Khatabala
Armenian satirical periodical
Khatabala (Armenian: Խաթաբալա; Russian: Хатабала) was a twelve-page Armenian satirical periodical published in Tiflis (Tbilisi) from 1906 to 1916 and again in 1922 and 1925–26 in the Armenian and occasionally Russian and Georgian languages. It was founded by Astvatsatur Yeritsyan (1872–1929), who edited the periodical along with Ashot Atanasyan (1870–1941). The name of Khatabala comes from a popular word used by Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis and Persians meaning misfortune, setback, or troubles, ultimately derived from the Arabic words ḵaṭā 'error' and balāʾ 'trouble, tribulation'.
History
Astvatsatur (Bagrat) Yeritsyan was a publicist and satirist. He was originally from Tsgnet (Tskneti in Georgian). He received his primary education at the Nersisian School in Tiflis, then studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but dropped out and returned to Tiflis. Here, in 1906, he firstly published the Russian-language magazines Zhgut (only one issue was published) and Svistok (only two issues were published), and later, in the company of a prominent democrat and publicist Ashot Atanasyan, he founded the satirical periodical Khatabala. In 1909–1912 Astvatsatur Yeritsyan also edited and published the literary, political and commercial daily Surhandak.
The main purpose of the magazine was to satirically depict various social phenomena, such as inequality, cultural assimilation and corruption, and to ridicule backward lifestyles and values of the clergy and bureaucrats.
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