| Format | Newspaper and website |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Website | wz |
Vysoky Zamok (Ukrainian: Високий Замок, lit. 'High Castle') or VZ is a leading Ukrainian daily socio-political newspaper published in Lviv, in the western part of the country. It is published three times a week in Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with a combined weekly circulation of 565,000.[1][2] Distributed in cities: Lviv, Uzhgorod, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnitsky, Rivne, Lutsk, Vinnytsia, Kyiv.
The newspaper began its existence as a Russian-speaking "Lvovskaya Pravda", which was published in Lviv since 1946. Since September 7, 1991[3] changed the name to "Vysoky Zamok". Since March 1992, the newspaper prints in its modern name "Vysoky Zamok" bilingual (Russian and Ukrainian), and from January 2015 only in Ukrainian.
A valuable intangible asset of the organization is the logo, which depicts the silhouette of Lviv. It is repeated on the kiosks of the press and used by many firms are not related to the newspaper. Logo was developed in the early 90's by the artist Victoria Kovalchuk.
By April 2011, most of the issues of the newspaper came out in the "serious" A2 format, but under the influence of modern trends, the editorial board decided to go fully to the format A3, besides, since then, the newspaper became full-color.