Duma (23 results)
Published by W. Duma in Wesel, 1920
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Shows minor wear, tanned pages.
Published by Duma Music, Woodbridge, NJ, 1996
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: wraps. Duma Music Edition. This is a fine 99 page paperback copy, blue cover. Works by Virko Baley, Aaron Copland, Emma Lou Diemeer, Morton Gould, Darrell Handel, Leonid Hrabovsky, Ivan Karabyts, Borys Lyatoshynsky, Richard Nanes, Lev Revutsky, Valentin Silvestrov & Myrosl…oav Skoryk.
Published by Duma Music, Woodbridge, NJ
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: wraps. Duma Music Edition. This is a fine 86 page paperback copy, yellow cover. 24 preludes by the Peoples Artist of Ukraine.
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Published by Duma. Sankt-Peterburg. 2011, 2011
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More imagesPublished by Sankt Petersburg / ?????-????????? , 1910 , Hotel de Ville , Duma , Ansichtskarte , AK , Russland , CPA !!AZ-WR/4i, 1910
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Language: German
Published by Herstellung: DUMA-Druck. Wolfschlugen (Ohne Jahr).
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100 n. n. Seiten. Mit sehr zahlreichen (davon 4 farbigen) Abbildungen auf Kunstdruckpapier. Farbig illustrierte Originalbroschur. 22x24 cm * Selten ! Ausführung sämtlicher Güsse durch die Metallgießerei Fuchs, Nürtingen --- K. H. Türk, mit vollem Namen Karl Heinz Türk (* 30. Januar 1928 in Hirschberg (Schlesien); 19. Juni 2001 i…n Nürtingen) war ein deutscher Künstler (Malerei, Bildhauerei und Grafik). Karl Heinz Türk kam nach Einsatz im Reichsarbeitsdienst und in der Wehrmacht (1944/1945) nach Wolfenbüttel. Als einer der ersten jungen Menschen ging Türk kurz nach Kriegsende nach Schottland, wo er sich von 1946 bis 1948 aufhielt und in einem der anthroposophisch orientierten Heime der Camphill-Bewegung arbeitete; dabei machte er seine ersten Erfahrungen als Heilpädagoge. Es folgte eine Begegnung mit der Bildhauerin Barbara Hepworth in Cornwall. Hier entwickelte sich der intensive Wille, selbst gestalterisch tätig zu werden. Nach zwei Jahren Englandaufenthalt kehrte Türk wieder nach Wolfenbüttel zurück; hier begann er an der Werkkunstschule Braunschweig ein Studium (1950 bis 1952). Zwei Jahre später siedelte er nach Stuttgart um, um sich an der Akademie bei den Professoren Otto Baum, Hills, Schellenberger und Daudert das Rüstzeug für seinen späteren Beruf als freier Bildhauer zu erwerben (1953 bis 1956). Ab 1957 war K. H. Türk als freischaffender Künstler in Hardt, einem Stadtteil von Nürtingen, tätig. In Nürtingen gründete K. H. Türk mit seiner Frau Ilse ( 29. April 2001) 1977 die Freie Kunstschule (heute Freie Kunstakademie)[1] und 1986 die Hochschule für Kunsttherapie, die er ab 1987 als Gründungsrektor leitete. 1985 wurde K. H. Türk durch das Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Baden-Württemberg zum Honorarprofessor, 1987 zum Professor ernannt. 2018 wurde in Nürtingen an der Freien Kunstakademie ein Gedenkort für den Künstler und Schulgründer eingeweiht. (Quelle Wikipedia) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.
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Published by Published Dec 25, 1916 Old Style, so actually in January 1917 according to the Gregorian calendar. The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen., Petrograd [= St. Petersburg, Russia], 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 8 pages. 55 x 37 cm. Pages are yellow. brittle, chipped, and have broken into quarters. Issue of t, published in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Sunday, December 25, 1916 (Old Style), six weeks before the February Revolution that toppled Czar Nicholas II. Political orientation: Liberal-Consti…tutional Democratic (Kadet Party) Nature: Daily political, literary, and social newspaper I. Front Section (pp. 1-2) "War Loan 1916 - Second Issue" The entire front page is a patriotic government announcement urging citizens to purchase war bonds to support the army and empire. The text stresses sacrifice and duty: "When the enemy has not yet been expelled from our land and our brothers die for their lives, it is criminal to waste our savings." Lists subscription rules, terms, and interest rates (5½ %). Emphasizes moral duty: "Every free ruble should go to the fight with the enemy, to help the heroes defending the homeland." This is a propaganda-style appeal yet presented in Rech's more moderate, civic tone rather than monarchist rhetoric. II. Political & Civic News (pp. 3-4) The following pages contain advertisements for journals and artistic publishers intertwined with liberal civic notices. Publisher "Free Art" advertises works on Russian stage and decorative art by Nikolai Roerich, Alexander Benois, and others. Notice for local zemstvo government regarding supplies for schools and hospitals - evidence of decentralized civic administration still functioning in late imperial Russia. "Open letters for orphans and widows" appeal to aid war victims, signed by Olga Nikolaevna. Subscription offers for 1917 cultural journals such as "Northern Notes" and "The Voice of the Past", the latter dealing with historical reflection on pre-revolutionary Russia. Tone: Humanitarian, artistic, socially liberal; faith in culture's role despite wartime hardship. III. Editorial & Foreign Affairs (pp. 5-6) Columns "News of the Day" - summaries from domestic and foreign fronts. Reports from France, Britain, and Italy describe intense battles on the Western Front, diplomatic maneuvers, and rising discontent in Germany. A reflective article, "On the Peace of the Whole World", discusses possibilities for peace but warns that it must be "founded on justice and liberty."This mirrors the Kadet liberal position - against secret diplomacy, for a just democratic peace, yet rejecting capitulation. IV. Literary Section (pp. 7-9) Serial fiction. "Philistine Happiness" - A novella about middle-class life, contrasting selfish domestic comfort with the moral demand of the times. "Ninon" - A brief romantic narrative emphasizing idealized feminine virtue. Typical of Rech's "serious entertainment": moral prose aligned with civic virtue and human sympathy. V. War and Telegrams (p. 8 and continued) "The War" Dispatches from the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander (Stavka) and field armies. Reports from Romania (then newly entered the war on the Allied side) show Russian troops aiding Romanian forces against German-Austro-Hungarian offensives. Mentions Galician front, Caucasus front, and localized engagements. Short telegraph notes describe small Allied gains in the west, naval clashes, and military awards. Tone: factual, patriotic, avoiding sensationalism; morale-boosting but realistic. VI. Society and Culture (pp. 10-11) "Chronicle" and "Russian Life" Notes on education, local theater, and charitable foundations. Ads for women's and technical courses, accounting and languages, art classes, and war relief organizations. Philips electric-light advertisement ("Philips illuminates the world") shows wartime modernization and foreign trade ties. Extensive listings of opera, theater, and concerts - Mariinsky Theater, Palace Theater, Jewish concerts by singer Zalman Kremer and the Plevitskaya Chorus. In the advertising block for theaters and music halls, right beside listings for the Mariinsky theatre. Kremer was a very prominent Jewish singer, a tenor.
