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| The Moscow Gazette | |
|---|---|
| Name | The Moscow Gazette |
| Native name | Московская газета |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founded | 18th century |
| Ceased publication | 20th century (various incarnations) |
| Language | Russian |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
The Moscow Gazette was a prominent Russian-language periodical published in Moscow whose iterations across the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries played influential roles in Russian public life. Across periods it intersected with figures and institutions such as Catherine the Great, Alexander I of Russia, Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander II of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Sergey Witte and events including the Napoleonic Wars, the Decembrist revolt, the Crimean War, the Emancipation reform of 1861, the Revolution of 1905, the February Revolution, and the October Revolution. The paper engaged with cultural networks around Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bulgakov, Vasily Grossman, and institutions such as the Imperial Russian Academy, Moscow University, Hermitage Museum, and Bolshoi Theatre.
Founded in the late 18th century during the reign of Catherine the Great, the publication evolved through the reigns of Paul I of Russia, Alexander I of Russia, and Nicholas I of Russia. During the Napoleonic Wars it reported on the French invasion of Russia (1812) and later covered the aftermath of the Congress of Vienna. In the mid-19th century the Gazette confronted issues arising from the Crimean War and the Emancipation reform of 1861, aligning editorially at times with conservative organs associated with Count Sergey Uvarov and at other times reflecting the reformist currents linked to Konstantin Pobedonostsev and Mikhail Speransky. Its offices saw upheavals during the Revolution of 1905 and the newspaper navigated press laws enacted after the Trial of the Twenty and during the tenure of Pyotr Stolypin. In 1917 the Gazette's presses were caught between the February Revolution and the October Revolution, and its later incarnations intersected with the early Soviet press landscape shaped by Pravda, Izvestia, and the People's Commissariat for Education (Narkompros).
The editorial line combined official dispatches from the Senate of the Russian Empire, coverage of Moscow Governorate affairs, cultural criticism referencing Moscow Art Theatre, literary supplements showcasing works by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, and theater reviews linked to Konstantin Stanislavski and Vsevolod Meyerhold. The Gazette printed serialized fiction alongside reportage on diplomatic affairs involving Metternich, Klemens von Metternich, Otto von Bismarck, and treaties such as the Treaty of Paris (1856). It published legal texts shaped by debates around the Judicial reform of Alexander II and parliamentary discussions involving members of the State Duma (Russian Empire). Its arts pages connected to exhibitions at the Tretyakov Gallery and concerts at the Moscow Conservatory featuring composers like Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and performers associated with Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Operating under tsarist censorship regimes the Gazette negotiated restrictions enforced by officials like Alexander Golovin and ministries such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russian Empire). It faced censorship episodes tied to the aftermath of the Decembrist revolt and the press statutes of Nicholas I of Russia, and later to the repressive measures following the Assassination of Alexander II of Russia. Editorial control at times intersected with conservative bureaucrats like Dmitry Tolstoy and reformers such as Mikhail Katkov. During the Revolution of 1905 and World War I the paper balanced reporting on the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, Socialist Revolutionary Party, and the Imperial Russian Army while subject to suspensions under martial regulations overseen by figures including Alexei Brusilov and Lavr Kornilov. In 1917 clashes over press freedom implicated leaders like Vladimir Lenin and debates at the All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
Distribution networks tied the Gazette to the provincial hubs of Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kiev, Odessa, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Tbilisi, and Yekaterinburg, while overseas readership reached émigré communities in Paris, London, Berlin, New York City, and Geneva. Circulation figures fluctuated with literacy campaigns promoted by Nikolai Pirogov and later by Soviet educators in Narkompros, and with postal reforms initiated under ministers such as Alexander von Benckendorff. The Gazette used urban street hawkers familiar from Moscow's Kitay-gorod and subscription models similar to those of The Times (London) and Le Figaro for international comparison.
Editors included figures associated with Sergey Uvarov, Mikhail Katkov, and later intellectuals who corresponded with Alexander Herzen, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Vissarion Belinsky, and Pavel Annenkov. Contributors encompassed literary names such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Shchepkin, and critics like Dmitry Merezhkovsky. Journalists and commentators included Viktor Burenin, Alexei Suvorin, Nikolai Dobrolyubov, Nikolay Mikhailovsky, Pavel Milyukov, and émigré correspondents who engaged with figures like Boris Savinkov, Alexander Kerensky, Mikhail Bakunin, and Georgy Gapon.
Printed on broadsheet stock, the Gazette adopted typographic conventions influenced by Aleksey Olenin's typographers and the Imperial Printing Office. Illustrations featured engravings and later woodcuts referencing artists from the Peredvizhniki movement such as Ilya Repin and Ivan Kramskoi, and photographic plates echoed practices at outlets like Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. The newspaper used columns and supplements, including serialized novels akin to those in Sovremennik and Otechestvennye Zapiski, and employed correspondents embedded with military formations during campaigns such as the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Publication schedules varied from daily to weekly in provincial editions, and special issues commemorated events like coronations of Tsar Nicholas II and anniversaries of Moscow State University.
The Gazette influenced public discourse around literary movements associated with Realism (arts), debates linked to Pan-Slavism, and intellectual currents involving Westernizers and Slavophiles such as Alexei Khomyakov and Konstantin Aksakov. Its archives are referenced by historians studying the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and émigré networks in the aftermath of the Russian Civil War. Scholars trace its role in shaping narratives about figures like Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, and events from the Polish November Uprising to the Russian participation in World War I. The Gazette's legacy surfaces in cultural works by Mikhail Bulgakov and in institutional collections at the Russian State Library, the State Historical Museum, and university archives at Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University.
Category:Newspapers published in Russia