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Qizil Tugh

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Qizil Tugh
Owner(s)Alma-Ata Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata Regional Executive Committee
EditorI. Tairov, N. Sharipov, M. Abdullin (Mukhpul)
FoundedOctober 24, 1935 (1935-10-24)
Political alignmentCommunism
LanguageUyghur language
Ceased publicationApril 11, 1938 (1938-04-11)
CityAlma-Ata
CountrySoviet Union
Circulation3,000
Sister newspapersPravda, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Sotsialistik Kazakhstan

Qizil Tugh (Uyghur: Қизил туғ, 'Red Banner') was a Uyghur language newspaper published from Alma-Ata, Soviet Union 1935-1938. It was an organ of the Alma-Ata Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan and the Alma-Ata Regional Executive Committee.[1][2]

The publication was initially named Qizil Bairaq (also meaning 'Red Banner').[3] Qizil Tugh appeared three times a week, and had a circulation of 3,000 copies.[2] The first issue was published on October 26, 1935.[1] The editors of Qizil Tugh, at different times, were I. Tairov, N. Sharipov and M. Abdullin (Mukhpul).[2]

The launch of Qizil Tugh was a milestone in development of Uyghur language-press and Uyghur culture in the Soviet Kazakhstan.[2] The publication strictly followed the party line, and carried out propaganda work towards the Uyghur community.[2] The newspaper was part of the campaign to complete the Second Five-Year Plan in four years and agitated in favour of the Stakhanovite movement to increase production outputs.[2] The ideological line of the newspaper was derived from publications such as Pravda, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda and Sotsialistik Kazakhstan.[2]

Qizil Tugh provided a publishing platform for young Uyghur poets and writers, and carried literary critique articles on Uyghur-language works.[2] The newspaper published poems by Izim Iskanderov [ru], Qadir Hasanov [kk], H. Turdi, Nasreddin Mansurov, I. Rozi and Ismayil Sattarov [kk].[2] The latter made his literary debut in the pages of Qizil Tugh in 1936.[4]

The last issue of Qizil Tugh was published on April 11, 1938.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Грант Левонович Епископосов. Газеты СССР, 1917-1960: Газеты Москвы, Ленинграда и столиц союзных республик. Книга, 1970. p. 100
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Мунир Ерзин. Становление и развитие уйгурской советской печати. Изд-во "Наука" Казахской ССР, 1988. pp. 119-121
  3. ^ Известия Академии наук Казахской ССР: Серия общественная. Qazaq SSR ghylym akademii︠a︡sy. Izd-vo "Nauka" Kazakhskoĭ SSR, 1970. p. 82
  4. ^ Qazaq sovet ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡sy, Vol. 5. Qazaq sovet ėn︠t︡siklopedi︠ia︡synyn︠ g︡ redak︠t︡si︠ia︡sy, 1974. p. 110