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Published by People s Literature Publishing House Duma Island P, 2010
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Language:Chinese.Author:(MEI) JIN (King S.) YU SHI YI.Binding:Soft cover.Publisher:People s Literature Publishing House Duma Island P.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Nikita Boulevard, Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 68 x 46 cm. Issue of 6 pages. Yellow and brittle. 2 leaves have broken up into segments, where they were folded. Rech was the main Kadet (constitutional Democratic) Party newspaper. Petrograd, 5 January 1917 (No. 4 / 3746). It appeared at the very end of Imperial Russia, only weeks before… the February Revolution. Its orientation: liberal, constitutionalist, anti-autocratic and pro-Western. Heavy with advertisements, theatrical notices, cultural announcements, short political commentary, military news from the Eastern Front, and debates about government reform, censorship, supply shortages, and the conduct of the war. Page 1: largely advertisements for theatres (Korchagin, Yermolova, Tarasova), educational courses, and various goods and services, book announcement for the "Rech Almanac for 1916," and notices from printing houses and editors. Small column references parliamentary affairs, including criticism of bureaucratic obstructionism. Page 2: the main editorial sections, The Press, surveys reactions in other Russian and foreign newspapers. The editorial stresses dissatisfaction with the government's inability to manage military production, food supply, and civic freedoms. The "News of the Day" section summarizes diplomatic developments, Allied activities, domestic ministerial appointments, and social affairs. Small notes cover Poland, Galicia, and the Balkans-reflecting ongoing wartime territorial concerns. Several articles criticize the slowness of reforms and indecision within the Tsarist ministries. Page 3: The main wartime section, The War. Reports summarizing fighting on the Russian Western, Northern, Romanian, and Caucasian fronts. Battlefield summaries, troop-movement updates, reports of Austro-German activity, and statements issued by the Russian General Staff. Romania's difficulties are noted. Section titled Latest News summarizing last-minute political developments, public meetings, and Petrograd municipal notices. Much of the news concerns supply shortages, transport problems, and the difficult winter of 1916-1917. Page 4: continues domestic political and social reports. Discussions about the State Duma, bureaucratic conflicts, grain regulation, shortages of bread and fuel, difficulties in provincial administration, and debates regarding oversight committees. The tone reflects growing frustration: incompetent ministers, food supply failures, censorial interference, and local mismanagement. Note about cultural matters, including provincial theatre and charity events. Page 5: political commentary with cultural reporting. Header: Russian Life, groups short items concerning society, education, public lectures, investigations into administrative abuses, and social welfare. "Chronicle" items discuss economic difficulties, small-scale corruption, minor disasters, and judicial proceedings. Several articles discuss church matters and state oversight of education. Page 6: Dominated by ads: medical practitioners, dentists, ophthalmologists, private clinics, rental rooms, auctions, classified ads, and commercial goods. Large ad for "Pasilles Valda," and practical ads for apartments, boarding schools, courses, typewriters, watches, and provisions. Also: currency tables, commercial notices, and lottery results. Nothings specifying Jews, however: Small articles relate to developments in Poland, Galicia, and the Southwestern Front. These were areas with large Jewish populations. While no Jewish communities are mentioned, any material concerning administration, war conditions, or political changes in these regions implicitly affected Jews. The article "Польский вопрос" (The Polish Question) discusses Polish self-governance negotiations. This debate was highly relevant to Jewish civil-rights questions in the region, even though the article itself does not mention Jews. Rech' was the leading liberal party newspaper pushing for equality before the law. . . .
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd [= St. Petersburg, Russia], 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 68 x 46 cm. Pages are yellow and brittle. Four pages (pages 3,4,5,6) of issue of Речь (Rech, "Speech"), published in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Saturday, 23 September 1917 (Old Style), just weeks before the October Revolution. Affiliation: Constitutional-Democratic (Kadet) Party - libera…l, pro-parliamentary. This issue appears during the turbulent interval between the failed Kornilov coup (August 1917) and the Bolshevik seizure of power (October 1917 O.S.), when the Provisional Government under Kerensky was trying to rebuild authority. Page 3 - Political and Government News. Main headline: "Совещание о реконструкции власти" "Conference on Reconstruction of Power." Reports detail deliberations in Petrograd among ministers, party delegates, and soviet representatives on reshaping the Provisional Government after the Kornilov affair. The tone urges unity and legality to prevent civil war. "Выборы в Учредительное Собрание" "Elections to the Constituent Assembly." "Discussion of the upcoming national election. Речь defends constitutional order and universal suffrage, warning extremists on both right and left not to derail the vote. Editorial theme: Reaffirmation that Russia's salvation lies in lawful representative institutions, not in soviet dictatorship or military command. 2. War Reports and Foreign Dispatches. Section "Война" "The War."Short communiqués from the South-Western, Northern, and Romanian Fronts mention sporadic skirmishes, but emphasize defensive stability and declining German morale. Telegrams from London and Paris: Allied commentary on Russia's political crisis; cautious optimism that order is returning under Kerensky. Headline: "Официальное сообщение союзных правительств" "Official Statement of the Allied Governments," affirming continued recognition of the Provisional Government. 3. Domestic Affairs and Society. Columns discuss grain supply shortages, the railway workers' congress, and appeals to cooperatives to prevent famine. Articles criticize Bolshevik agitators for spreading defeatism and inflaming workers against moderate socialists. Reports on factory committees in Petrograd seeking to balance workers' control with management efficiency - typical liberal-reformist framing. Based on their names, some of the delegates or contributors, such as A. L. Gurevich or I. L. Perelman, are Jewish. 4. Political Commentary and Columns. "Центрофлотъ и правительство" "The Central Fleet Committee and the Government" analyzes friction between sailors and naval command. Речь supports civil authority over revolutionary committees, warning of naval mutiny risk. "Предпарламент" "Pre-Parliament" explains plans to convene an all-party council as a bridge to the future Constituent Assembly - a key Kadet initiative. Editorials attack Lenin's absentee leadership and his calls for an armed uprising, portraying Bolshevism as a threat to Russia's democratic experiment. 5. Culture, Theater, and Literature. Section "Театръ и литература" reviews new Petrograd productions, including Chekhov revivals and patriotic stage plays. Advertisements announce upcoming concerts, book releases, and public lectures. A small ad lists a Jewish choral evening and a lecture on Biblical music at the "People's House." Another notice mentions the publisher "Еврейское издательство" "Jewish Publishing House" offering new Yiddish and Russian-language works. 6. Chronicle and Local News. Under "Хроника" "Chronicle": reports of robberies, fires, shortages, and municipal decisions by the Petrograd City Duma. Items from Kazan, Moscow, and the South describe strikes, rural unrest, and relief measures. 7. Tone and Political Outlook Liberal, rational, and anti-extremist. Stresses discipline, constitutionalism, and moderation amid revolution. Deep anxiety about state collapse but continued faith in parliamentary democracy.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd [= St. Petersburg, Russia], 1915
