Kavkaz
The newspaper Kavkaz (Caucasus) was published between 1846 and 1918 and was the first Russian-language newspaper in the Caucasus. It was published in Tbilisi (Georgia). All issues can be searched in full text. Individual pages can be downloaded in their original layout as PDF files. The service is available free of charge throughout Germany and at German institutes abroad via the national licence system.
The main purpose of the newspaper was, on the one hand, to promote Russian culture and influence in the Caucasus and, on the other, to "familiarise the Russian public with the life, customs and traditions of the tribes that populate the province of the Caucasus".
In 1846 Kavkaz began as a weekly newspaper, from 1850 it was published twice a week, in 1868 its frequency changed to three times a week and from 1877 it became a daily newspaper until its closure in 1918.
This Russian-language newspaper published official documents of the Russian Empire as well as numerous historical, cultural and archaeological writings by prominent public figures and personalities of the local intelligentsia. In the short period from 1846-1847, this newspaper had an Armenian-language counterpart.
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