 In its initial phase "Der shtern" was the largest Yiddish newspaper in the Soviet Union, as well.It was printed around 12,000 copies, a larger number than that of the Moscow-based "Der emes" and the Minsk-based "Oktyabr" combined.As of January 1928, "Der Shtern" had a circulation of 9,500 copies, by January 1929 12,600 and by January 1930 the publication had a circulation of 16,700 copies.