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No Binding. Condition: Poor. In Russian. 2 pages. 66 x 52 cm. Pages are yellow and brittle. Minor chipping with very minor loss of text. Two pages of the liberal Petrograd daily День (Den, "The Day"), dated Thursday, December 17, 1915 (Old Style). Orientation: Liberal, reformist, sympathetic to the Constitutional Democratic (Kad…et) viewpoint. The paper appeared during the second full winter of World War I, when Russia was reeling from defeats on the Eastern Front and facing food shortages, political disillusionment, and unrest in the Duma. Contents: Political Situation and Government Crisis. The lead article, "The Budget of the Ministry of Internal Affairs", criticizes the government's wartime administration and police system. The writer condemns bureaucratic waste, corruption, and arbitrary censorship. Special attention is paid to the police's repression of civic groups under pretext of national security. The tone is liberal, calling for "public oversight and legality" in governance. Criticism is directed at bureaucratic incompetence. A parallel editorial, "Life and Politics", argues that the Duma's moderate parties must remain united to pressure the Tsar's government into creating a "responsible ministry" - an early parliamentary cabinet. It laments that the autocracy has lost credibility with the public. 2. Foreign and War Reports. Sections titled "From the Western Front" and "On the Italian Front" describe: The positional stalemate of late 1915; Ongoing Austro-German offensives against Serbia; Russian efforts to stabilize lines near Baranovichi and the Dvina; Allied cooperation in the Balkans. Tone is factual, non-propagandistic, showing the paper's reputation for seriousness. An unsigned military correspondent calls for better coordination between the Russian and British commands, warning that morale at home depends on visible unity. 3. Domestic Affairs and Society. A long column on urban provisioning details shortages of flour, sugar, and fuel in Petrograd. Municipal committees are praised for fairness, while black-market profiteers are denounced. Another piece, "City Dumas", explains how local self-government tries to protect the poor from inflation. The issue notes new sanitary and charity initiatives organized by private associations - including several Jewish philanthropic committees (e.g.,"отворительное общество"), which are said to cooperate with municipal relief efforts for wounded soldiers and refugees. This is the only reference to Jews, and it is respectful and civic-minded. 4. Literature and Commentary. The literary pages contain: The continuation of a sentimental story titled "Mother and Daughter", describing a woman's endurance during wartime separation; A reflective column "On the German Spirit", examining the philosophy of obedience in German culture and contrasting it with Russian moral individualism; The review column "The Press", summarizing positions of other newspapers - Novoe Vremya, Rech, Russkie Vedomosti - emphasizing the growing consensus for government reform. Stylistically, Den' uses careful, educated Russian; religious vocabulary is minimal, and there are no nationalist or racial appeals. 5. Culture and Advertising. Advertisements along the left column include notices for: The art journal Letopis' Khudozhestvennoi Zhizni ("Chronicle of Artistic Life"); A literary anthology edited by Maxim Gorky; Subscription offers for 1916 editions of Letopis' and Russkoe Slovo. Commercial ads promote sewing machines, insurance, and phonographs - a window into middle-class consumer life during wartime. 6. Tone and Outlook. The overall mood is sober but reformist. Politically, the paper pleads for constitutionalism and civic discipline. Morally, it appeals to readers' sense of duty, compassion, and rational progress. Religiously and ethnically, it is inclusive - no anti-Jewish, anti-Polish, or xenophobic elements appear.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Nikita Boulevard, Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. Complete. 68 x 46 cm. Rech (Речь) No. 197 (3939). Petrograd, Wednesday, 23 August (5 September) 1917. This issue of Rech, the central newspaper of the Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets), covers Russia at a moment of extreme political instability, following the July Days and… during the unfolding Kornilov Affair. Themes: defense of the Provisional Government, danger of military adventurism, fragile state of society, army, the economy. P.1: Commentary on the crisis between General Lavr Kornilov and Alexander Kerensky. Editorials question reliability of military command, the danger of reactionary conspiracies, need to protect constitutional order. Several pieces re: urgency of unity among democratic forces, warning that the military's political intrusion jeopardizes the Revolution. "News of the Day" outlines government statements, telegrams from various ministers, analysis of troop movements around Petrograd. Ads: courses, lectures, legal notices, schools (including girls' gymnasiums), medical offices, and community announcements. P. 2: WAR section: reports from the fronts, logistical problems, desertion, breakdown in transport, Allied situation. Reports re German operations near Riga, difficulties of maintaining discipline, political agitation in regiments. Focus on the moral collapse of certain parts of the army and the pressure placed on officers, alongside discussions of new government circulars and disciplinary measures. P. 3: "Latest News": internal political developments, dispatches, civil-administrative actions, labor disputes, strikes in factories, meetings of soldiers' committees, transportation failures, agricultural shortages, accelerating inflation. Commentary on events in: Siberia, the Volga, the Caucasus, and Ukraine. P. 4: political essays: the State Duma's role, society's responsibility, the elections to local municipal dumas, the church's position in the emerging state system, debates about the future constitution of Russia. Column re separation of Church and State and the restructuring of ecclesiastical administration, another: food distribution and price regulation. P. 5: Financial/Stock Exchange Chronicle, provincial correspondence, cultural notes, theater announcements, notices re crimes, accidents, and personal reports. Many reference shortages, petty disputes, and political arrests. P. 6: primarily advertisements and educational announcements: Pokrovsky Courses, stenography schools, women's gymnasiums, private institutes, medical specialists, lawyers, room rentals, real-estate notices, and accounting courses. This page was a revenue-producing supplement. Contains almost no political text. The issue presents a country in acute crisis: army disintegrating, Provisional Government weakened, threat from the right (Kornilov), supply chains collapsing. No explicit article relating to Jews. Some ads reference schools or courses open to "all confessions". This implicitly includes Jews. Jews could legally attend many private courses after March 1917. Such ads indicate the growing integration of Jews into mainstream urban education after the fall of the Pale. Economic notices relevant to Jews: "Биржевая хроника" includes trading and commodity notes (grain, sugar, tea, foreign exchange). Because Jewish merchants made up a significant portion of grain brokers in 1917 Petrograd, these items indirectly concern Jewish economic participation, though Jews are not mentioned. There are references to: The debate over separation of Church and State "the country and the church"). This debate directly affected Jewish civil equality. Municipal elections: After the February Revolution, Jews could vote and run in Petrograd elections for the first time; thus, these sections have major relevance to Jews even though the text does not explicitly state "Jewish voters.".
