Der Avangard (, 'The Vanguard') was a Yiddish language newspaper published by the Jewish Communist Party (Poalei Zion) (EKP(PZ)) from Minsk 1920-1921.Грант Левонович Епископосов. Газеты СССР, 1917-1960: Газеты Москвы, Ленинграда и столиц союзных республик. Книга, 1970. p. 163Yehoshua Rojansky. רױט און בלױ: ּפועלי־ציון אין רוסלַאנד פַאר און נָאך דער ָאקטָאבער־רעװָאלוציע. י.ל. ּפרץ, 1986. p. 47, 103Непролетарские партии России: урок истории. Myslʹ, 1984. p. 527 It was edited by an editorial collective, headed by Jacob Lifshitz (in charge of the EKP(PZ) Main Committee for White Russia and a member of the EKP(PZ) Central Committee). The newspaper proclaimed the EKP(PZ) to be 'the sole representative of the Jewish working class'.Neman. Polymi͡a, 1980. p. 145
17 issues were published in 1920, 6 issues in 1921.Арон Яковлевич Скир. Еврейская духовная культура в Беларуси: историко-литературный очерк. Мастатская литаратура, 1995. p. 97 The first issue was published on August 1, 1920, as the organ of the Minsk Committee of EKP(PZ).Абрам Киржниц. די יידישע פרעסע אין ראטנפארבאנד (1917-1927). ווייסרוסלענדישע ביכער-קאמער בא דער ווייסרוסלענדישער מעלוכע-ביבליאָטעק, 1928. p. 32 From its eight issue, it functioned as the Organ of the EKP(PZ) Main Committee of for White Russia. Issues of the newspaper had two pages, with a 34x48 cm format. Initially copies of Der Avangard were sold for 5 rubles, but from its fifth issue the price was doubled to 10 rubles. The newspaper was printed at 20, .
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