The Branches of the Kazansky Birzhevoy Listok Newspaper (1869–1892) in Volga Cities

Section: History of Journalism

This article examines a little-known episode from the history of the provincial press: the opening of the Kazansky Birzhevoy Listok newspaper’s branches in Simbirsk and Nizhny Novgorod in the late 1880s, which played there the role of an oppositional media body. The introduction substantiates the goals and objectives of the article, provides information about the history of the newspaper, which passed the following stages: (1) a newspaper for business communities (2) a universal socio-political newspaper (3) a mass-circulation liberal newspaper. The literature review includes works that highlight the trends in the development of provincial journalism in Russia in the 19th century, as well as works in which various aspects of the history of the Kazansky Birzhevoy Listok were studied. Further the author of the article examines in detail the work of the newspaper’s branches and its resident correspondents in Ufa, Nizhny Novgorod and Simbirsk. This article aims at studying the interaction of journalists from several adjacent provinces of the Volga-Kama region. The article restores a significant gap in the history of Kazansky Birzhevoy Listok (1868–1892), one of the main newspapers in Kazan, whose importance in its best years went far beyond the borders of the province. For all its significance, however, not a single special monograph has been devoted to this newspaper so far.

DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.3.2022.152169

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To cite this article: Bik-Bulatov A.Sh. (2022) Otdeleniya gazety «Kazanskiy birzhevoy listok» (1869–1892) v gorodakh Povolzh'ya [The Branches of the Kazansky Birzhevoy Listok Newspaper (1869–1892) in Volga Cities]. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika 3: 152–169. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.3.2022.152169