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd [= St. Petersburg, Russia], 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 68 x 46 cm. Pages are yellow and brittle. The leaves have broken up into 8 rectangular segments, where they were folded. 6 pages, large format.Ads: 1st page: numerous theatres - Alexandrinsky, Maly, music-halls and circuses. Advertise New Year performances, manufacturers of machinery, cig…arettes, clothing, etc. Text-heavy ads. Inside pages carry political commentary and news. A major column explains changes in the Russian government, including ministerial resignations and appointments and the continuing struggle between the Duma's liberal opposition and the autocracy. The paper reprints official communiqués alongside editorial glosses that stress responsibility, public confidence and the need for effective leadership at the front and in the rear. In the "Russian Life" section, domestic stories range from legal and administrative disputes to reports on governors, zemstvo affairs, church matters and the functioning of courts and municipalities. Urban topics such as provisioning, bread supply and the rising cost of living appear repeatedly in notes that hint at deepening wartime strain. A large central section titled "War" assembles dispatches from the Supreme Headquarters and various fronts. On the Western and Southwest fronts Russian troops conduct local offensives, artillery duels and reconnaissance; communiqués emphasize repulsed enemy attacks and the capture of prisoners. Sub-sections summarize events on the Romanian, Macedonian and Italian fronts and at sea. German and Austro-Hungarian actions are described via enemy communiqués, including bombardments, air raids and submarine warfare. Brief items mention the Balkans, Greece and diplomatic maneuvers such as ultimatums and negotiations, underscoring the multi-front character of the conflict. The "News of the Day," gathers short telegraphed notes: parliamentary debates in Allied countries, cabinet crises, speeches by foreign ministers and presidents, and the internal situation in neutral and enemy states. These snippets place Russia's position within the wider coalition war effort and global diplomacy. Economic news: balance sheets of commercial banks, stock quotations and notices from industrial and trading companies, including the electrical concern "Dynamo." Official announcements from zemstvo boards, municipal authorities and ministries invite applicants to posts in local administrations etc. "Theatre and Music" and "Chronicle" sections review or preview concerts, operas and plays, name performers and conductors, and announce charity evenings. A calendar of events in Petrograd lists day-by-day programs in major theatres and cinemas. A "Women's Journal" advertisement previews its 1917 program, promising fiction, advice and fashion. Professional advertising in back pages: "Medical Directory" of physicians and dentists with addresses and hours, and numerous notices of clinics, sanatoria and medical product suppliers. Legal announcements, obituaries and a few personal notices. Front page: ad for a concert: Vecher intimnoi pesni Izya Kremer = "An evening of intimate songs by Izya Kremer." Izya (Israel),the famous Jewish tenor who popularized Yiddish and Russian songs at a Petrograd hall. Jewish doctors in the Vrachebny ukazatel - "Medical Directory". Several clearly identifiable Jewish surnames appear: Dr L. Ya. Yakovzon, Likely Jewish surname; entry lists his specialty, street address and reception hours. Dr Z. L. Landau - Jewish-German surname. Dr Efim Bendit The ad notes his practice and consultation times. Dr Markusson; Dr L. A. Kravchik; Dr Mandel'shtam. Each entry follows a standard formula: "Dr X.Y. Surname, physician / specialty, hours, address, tel. dentists and dental surgeons include probable Jewish names. A few commercial ads likely involve Jewish proprietors: big ad for copying equipment and office machines signed "D. Gestetner" refers to the Gestetner duplicating firm, founded by David Gestetner, a Hungarian Jew.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd [= St. Petersburg, Russia], 1915
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In Russian.4 pages. 68 x 60 cm. WW1 Rech "Speech," Petrograd, Tuesday, 6 October 1915 (No. 275 / 3298) 4 pages issue. Front page: advertisements, cultural notices, and short political commentary. Ads: theaters, lectures, ballets, concerts, professional services, the University Circus, musi…c lectures, artistic exhibitions, tailoring shops, medical specialists, sewing machines, and the activities of various lecture societies. The central news portion on the front page "News of the Day": short reports on domestic and foreign political developments. Topics: battlefield conditions on the Eastern Front, logistics of wartime provisioning, crop and grain summary reports, disruptions in the economy, and commentary on government ministries. There is also material on parliamentary sessions and questions of civil administration, including the functioning of the State Duma, municipal decisions, and the press. Pages 2-3 are dominated by war news under the large heading WAR. This section compiles dispatches from the fronts: Russian troop movements, engagements with Austro-German forces, strategic withdrawals and re-alignments, reports from Galicia and Volhynia, and attempts to stabilize positions after the heavy losses of the 1915 summer retreat. There are also foreign military bulletins summarizing German and Austrian communiqués, Balkan developments, and the political positioning of Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. Casualty counts, wounded personnel statistics, and POW movements are included. "Official communications of the Supreme Headquarters" provide the government line on the war's progress. Interspersed are short domestic items: economic difficulties, railway bottlenecks, harvest output, the provision of troops, industrial output of military factories, shortages of goods, rising prices, and food distribution problems in Petrograd and Moscow. There are debates on education during wartime, petitions to ministries, draft exemptions, and labor issues. One section discusses the transfer of enemy-alien property and the sale of confiscated goods, reflecting the broader anti-German measures in the empire. Page 3 carries municipal news, CHRONICA, including crime, court cases, fires, sudden deaths, accidents, charitable actions, and social events. Some reports concern banking, local government petitions, and church matters. There are also minor reports concerning censorship decisions and the printing trade. Page 4 returns to a mix of advertisements and smaller news briefs. Ads dominate the bottom half - medical remedies, phonographs, storage facilities, auctions, picture-frame shops, stenography courses, legal services, and other wartime-proof businesses. Short columns cover public health, shortages of physicians, the rationing of medical supplies, mobilization-related administrative changes, and the functioning of postal and telegraph services. There are train-schedule bulletins and minor foreign summaries. The only Jewish-related elements: on the front page, lower left quadrant: An advertisement announces an "Evening of Jewish Music" organized by the "Society of Lovers of Jewish Music". The program includes: Performances by well-known Jewish composers and cantorial-style arrangements. Instrumental pieces derived from synagogue tradition. Vocal works rooted in Ashkenazic folk themes. Participation of professional musicians associated with Petrograd's Jewish artistic circles. This is part of the broader pre-war and wartime revival of Jewish art music (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev): "Evening of Jewish Music. Organized by the Society of Lovers of Jewish Music. On the program: works by Jewish composers, folk melodies, synagogue chants, arrangements by J. [Joseph, Yoel] Engel, A.[Alexander] Achron, and others. Performers: vocal and instrumental numbers. Today, at 8:30 p.m., in the Society's hall.".
