Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union at the USSR Cabinet of Ministers or TASS (Russian: Телеграфное агенство Советского Союза при кабинете министров СССР, ТАСС) was the central agency for collection and distribution of internal and international news for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. It had a monopoly on official state information which was delivered in the form of "Сообщение ТАСС" (Soobshcheniye TASS), variously translated as TASS Report, TASS Communiqué, TASS Statement, or TASS Announcement.

TASS was created from the Russian Telegraph Agency, see Information Telegraph Agency of Russia for previous history. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... ITAR-TASS (ИТАР-ТАСС), Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, is the major news agency of the Russian Federation. ...

Since 1971 its status was elevated to that of State Committee at the USSR Council of Ministers. TASS had affiliates in 14 Union republics (RSFSR was covered by TASS itself): This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None (Russian in practice) Capital Moscow Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200 km² 0,5% Population  - Total (1989)  - Density Ranked 1st in the former...

• RATAU (Russian: РАТАУ, Ukrainian SSR)
• BelTA (Russian: БелТА, Byelorussian SSR)
• UzTAG (Russian: УзТАГ, Uzbek SSR)
• KazTAG (Russian: КазТАГ, Kazakh SSR)
• Gruzinform (Russian: Грузинформ, Georgian SSR)
• Azerinform (Russian: Азеринформ, Azerbaijan SSR)
• ElTA (Russian: ЭльТА, Lithuanian SSR)
• ATEM (Russian: АТЕМ, Moldavian SSR)
• Latinform (Russian: Латинформ, Latvian SSR)
• KirTAG (Russian: КирТАГ, Kirghiz SSR)
• TajikTA (Russian: ТаджикТА, Tajik SSR)
• Armenpress (Russian: Арменпрес, Armenian SSR)
• Turkmeninform (Russian: Туркменинформ, Turkmen SSR)
• ETA (Russian: ЭТА, Estonian SSR)

Over the history other affiliated existed, e.g., KarelfinTAG (КарелфинТАГ), or Telegraph Agency of the Karelo-Finnish SSR. State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... State motto: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... State motto: Бутун дунё пролетарлари, бирлашингиз! (transliteration: Butun Dunyo Proletarlari, Burlashingiz! (Uzbek: Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ... State motto: Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! Official language None. ... State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! Official language Georgian since 1978 (Georgia was the only Soviet republic to have an official language) Capital Tbilisi Chairman of the Supreme Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until February 25, 1921 December 30, 1922 April 9, 1991 Area  - Total... State motto: Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин! Official language None. ... State motto: Visų Å¡alių proletarai, vienykitÄ—s (Workers of all countries, unite) Official language Constitutionally, all languages were equal. ... State motto: Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, униць-вэ! Official language None. ... State motto: Visu zemju proletārieÅ¡i, savienojieties! Official language Latvian, Russian (de facto). ... State motto: Бардык өлкөлордүн пролетарлары, бириккиле! Official language None. ... State motto: Пролетарҳои ҳамаи мамлакатҳо, як шавед! Official language None. ... State motto: ÕŠÖ€Õ¸Õ¬Õ¥Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€ Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ¸Ö€ Õ¥Ö€Õ¯Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ«, միացեք! Official language None. ... State motto: Әхли юртларың пролетарлары, бирлешиң! Official language None. ... State motto: Kõigi maade proletaarlased, ühinege Official language Estonian, Russian (de facto) Capital Tallinn Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel (at the time of regaining independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until July 21, 1940 August 6, 1940 August 20, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 13th in... The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish S.S.R., Finnish Karjalais-Suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta, Russian Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика or Karelo-Finskaya Sovietskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) was a republic of the Soviet Union that existed between 1940 and 1956. ...

TASS had bureaus and reporters in 110 countries, with a daily output equal to 750 newspaper pages, translated into eight (non-Soviet) languages. It had nearly 5000 employees, with about a fifth being journalists.

TASS had the following Main Editorial Boards (главная редакция): Main Editorial Board of Union Information, of Foreign Information, of Socialist Countries, of Information for Foreign Countries, of Photoinformation and Main Directorate of Communications.

In 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was inherited by the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia - ITAR-TASS. The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... ITAR-TASS (ИТАР-ТАСС), Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, is the major news agency of the Russian Federation. ...