Molla Nasruddin

The journal was founded by Jalil Mammadkulizade in 1906 in Tiflis . The magazine came out until March 1912 . In January 1913, the magazine was renewed, and in October 1914 - closed. The magazine, on behalf of the sage Molla Nasruddin, expressed the ideas of the revolution of 1905-1907 , as well as the ideas of the labor movement in Transcaucasia . It was widely distributed throughout the Near and Middle East and influenced the development of the democratic press. The magazine denounced the patriarchal-feudal customs, called on the common people to fight for freedom, and also opposed imperialism and despotic regimes in the countries of the East. In 1917, the publication was resumed, but at the end of that year it was interrupted, since the magazine was banned by censorship in 1917 ^[1] .

In 1921, Molla Nasruddin was published for some time in Tabriz . And from 1922 to 1931 it was published in Baku . The leading Azerbaijani writers like Mirza Alekper Sabir , Abdurragim-bek Akhverdiev , Gamgyusar , Mamed Said Ordubadi , Omar Faik Nemanzade , Avaz Sadyk and others, and such artists as Azim Azimzade , Joseph Rotter , Oscar Schmerling, were printed on its pages.

In Soviet times, after the transfer of power into the hands of workers and peasants, the pages of the magazine contained calls for a struggle to eradicate survivals of the past with backwardness and ignorance, religious fanaticism and bribery, and for the liberation of the colonial countries of Asia and Africa . At this time, there was a struggle between the new and the old.

The journal ideologically provided great moral support for the construction of socialism . The satirical style of the magazine was imbued with mockery and irony. The style used by Mirza Jalil was close and understandable to the people. No clarifications or comments were required. To create a special subtext, lexical, phraseological and grammatical means created by an emotional, ironic language were used. They were saturated with various methods of exposure.

Under the influence of the magazine in Azerbaijan, such magazines were created in Azerbaijani as Bahlul (1907), Zanbur (1909-1910), Mirat (1910), Ary (Bee) (1910-1911), Kalniyyat ( 1912-1913), Lac-Lac (1914), Tuti (1914-1917), Mezeli (Funny) (1914-1915), Babai-Emir (1915-1916), Tartan-Partan "(1918)," Sheypur "(1918-1919)," Zanbur "(1919)," Mashal "(torch) (1919-1920), as well as in Russian:" Dzhigit "(1907-1918)," Wai- Wai ”(1908),“ Baku Mountain ”(1908–1909),“ Beach ”(1909–1915),“ Infernal Post ”(1909–1910),“ Baku Arrows ”(1910),“ Drum ”(1912–1913 ) and etc.

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  Hood. O. Schmerling

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  Hood. O. Schmerling

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  "Seven Beliefs." Hood. O. Schmerling

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  Hood. I. Rotter

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  Hood. I. Rotter

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  Hood. I. Rotter

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  Hood. I. Rotter

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  "Twentieth Century." Hood. Azim Azimzadeh

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  The first caricature of A. Azimzadeh in the journal (1906)

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  "Free love". Hood. O. Schmerling

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  Ismail Gasprinsky

• Hodja Nasruddin
• Azerbaijan bastards

• "Molla Nasruddin": Charlie Hebdo in Azerbaijani BBC Russian service (Russian)
• Molla Nasreddin: The Magazine That Would've, Could've, Should've
• Bayram Hajizadeh. The history of a century-old caricature (azerb.)

• Kasumov M. Fighting revolutionary-democratic magazine “Molla Nasruddin”, Baku, 1960
• Sharif A. Birth of the Mall-Nasruddin. - Baku, 1968
• Pashaev A. “Molla Nasruddin”: friends and enemies. - Baku, 1982 (azerb.)