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Nikita Boulevard, Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. Complete. 68 x 46 cm. Pages are brittle and have broken up into several sections along the folds. This is an issue of Rech, "speech", published in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), 24 August (O.S.) 6 Sept. (N.S.) 1917. No. 198 (3940) Rech, a major Kadet (Constitutional Democrat) libera…l newspaper of Petrograd, reflects the turbulent political atmosphere between the February and October Revolutions. P.1 is mostly advertisements, public notices, legal announcements, course offerings, sanatorium ads, commercial schools, and insurance notices-typical for Rech, which often placed heavy advertising on Page 1. Major news begins on Page 2, focusing on the political crisis, the debates within the Provisional Government, and tensions between moderate socialists, liberals, and radical elements. Several articles discuss the upcoming session of the Democratic Conference, attempts to restructure government authority, and the eroding credibility of the Provisional Government. There is extensive commentary on Landowner Associations, military committees, and local political organizations adjusting to wartime shortages, agricultural uncertainty, and breakdowns of administrative authority. A large section covers war fronts, including operations on the Northern, Western, Southwestern, Romanian, and Caucasian fronts. Reports stress troop exhaustion, supply problems, desertion, and political agitation. The military command repeatedly warns of the deterioration of discipline following the failure of the June Offensive and the July Days unrest in Petrograd. Another significant block discusses Petrograd municipal affairs, including elections to the City Duma, workers' demands, shortages of bread, transport disruptions, and the expansion of municipal welfare. Letters to the editor complain about mismanagement, profiteering, bureaucratic incompetence, and price inflation. The "Telegrams" and "News of the Day" sections summarize nationwide disturbances-strikes, peasant land seizures, local elections, grain procurement conflicts, soldier mutinies, and political arrests. Rural reports describe peasants refusing taxes, occupying estates, disarming police, and forming committees outside central authority. There is substantial coverage of the Sukhomlinov case, referring to former War Minister Vladimir Sukhomlinov, tried for failures contributing to Russia's early defeats. Discussions focus on procedural controversies, witness statements, and the public's demand for accountability. Cultural sections include theater news, publication notices, and advertisements for educational institutions-particularly women's gymnasiums, commercial schools, evening accounting classes, mechanical-engineering courses, and dental programs. A large portion of the final page contains advertisements for shoes, industrial machines, medical remedies, and financial notices. The issue portrays a country in deep disorder-military collapse, administrative paralysis, partisan struggles, and widespread mistrust of authority. The Provisional Government appears fragmented; soldiers and workers are radicalized; peasants are defying landowners; and the state's mechanisms are breaking down. Yet the tone remains cautious, liberal, and reformist rather than revolutionary, consistent with Rech's Kadet orientation. There is apparently no Jewish related material at all in this issue.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Nikita Boulevard, Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. Complete. 68 x 46 cm. This is a 30 Dec. 1916 (O.S). 12 Jan. 1917 (N.S). issue of Речь (Rech, "Speech") No. 358 (3741), one of Russia's major liberal-constitutional (Kadet-aligned) dailies, reflects the turbulent political atmosphere between the February and October Revolutions. P….1 is mostly advertisements, public notices, legal announcements, course offerings, sanatorium ads, commercial schools, and insurance notices-typical for Rech, which often placed heavy advertising on Page 1. Major news begins on Page 2, focusing on the political crisis, the debates within the Provisional Government, and tensions between moderate socialists, liberals, and radical elements. Several articles discuss the upcoming session of the Democratic Conference, attempts to restructure government authority, and the eroding credibility of the Provisional Government. There is extensive commentary on Landowner Associations, military committees, and local political organizations adjusting to wartime shortages, agricultural uncertainty, and breakdowns of administrative authority. A large section covers war fronts, including operations on the Northern, Western, Southwestern, Romanian, and Caucasian fronts. Reports stress troop exhaustion, supply problems, desertion, and political agitation. The military command repeatedly warns of the deterioration of discipline following the failure of the June Offensive and the July Days unrest in Petrograd. Another significant block discusses Petrograd municipal affairs, including elections to the City Duma, workers' demands, shortages of bread, transport disruptions, and the expansion of municipal welfare. Letters to the editor complain about mismanagement, profiteering, bureaucratic incompetence, and price inflation. The "Telegrams" and "News of the Day" sections summarize nationwide disturbances—strikes, peasant land seizures, local elections, grain procurement conflicts, soldier mutinies, and political arrests. Rural reports describe peasants refusing taxes, occupying estates, disarming police, and forming committees outside central authority. There is substantial coverage of the Sukhomlinov case, referring to former War Minister Vladimir Sukhomlinov, tried for failures contributing to Russia's early defeats. Discussions focus on procedural controversies, witness statements, and the public's demand for accountability. Cultural sections include theater news, publication notices, and advertisements for educational institutions-particularly women's gymnasiums, commercial schools, evening accounting classes, mechanical-engineering courses, and dental programs. A large portion of the final page contains advertisements for shoes, industrial machines, medical remedies, and financial notices. The issue portrays a country in deep disorder-military collapse, administrative paralysis, partisan struggles, and widespread mistrust of authority. The Provisional Government appears fragmented; soldiers and workers are radicalized; peasants are defying landowners; and the state's mechanisms are breaking down. Yet the tone remains cautious, liberal, and reformist rather than revolutionary, consistent with Rech's Kadet orientation. There is apparently no Jewish related material at all in this issue.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. The eight pages of Rech, "Speech", No. 1 (3743), 1 January 1917, Petrograd-Moscow edition. 