Kazan Utlary

Kazan Utlary (Tatar: Казан утлары; Russian: «Казан утлары», also rendered as «Огни Казани», "Lights of Kazan") is a monthly literary-artistic and socio-political journal published in the Tatar language in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It is one of the longest-running and most important periodicals of Tatar literature and culture, serving as a platform for Tatar prose, poetry, drama, criticism, essays and publicistic writing. Its editorial lineage reaches back to 1922, when the literary-artistic journal Beznen-Yul ("Our Path") was founded as an organ of the People's Commissariat of Education of the Tatar Republic, with the writer Galimzhan Ibragimov as its founder and first editor-in-chief. Over the decades the journal changed names several times in step with Soviet cultural and alphabet politics: it was known as Ataka when it became a tribune of Proletkult, then as Yanalif ("New Alphabet") after the Tatar script shifted from Arabic to Latin, and from January 1933 as Sovet ädäbiyaty ("Soviet Literature"). It received its present name, Kazan Utlary ("Lights of Kazan"), in June 1965. By 1967 its circulation had reached 56,000 copies, and on 17 January 1977 it was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour. Today Kazan Utlary continues to publish Tatar writers alongside translations into Tatar of literature by Russian-language and other authors, and it maintains an electronic edition in addition to the print journal. Its official website hosts an archive of issues covering the journal's entire history. The journal is a central institution of Tatar-language letters and a key reference point for the modern Tatar literary canon.

The journal now known as Kazan Utlary traces its origins to Beznen-Yul ("Our Path"), a literary-artistic monthly founded in 1922 as the organ of the People's Commissariat of Education (Narkompros) of the Tatar Republic. It was published once a month in the Tatar language, and its founder and first editor-in-chief was the writer G. Ibragimov (Galimzhan Ibragimov). Beznen-Yul printed Tatar prose, poetry, drama and criticism, and most Tatar writers of the early Soviet years began their literary careers in its pages. Its contributors included M. Gafuri, G. Kamal, Sh. Kamal, F. Amirkhan, K. Tinchurin, H. Taktash, K. Najmi, A. Kutuy and M. Jalil, among others. The journal's name changed repeatedly as it was reshaped by the cultural politics of the Soviet period. When it became a tribune of Proletkult it was renamed Ataka. After the Tatar script was changed from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet, the journal took the name Yanalif ("New Alphabet"). From January 1933 it was called Sovet ädäbiyaty ("Soviet Literature"). It finally received its present title, Kazan Utlary ("Lights of Kazan"), in June 1965. By 1967 the journal's circulation had grown to 56,000 copies. In addition to works by Tatar writers, it published translations into Tatar of literature of the peoples of the USSR, and it maintained a department of essay and publicistic writing. On 17 January 1977 the journal was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour. In the present day, alongside the print edition, an electronic version of Kazan Utlary is published. The official website hosts an archive of issues covering the journal's entire history, and the journal continues to publish translations into Tatar of works by Russian-language authors.

• 1977

  On 17 January 1977 the journal was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.

• 1967

  Circulation reached 56,000 copies.

• 1965

  In June 1965 the journal received its present name, Kazan Utlary ("Lights of Kazan").

• 1933

  From January 1933 the journal was titled Sovet ädäbiyaty ("Soviet Literature").

• 1922

  Predecessor journal Beznen-Yul ("Our Path") founded as the organ of the Narkompros of the Tatar Republic, with G. Ibragimov as founder and first editor-in-chief.

• Renamed Ataka when it became a tribune of Proletkult.

• Renamed Yanalif ("New Alphabet") after the Tatar script changed from Arabic to Latin.

A leading Tatar-language literary and socio-political monthly, a canonical platform for Tatar prose, poetry, drama and criticism.

• Kazan Utlary monthly print journal

• Electronic edition of Kazan Utlary

• Online archive of issues on kazanutlary.ru

1. 1Казан Утлары — official websitekazanutlary.ru
2. 2Kazan Utlary — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Казан утлары — Russian Wikipediaru.wikipedia.org