Padomju Latvijas Komunists ('Communist of Soviet Latvia') was a Latvian language monthly journal published from Riga, the theoretical organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija 5,2, Latvijas PSR. Riga: Galvenā Encikl. Red, 1984. p. 594Dreifelds, Juris.Latvia in Transition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. p. 209 It had a Russian language edition, called Kommunist Sovetskoi Latvii.
The publication was founded in 1945, and called Padomju Latvijas Boļševiks () until 1952.Latvijas PSR vesture no vissenakajiem laikiem lidz musu dienam 2. Latvijas PSR Vesture. Riga: Zinatne, 1986. p. 294 In the early years Jānis Bumbiers was the editor of the journal.Leitāns, V. Pretstatu cīnā: Latvija 1917. - 1950. Rīga: Avots, 1990. p. 342 It had several supplements, including the handicrafts attachments.
As of the early 1970s, Padomju Latvijas Komunists had a circulation of 16,300, and Kommunist Sovetskoi Latvii had a circulation of 5,100.II. Local Media Center for International Studies. MIT. Retrieved 4 May 2015. It ceased publication in 1990.
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