68 x 60 cm. This New Year's Day 1917 issue of the liberal-constitutional newspaper RECH presents a mixture of political news, war reporting, social commentary, economic notices, cultural listings, and extensive… commercial advertising, characteristic of large Russian metropolitan dailies during the late Imperial period. The front page is almost entirely advertisements: subscription notices for magazines, announcements of exhibitions, theater events, professional courses, banking institutions, and technical services. The diversity of advertisers - engineering firms, corset manufacturers, legal consultants, medical specialists, theaters, and bookstores - reveals the paper's affluent urban readership. A prominent theme is the upcoming year 1917, highlighted with subscription campaigns for journals ("New Satirikon", "Journal of Journals", agricultural periodicals, women's magazines, and bank bulletins). The ads reflect a society still functioning commercially despite the strains of the world war. Inside pages shift from advertisements to dense editorial content. A major political reflection piece appears on page 3: a long analytical article reviewing the political and constitutional developments of 1916, discussing the Duma, ministerial instability, wartime governance, and demands for reform. The tone is critical but constitutionalist, emphasizing the need for lawful government and responsive administration. War coverage occupies major space. Pages 4-5 contain the section BOINA (War), reporting military movements on the various fronts of the Eastern and Romanian theaters. The text describes artillery duels, reconnaissance operations, aviation activity, and notes from Allied fronts. An additional section "Последния известия" (Latest News) provides short, rapid-fire telegram-type updates from capitals including Petrograd, Stockholm, Bucharest, and Athens. These include cabinet reshufflings, frontier skirmishes, and diplomatic notes. Domestic political life is reviewed extensively. There are summaries of local zemstvo congress meetings, ministerial appointments, and bureaucratic changes. Personnel movements in ministries, courts, and provincial governorships are recorded in official style. One long article examines the composition of the State Council (Государственный Совет), the tensions between its elected and appointed members, and highlights calls for modernization and more responsive governance. The "Chronicle" and "Russian Life" sections present short items: urban fires, notable deaths, charity initiatives, institutional meetings, social disturbances, and cultural listings. A segment on the theater and music world provides notices of performances, premieres, and reviews - Teatr Komissarzhevskoy, Maly Theatre programs, and others. The newspaper also includes technical-industrial information: transportation prices, agricultural research notices, mechanical inventions, and professional training courses (accounting, stenography, mechanics, optical work, and bookkeeping schools). Many ads target women - cosmetics, corsets, sewing machines, and "Women's Business Magazine." Overall, the paper reflects a society still deeply engaged in commerce, culture, and public debate, even as war pressures accumulate. The editorial sections show unease with governmental paralysis and administrative incompetence - foreshadowing the profound collapse that would come only weeks later. Yet the advertisements and practical announcements show a bourgeois public still striving for normality at the beginning of 1917.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Poor. In Russian. 4 pages (of 8 printed), 67 x 56 cm. of the daily newspaper Rech, (=Speech), published in Petrograd. 4 surviving pages (1,2,7,8)of Речь (Rech), Issue №224 (3966), Saturday 23 September (6 October) 1917. They present a dense cross-section of political news, wartime updates, social developme…nts, cultural life, economic fluctuations, and many advertisements that vividly capture Petrograd's unsettled atmosphere during the late Provisional Government period. The coverage reflects a city living through political uncertainty, military strain, food shortages, and speculative markets, while still maintaining the routines of professional life, medical practice, commerce, and the arts. Page 1 is dominated by the bold headline announcing the "Liberty Loan" (Заем Свободы) and the promise of a printed 6th list of subscribers who contributed 25,000 rubles or more. Surrounding the announcement are advertisements for medical specialists, teachers, private clinics, dentists, musicians, laundries, photographers, tailors, boarding schools, and small commercial services. Some ads were clearly placed by Jewish residents of Petrograd: the small-box notice for БЕНЯКИ, explicitly marked "(Евр.)", abbreviation of the word Jewish in Russian, and a prominent cultural listing for a "Concert of Jewish Folk Music". These indicate Jewish participation in the urban cultural economy and the visibility of Jewish identity in public advertising. Page 2 is the heart of the newspaper's political reporting. The central block is titled "Известия за день" (News of the Day) and contains itemized reports from Petrograd, the Provisional Government, military fronts, and foreign capitals. Articles discuss grain supply problems, the sugar monopoly debate, labor unrest, and questions of governmental authority. Another section, "Печать" (The Press), summarizes and critiques the positions of competing newspapers - particularly Bolshevik organs - on coalition politics, military discipline, and the looming constitutional debates. These pieces display the Kadet-aligned tone of Rech, wary of extremism and anxious about the government's instability. There is no explicit Jewish political content in these central columns. Page 7 is one of the most information-heavy surviving pages. It contains the Sixth List of Liberty Loan Subscribers, arranged by city, region, occupation, and family name. The close-ups reveal a substantial presence of Jewish contributors, though the listings themselves are not labeled by ethnicity. Clearly Jewish surnames - such as Шапиро (Shapiro), Гофман (Hoffman), Шварц (Shvarts/Schwarz), Ландсдорф (Landsdorf), and Бергер - appear among donors from Petrograd, Odessa, and provincial centers. This page also contains the physician directory (Врачебный указатель), in which at least three doctors carry unmistakably Jewish surnames: Абеврух (Abevrukh/Averbuch), Розовский (Rozovsky), and Беренблит (Berenblit), indicating active Jewish participation in the city's medical professions. Page 8 consists primarily of classified advertisements, business listings, machinery sales, industrial equipment suppliers, apartment rentals, job offers, technical schools, commercial announcements, and small-type municipal notices. None of the ads on this page explicitly reference Jewish identity, though some surnames could hypothetically be Jewish; the page as a whole is economic and utilitarian in character. These four pages illustrate a city in political flux yet still fully functioning: government deliberations, wartime strain, contentious economic controls, and a broad urban marketplace. Jewish presence is most visible in culture (concert ads), commerce (a self-identified Jewish service provider), philanthropy (numerous Liberty Loan subscribers), and medicine (Jewish doctors in the professional directory), embedding the Jewish community firmly within Petrograd's civic and professional fabric at this moment just weeks before the October Revolution.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. 67 x 56 cm. 6 pages issue of the Petrograd daily Rech/"Speech"), 24 September 1917. No. 225 (3962). Some pages broken at the fold with very minor text loss. At least 2 Jewish related ads on p.1.: P. GORVICH. [Surname is a form of Gorvich / Horovitz / Hurwitz, an unmistakably Ashk…enazi Jewish family name. Translation:] P. Gorvich, representative of a foreign firm, announces that he has returned to Petrograd and has resumed business as of 27 August. He purchases antiques, art objects-snuffboxes, miniatures, tapestries, furniture, bronzes, porcelain, engravings-and also precious stones (diamonds, gold, silver, etc.). Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Address: 21 Preobrazhenskaya Street, Apartment 2. Tel. 215-33. (A classic Jewish antiquarian / jeweler / art dealer of pre-revolutionary Petrograd.) AVRAAM MORITZ [First name Avraam (Abraham) + surname Moritz (Germanic Jewish family name. Translation:] Avraam Moritz. A three-act comedy with an epilogue and "30 happy endings," set in New York. Performances daily at 8 p.m. A one-time performance on 27 September; official premiere on the 28th at the Saburov Theatre. A major new season premiere -28, 29, and 30 September-shown for the first time in Petrograd and in Russia, by the most original and lively performers. [Jewish significance: A Jewish actor/comedian /vaudevillian, active in Petrograd's entertainment scene in 1917. Play set in New York suggests American-Jewish cultural themes, common in emigre theatre.].
