Press of Melkum Babajanian (Babajanov, 1910 to 1919). Printing Office

Press of Melkum Babajanian (Babajanov, 1910 to 1919). Printing Office 1910 — 1919 yy․

NKR / Shushi / Shushi

Historical Introduction

Press of Melkum Babajanian (Babajanov, 1910 to 1919). The “Gharabagh” three-day newspaper, which was the first district organ, was published in this printing-office: “...N. Yaramishian’s “Gharabagh” newspaper is to be issued in the press of Melkon Babajanian, which is located in Yaghubian’s house, Tamirian Street, Shushi City...” Its publication began on 13 September 1911 and lasted until August 1912 (74 issues on the whole).

Ավագյան Ս., Նյութեր Ղարաբաղի նախասովետական շրջանի մամուլի պատմությունից, Երևան, 1969, էջ 85:
Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 7.

1917 y․

In 1917, when the “Netsuk” newspaper was being issued, the press had only a single worker who was both a typesetter and a printer.

Ավագյան Ս., Նյութեր Ղարաբաղի նախասովետական շրջանի մամուլի պատմությունից, Երևան, 1969, էջ 187:
Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 7.

During the nine years of its activity, the press published 19 books and 10 newspapers.

Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 7.

1895 y․

It should be noted that from 1895 a number of newspapers and magazines were published in Shushi through hectographic printing: the “Kokon” (“Bud”) monthly under Ishkhan Michaelian’s editorship; the “Krunk” (“Crane”) periodical as well as the “Ashakert” (“Pupil”), “Shushinskaya Zhizn” (“Life in Shushi”), “Mirazh” (“Mirage”), “Paykar” (“Struggle”), “Tzitzagh” (“Laughter”) and “Sring” (“Pipe”) newspapers. Between 1913 and 1917, Mirage Organisation published its illegal magazine of the same name in the house of Simon Apian, an inhabitant of Shushi, who says the following about this: “The press was in our house... we published the newspaper with a hectograph, that is to say, we used glycerine and gelatin with high-quality (Alexandrian) paper. The Unionists followed us for many times to find out the location of our press and give us away, but they never succeeded in doing so.”

Ավագյան Ս., Նյութեր Ղարաբաղի նախասովետական շրջանի մամուլի պատմությունից, Երևան, 1969, էջ 133:
Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 7.