Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal

Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal

Cover a journal issue (official section), Volume 12, 1899

Cover a journal issue (official section), Volume 12, 1899
Editor Nikolai Slavinsky (1888–1911)
Categories postal service, telegraphy
Frequency 24 times a year (1888–1892)
since 1893, weekly (official section) & monthly (unofficial section)
Format 26 cm
Circulation 8,000 (initially)
Paid circulation ~400
Year founded 1888 (1888)
First issue 1888 (1888)
Final issue 1919 (1919)
Company Chief Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs (1888–1916)
Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs (1917)
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR (1918–1919)
Country Russian Empire (1888–1916)
Russian Republic (1917)
RSFSR (1918–1919)
Based in St. Petersburg, Moscow
Language Russian
OCLC number 33662618

Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal (Russian: Почтово-телеграфный журнал; Post and Telegraph Journal) was an official periodical publication by the Russian postal authorities between 1888 and 1919.[1]

History

The journal was published in St. Petersburg from 1888 to 1916 by the Chief Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian Empire. In 1917, it was issued in Petrograd by the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of the Russian Provisional Government.[1][2]

In 1918 and 1919, Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal became the official organ of the People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR and was published in Moscow.[1][3]

Content

Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal had two sections, official and unofficial. The official section contained:[1]

The unofficial section included articles on the history and state of the postal, telegraph, and telephone services in Russia.[1]

In 1888–1892, two sections were printed together and 24 times a year. Later on, the official section appeared weekly, whereas the unofficial section was published monthly.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Прохоров, А. М., гл. ред., ed. (1975). "Почтово-телеграфный журнал [Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal]" [Post and Telegraph Journal]. Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979) [The Great Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Russian; English translation). 20 (Плата – Проб) (3rd ed.). М. [Moscow]: Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  2. See OCLC 73693449 and 33662618.
  3. See OCLC 145382091.
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