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. 67 x 56 cm. 6 pages issue of the Petrograd daily Rech/"Speech"), No. 2 (3744), dated Tuesday, 3 (16) January 1917. Contents: ads, theater and concert notices, political commentary, foreign telegrams, military reports, news items, professional notices. Page 1: almost entirely ads:… theaters, concerts, performers, incl. announcements of shows, opera performances, artistic evenings. Death and commemoration notices, physicians, medical services, schools, private courses, technical education, mechanical and electrotechnical training, steno classes, commercial ventures, factories, banks, shipping firms, insurance companies. Ads promoting cultural events in Petrograd's theaters, incl. dramatic and musical performances. The ads fill the page. P. 2: "The Press summarizes discussions in other Russian newspapers, describes political issues, etc. "News for the Day": domestic reports from different provinces or cities. "The War": military updates: movements of fronts. Events in Petrograd or in the provinces, administrative matters. P. 3 Regional news, reports: judicial, police-related notes, cultural items. "Latest News": accidents, municipal concerns, crimes. P. 4 "Telegrams", summarize foreign and domestic telegraphic dispatches from Stockholm, London, etc. re political developments, wartime info communicated through the wires. Notes on the military situation, Statistical tables. Natural disasters, transport accidents, official appointments. P. 5: "Russian Life", "Artistic Life", "Theaters and Music": review cultural events, performances, public lectures. Medical, commercial, and professional ads: private clinics, dental offices, physicians, women's health services, chemists, lodging, transportation, commercial products, restaurant café promotions. P. 6 Mostly ads: industrial machinery, schools, vocational courses, legal services, employment bureaus, factories, auctions, and banking notices, trades, engineering, tailoring, real estate. p. 1, bottom-right ad: Alexandrovsky Hall of the City Duma. Sunday, 8 January. Concert of the laureate of the Brussels Conservatory, the cellist BILDSTEIN! With the participation of the symphonic orchestra of the [-] Military Department, under the direction of M. O. Shteinman. In the program: Beethoven - Overture "Leonore" . . . On the 14th - in the same hall, a concert: An Evening of Beethoven Sonatas L. S. LAUZER and S. O. DAVYDOVA. Tickets from 1 ruble. . . Yuri Georgievich Bidlshtein(Bilstin) Van Oren Russian Jewish cellist and pedagogue (10 February 1887, Odessa - 15 December 1947, New York). Graduated Tiflis Conservatory 1904. Taught in Tiflis (1908-1909), active as performer and teacher in Petrograd (1909-1917). Appeared as soloist with major orchestras, including military and civic ensembles. Graduated Brussels Conservatory, published a pedagogical method. Emigrated to France (1922), where he founded a pedagogical institute, and to the United States (1932), continuing to perform, teach, and compose. Sof'ya Osipovna Davydova (1875 - 1958) Russian pianist and one of the foremost ensemble accompanists of her generation. Trained at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Anna Yesipova and later in Vienna with Theodor Leschetizky, Davydova became renowned for her austere, precise, and text-faithful style. She partnered with many of the leading performers of the late Imperial and early Soviet period - among them Auer's pupils, Leonid Sobinov, Ivan Yershov, Leopold Auer,Jascha Heifetz, and Chaliapin, appeared regularly in Petrograd recitals before and during the First World War. Known for musical discipline rather than virtuoso display, she was widely regarded as an exemplary collaborative pianist. L. S. Lauzer not located. May have been a minor or local performer whose name never made it into standard reference works. P.1, left: Large obituary: Moiseevich (son of Moses) Kachurin. Patronymic Moiseevich ("son of Moses") - a very common among Jews. However, Kachurin is not.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1916
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. In Russian. 6 pages. 68 x 60 cm. "Rech" No. 359 (3742), 31 December 1916. The 6 page issue has theatrical ads, literary promotions, subscription announcements for 1917 periodicals, extensive domestic and wartime news coverage. Pages 1 & 2: almost entirely ads: theaters, circus troupes, musical concer…ts, new books, provincial performances, periodical subscriptions, educational institutions, etc. e. g. Troitsky Theater, Maly Theater, traveling companies. publishers' ads for their books. Trade schools ads, stenography courses, commercial colleges. The news pages: political reporting: ministerial reshuffles, bureaucratic conflicts, the State Duma's plans, the ongoing crisis within the Ministry of Public Enlightenment. Several articles re Russia's strained wartime governance, complaints from zemstvos, friction between military authorities and civilian agencies, long-running debate on railway management, grain distribution, wartime censorship. Reports: public dissatisfaction with officials' conduct, slow progress of legislative initiatives, war time restrictions. Article re Count P. N. Ignatiev re political responsibility and public trust; others examine educational reforms, teacher congresses, cinematic censorship. "War" section summarizes military movements on the fronts: localized engagements, artillery duels, Austro-German troop concentrations, info from allied fronts. "News of the Day": domestic updates - economic measures, legal disputes, minor accidents, local administrative decisions, cultural notices. Intl news: Rumanian operations, Greek diplomatic tensions, naval matters, Balkans. Later pages: "Telegrams": dispatches from Petrograd, Stavka, and foreign cities. Notes from Stockholm, Athens, London, and Bucharest, describing shifting alliances, grain shortages, wartime diplomacy. "Chronicle": Petrograd arrests, fires, charity events, scholarly meetings, market conditions, public petitions. P. 6: ads: employment notices, private medical practices, real-estate offers, dentists, hairdressers, bathhouses, clothing workshops, private tutors, boarding schools, commercial courses, legal services, auctions, insurance policies, accounting courses, stenography classes, secretarial training. Only one Jewish-related item: ad for actress/singer on p. 1, left side, mid-column, boxed advertisement announcing a performance of Marya (Mary) Dmitrievna Mintz. Mintz one of the most common Jewish surnames in the Russian Empire, associated with Litvak-Jewish families. "Мэри Дмитриевна Минц, вечеръ. Казанская ул., д. 45-56. (въ 1-й Дух. Академии), подъѣздъ № 2." translation: Мэри Дмитриевна Минц Mary Dmitrievna Mintz Вечеръ = An evening performance / A soirée. Kazanskaya Street, houses 45-56." (This venue location; Kazanskaya Street is in central Petrograd near Nevsky Prospekt.) 