 'setengah juta anggota', di antara organisasi massa patriotik terkemuka bersama PKI, SOBSI, BTI dan Pemuda Rakyat.

“the progressive women's organisation Gerwani, numbering half a million members (translation)”

People

G. SvetlanovSukarnoAli Sastroamidjojo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontPeople's Youth

Places

IndonesiaMoscow

Topics

USSR and Eastern EuropeGerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialismelections and parliament

Tags

national day celebration

Details

Date
1956-08-17
Creator
Gudok
Publication
Gudok
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
East View / Infoteka (Columbia): Gudok · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Gudok (1956-08-17) - p. 4 [East View 77822151].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.699) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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