[Russian newspaper] РУЛЬ (Rul') [= The Rudder] Issue: № 6. Saturday, 7 January 1917 (Gregorian calendar already in use in the masthead wording)
Language: Russian
Published by I. V. Gessen (Isaac Vladimirovich Gessen). Gessen was a leading Russian liberal intellectual, publisher, and publicist, closely associated with: Constitutional-Democratic (Kadet) politics, Press freedom and rule-of-law advocacy, Russian émigré democratic journalism in Berlin. Under Gessen, RUL’ was conceived not as a partisan exile organ but as a serious daily newspaper modeled on European liberal press standards, combining: Political analysis, International correspondence, Cultural reporting, Commercial and social infrastructure for émigrés. This explains the paper’s restrained tone, absence of ethnic scapegoating, and emphasis on legal-civil norms rather than ideology., Petrograd, 1917
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In Russian. 6 pages, complete. 46 x 31 cm. Title (Cyrillic): Руль Latin transliteration: Rul' English translation: The Rudder. Daily political newspaper. Issue: № 6. Saturday, 7 January 1917 (Gregorian calendar already in use in the masthead wording). Petrograd. complete; typical 6-page issue. RUL was a liberal-constitutional, anti-extremist daily closely associated with the Constitutional Complete, but: Edge losses and significant chipping, leaves broke into 4 sections; loss in margins (not affecting core text continuity), Browning consistent with wartime paper stock (1916–1917 shortages). Despite wear, all main columns are legible, and the item remains archivally meaningful due to historical date and content. This issue of Rul was published at a decisive historical moment: two months before the February Revolution and less than a year before the paper itself would be suppressed by the Bolsheviks. The issue is dominated by wartime political analysis, front-page reporting, and extended commentaries on Russia’s internal instability. Prominent sections address: Voina / War): Detailed battlefield reporting and strategic assessments from multiple fronts. The tone is sober and critical, avoiding the triumphalist rhetoric found in more nationalist papers. Police reports): Civil disturbances, arrests, and public order concerns - indicative of growing unrest in Petrograd. Telegrammy / Telegrams: Rapid updates from domestic and foreign correspondents. (Khronika / Chronicle): Daily political and cultural notes, giving insight into Petrograd intellectual life. A notable characteristic of RUL is its analytical editorial voice. Articles emphasize constitutional reform, ministerial incompetence, food shortages, and bureaucratic paralysis. Several columns reflect concern that continued war combined with governmental stagnation may lead to systemic collapse - a prescient tone in hindsight. The paper also contains extensive advertising for: Literary journals (Russkaya mysl’ - Russian Thought); Scientific and cultural periodicals; Theatre programs, subscription offers, and professional services. These advertisements reveal a still-functioning bourgeois reading public in early 1917, just before Russia’s civil order disintegrated. Published weeks before the February Revolution; Represents the voice of the liberal opposition shortly before its extinction; Most issues of RUL were suppressed, discarded, or destroyed in 1917-1918. After 1917 Gessen emigrated and RUL was revived in Berlin (1920s) - again under Gessen’s leadership.…
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- Title
- [Russian newspaper] РУЛЬ (Rul') [= The Rudder] Issue: № 6. Saturday, 7 January 1917 (Gregorian calendar already in use in the masthead wording)
- Publisher
- I. V. Gessen (Isaac Vladimirovich Gessen). Gessen was a leading Russian liberal intellectual, publisher, and publicist, closely associated with: Constitutional-Democratic (Kadet) politics, Press freedom and rule-of-law advocacy, Russian émigré democratic journalism in Berlin. Under Gessen, RUL’ was conceived not as a partisan exile organ but as a serious daily newspaper modeled on European liberal press standards, combining: Political analysis, International correspondence, Cultural reporting, Commercial and social infrastructure for émigrés. This explains the paper’s restrained tone, absence of ethnic scapegoating, and emphasis on legal-civil norms rather than ideology., Petrograd
- Publication year
- 1917
- Condition
- Poor
- Binding
- No Binding
- Language
- Russian
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