4. (въ 1-й Дух. Академии), подъѣздъ № 2. "(in the 1st Ecclesiastical Academy), entrance No. 2" (The 1st Ecclesiastical Academy was a known building used for lectures, concerts, and evening cultural events.) Notes: such ads signal a theatrical/musical evening by a known performer. Jewish artists were frequent in Petrograd performing circles in 1916, though systemic discrimination limited opportunities. Troitsky Theater A short-lived Petrograd venue active only during 1915-1917, often featuring avant-garde productions. Cinizelli Circus. One of the most famous circuses in Imperial Russia. Ads from Cinizelli are collected internationally because the building still stands. It hosted legendary performers. The bldg. still stands. The ARGUS Publishing House. Active briefly before the Revolution, issuing modernist and Symbolist literature. The ad for Mary Dmitrievna Mintz (Jewish performer): Jewish performing artists of the late Imperial era are actively researched. Mintz does not appear in the most common encyclopedias, so this ad might be the only surviving printed reference to a minor Jewish performer on the eve of the 1917 Revolution.
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Published by The Constitutional Democratic Party (the "Kadety"), under the formal ownership and editorial direction of: Ivan Vasilevich Hessen (Иван Васильевич Гессен) Editor-in-Chief and Publisher. He was a major Cadet intellectual, Jewish by origin, lawyer, publicist, participant in the First Duma. The newspaper was issued under: "Издание И. В. Гессена" ("The publication of I. V. Hessen"). In most issues of 1914-1917 you will often see in the masthead: "Орган Партии Народной Свободы" ("Organ of the Party of People's Freedom" = Kadet Party). Printing was typically done at one of the major Petrograd printing houses contracted by Hessen. It was the same publisher for most of 1916 and 1917., Petrograd- Moscow, 1917
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No Binding. Condition: Poor. In Russian. 6 pages issue, in acid free Mylar sleeve. Complete, 67 x 56 cm. of the daily newspaper Rech, (=Speech), published in Petrograd 26 September (9 October New Style) 1917, No.226 (3968). The large Judaica announcement on the front page is intact. Elsewhere the leaves are broken mostly along t…he folded seams. with minor text loss. [TRANSLATION:] "October 29th, 30th, and 31st the ELECTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL of the Petrograd Jewish Community will take place. All Jewish residents of Petrograd over the age of 20 possess both active and passive electoral rights. The elections are conducted by universal, direct, equal, and secret ballot according to the principle of proportional representation. Voting is carried out according to electoral lists.The preliminary voter registers, including new entries and corrections, will be available beginning on October 9th in the District Committees, whose addresses will be announced separately. Applications from individuals not included in the lists, as well as notifications of any corrections, may be submitted within one week after the publication of the lists. The final lists, with notations based on submitted applications and extracts from metric (civil registry) or other documents, will be posted no later than October 9th in the premises of the District Committees. Elections to the Community Council are carried out at the ratio of one candidate for every seventy voters. No more than seventy votes are accepted from any one voter; a candidate may run on several lists. Each electoral list may contain only one obligatory (priority) candidate. Proof of the voter's identity must also be presented. From the Central Organizational Committee for the Elections to the Council of the Petrograd Jewish Community. Office: Kemskaya Street, 119, apartment 37. Telephone 565-77. Office hours: 5 to 8 o'clock. [P.M.] 45976" [Newspaper production number assigned to this announcement.] Historically important: Before the February Revolution (March 1917), Jews were legally restricted, including: quotas in education, residency limits (Pale of Settlement), restrictions on communal organization.1.The Provisional Government abolished antisemitic laws in spring 1917. For the first time in Imperial Russian history, the Jewish community of Petrograd could: operate openly; register legally; elect its own governing Council (Совет); participate in civic life without restrictions; 2.The Petrograd Jewish Community was one of the largest and most politically diverse Jewish urban communities in Russia. Its Council incorporated representatives of: Zionists; Bundists; Jewish liberals (Kadets); Religious traditionalists; Autonomists (Dubnow school). 3. Elections of 1917 were unique. These were the only freely held, city-wide Jewish communal elections in Petrograd between the fall of Tsarism and the rise of Bolshevik control. By 1918 such elections became impossible.This issue of Rech captures, in real time: a public Jewish communal announcement issued during the brief democratic window shortly before the October Revolution. The notice is a rare documentary evidence of Jewish civic life in the final months of the Provisional Government. The title of the announcement is not generic. It directly refers to the governing body ("Совет") of the legally recognized Jewish Community of Petrograd in 1917, making it a historically valuable piece. This issue was published during the turbulent weeks immediately after: Kornilov Affair (August), Reorganization of the Provisional Government, Renewed Bolshevik agitation. Many copies of this issue were destroyed during the October fighting or seized when Rech was shut down by the Bolsheviks in November. This notice is rare documentary evidence of Jewish civic life in the final months of the Provisional Government. Note: The Office hours: 5 to 8 o'clock." refer to 5-8 P.M. Offices rarely opened at 5 a.m.; Jewish communal offices in 1917 typically kept evening hours to accommodate working men.
