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Der Komunist (Yiddish: דער קאמוניסט, 'The Communist') was a Yiddish language newspaper published from Kharkov, Ukraine 1920–1922. In the midst of the Russian Civil War, Der Komunist was printed on blue wrapping paper (normally used for packing sugar). By March 1921, it was estimated to have had a circulation of 2,000 copies.

References

1. Gennady Estraikh (21 March 2005). In Harness: Yiddish Writers' Romance with Communism. Syracuse University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8156-3052-4.
2. Jonathan Frankel (19 May 2005). Dark Times, Dire Decisions: Jews and Communism. Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-19-534613-8.
3. David Shneer (13 February 2004). Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture: 1918-1930. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-521-82630-3.

• Jews and Judaism in Kharkiv
• Mass media in Kharkiv
• Newspapers established in 1920
• Publications disestablished in 1922
• Secular Jewish culture in Ukraine
• Socialism in Ukraine
• Yiddish communist newspapers
• Defunct Yiddish-language newspapers published in Ukraine
• Newspapers disestablished in the 1920s