Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA) to report at home and abroad political, financial, economic, trade, and other data of public interest (TASS, XXXXXXXXXXThe agency began work on September 1, 1904....

Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA) to report at home and abroad political, financial, economic, trade, and other data of public interest (TASS, 2018). The agency began work on September 1, 1904. SPTA became a comprehensive news agency in 1909, and its name was changed to Petrograd Telegraph Agency (PTA) in 1914.