Urmia_Orthodokseta
Urmia Orthodokseta
Monthly magazine in Qajar Iran, 1904–1914
Urmia Orthodokseta ("Orthodox Urmia"; Russian: Православная Урмия, romanized: Pravoslavnaya Urmia) was a magazine published every month (with one interruption) from 1904 to 1914 in Urmia, Qajar Iran by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.[1] It was published in both Russian and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.[1] Publication permanently came to an end in 1914 due to the outbreak of World War I.[1]
In the early years of publication, the Russian and Neo-Aramaic versions contained the same articles, which, in the words of Lina Yakubova, were about topics of "general interest". However, this changed later.[1] The Russian version focused primarily on the "geography and ethnography of the Assyrians".[1] On the other thand, the Neo-Aramaic version changed into being "primarily religious in character", and specifically aimed at the "expansion of Russian Orthodoxy".[1]
Yakubova notes that some issues of the magazine stood out in terms of content as they promoted then incumbent Tsar Nicholas II (1894-1917) as a "benevolent ruler".[1]