The Karaite Life magazine (1911-1912) is the first Russian-language Karaite monthly (editor-in-chief Saduk Raetskiy , publisher - journalist V. I. Sinani, published in the P. P. Ryabushinsky printing house). The volume of the magazine is 120-130 pages. In two years, 12 issues were published. The magazine paid attention to both studies of the past and the issues of modern life of the Karaite society in all its manifestations.
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| Specialization | Karaite cultural education |
| Periodicity | monthly |
| Language | Russian |
| A country | Russian empire |
| Publisher | V. I. Sinani |
| Edition History | For two years, 12 issues of the publication |
| Established | 1911 |
| Volume | 120-130 pages |
About the Journal
The main attention was paid to Crimea as a historical homeland and place of residence of the largest Karaite community. Regular correspondents from Yevpatoria, Simferopol, Feodosiya, Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray, Karasubazar, Kerch, Melitopol, Berdyansk, Yalta, Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Kherson, Ekaterinoslav, Vilno, Lutsk, Panevezys, Trakai and other cities reported life on places. At the same time, the magazine addressed issues of karaite communities in Jerusalem, Egypt, Turkey and other countries.
Karaite journalists, writers, scholars, as well as prominent public figures were involved in cooperation in the magazine. Well-known Russian scholars provided materials for the journal on history, anthropology, ethnography, and Karaite statistics.
After many years of forced silence, adherents of the policy of “national isolation” in the Karaite environment feared the disclosure of the “internal” aspects of Karaite life. Addressing them, the editorial staff of the magazine in the article “Our Tasks” convinced:
| What do we have to hide from strangers? Opponents believe that it is obvious that something needs to be hidden, something needs to be hidden, because they remember some kind of “litter”, which supposedly should not be taken out of the hut. We have a better opinion of our people ... We believe that our entire past is deeply interesting in a historical sense and testifies to the former national power, the whole reality of modern karaimism - all this can be safely shown by us and should be shown by a stranger [...] Karaites themselves for the most part, they are very little familiar with the materials that are available from their history and archeology <...> ethnography and anthropology. |
Tasks of “Karaite Life”:
- collecting scientific information about Karaites, which could turn the magazine into a “Karaite encyclopedia”
- review of the modern life of the Karaites
- the unification of all the Karaites of the Russian Empire into a single community.
The magazine’s publications addressed issues of the national life of the Karaites, presented materials of a social, economic, historical, religious and cultural nature. The pages of “Karaite Life” featured fiction works from the life and history of Karaites, samples of folk art, humorous feuilleton, poems, etc. In each issue of “Karaite Life” there were published biographies and portraits of famous Karaite public figures, representatives of science, art, education , charity, articles discussing pressing issues of concern to Karaite society, answers to legal questions, etc.
A separate issue of the magazine was dedicated to the life and work of Gaham S. Pampulov . In 1913, a special issue was published dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
Literature
- Yablonovska N.V. Ethnic Press of Crimea: History and Present = Ethnic Pres. Krimu: History and Socialism (Ukrainian) . - Simferopol: Krimske, the primary pedagogical power, 2006. - 312 p. - ISBN 966-354-096-6 .
- Yablonovska N.V. Crimean journalism: ethnic aspects. Textbook for students of higher educational institutions = Krimsky journalism: etnichny aspects. Navalniy posibnik for students of higher mortgages. - Simferopol, 2008 .-- 290 p.