Cultura Printing Office :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cultura Printing Office 1912 — 1920 yy․

RA (Republic of Armenia) / Yerevan

Historical Introduction
1912 y․

Cultura Press (1912 to 1920). The activity of this printing-house goes back to 1912, when it published an Armenian-language book entitled The Vilayets of Van, Bitlis and Erzrum by A-Do.

Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 12.

1913 y․

In 1913 editor Mushegh Bagratuny started the publication of the “Nor Mamul” (“New Press”) three-day comic newspaper (1913 to 1915) first in Cultura and then in Luys Presses.

Հայ պարբերական մամուլը (1794-1980), էջ 98: Also see Հայոց պարբերական մամուլը (1794-1934), էջ 77: Նազարյան Ս., Երևանի պարբերական մամուլը (1880-1917), Երևան, 1986, էջ 147-166: Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 12.

1913 y․

In 1913 Cultura Press began the publication of the organ of the Communist Party of Armenia, the “Khosk” (translated as “Word” or “Speech”) paper under Arshavir Melikian’s editorship. After his arrest in 1914, its publication ceased, being resumed on 22 September 1918 and continuing until 22 March 1919.

Revolutionary and public figure Arshavir Melikian (09.02.1879, Pashalu (at present: Zaritap) - 1937, Tbilisi) received education at the Male Gymnasium of Yerevan and Kharkov University, whence he was expelled in 1901 due to his participation in revolutionary movements. He studied philosophy at Zurich University and literature at Neuchâtel Academy, Switzerland. In 1906 he acquired membership of the Workers’ Social-Democratic Party of Russia and took up residence in Yerevan in 1911. He also taught at Gayanian Female College. In 1921 Arshavir Melikian assumed living in Tiflis, where he collaborated with numerous newspapers as a correspondent (for details, see Աղայան Ծ., Արշավիր Մելիքյան, Երևան, 1969). Հայ պարբերական մամուլը (1794-1980), էջ 96: Also see Հայոց պարբերական մամուլը (1794-1934), էջ 75; Նազարյան Ս., Երևանի պարբերական մամուլը (1880-1917), Երևան, 1986, էջ 167-185. Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 12.

1916 y․

On 4 May 1916, the publication of the “Ashkhatank” (“Labour”) newspaper of Van moved to Cultura Press (1916 to 1919).

Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 12.

1917 y․

In 1917 it published the “Zang” (“Bell”) newspaper, and in 1918 to 1919, the “Kaytz” (“Sparkle”) together with a single issue of the “Spartak,” the organ of the same-name Union of Young Socialist-Internationalists.

Հայ պարբերական մամուլը, էջ 110, 115, 129: The “Zang” was published from 1917 until 1919 first in Cultura Press and then in the printing-office of the Ministry of Interior Affairs. Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 12.

On the whole, the press published 8 Armenian and 6 Russian books with 8 newspapers.