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'''TASS''' (''Telegrafnoe Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza'', 'Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union') was formerly the official news agency of the former [[Soviet Union]]. TASS originated as the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency, which went live on September 1, 1904.
'''TASS''' was formerly the official news agency of the former [[Soviet Union]]. TASS originated as the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency, which went live on September 1, 1904.
Since 1992 TASS has been named the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR) but brands itself ITAR-TASS.
In Soviet times it was taken over by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and given the name of TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union).
Since 1992 TASS was rebranded the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia or ITAR-TASS. In 2014 it reverted to its former name as the Russian News Agency TASS.
[[Category:Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Soviet Union]]