Anarkhiia

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Anarkhiia
Editor German Askarov
Publisher Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups
First issueSeptember 1, 1917;105 years ago (1917-09-01)
Final issueJuly 2, 1918 (1918-07-02)
CountryRussia
Based inMoscow

Anarkhiia was Russian weekly, then daily newspaper published by the Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups. [1] It was edited by German Askarov. [2] It was first launched in September 1917, published from the headquarters of the MFAG in the "House of Anarchy," formerly the Chamber of Commerce, on Malaia Dimitrovka Street. [3] Anarkhiia was suspended in the confusion arising over the Bolshevik seizure of power. It reappeared in March 1918 as a daily newspaper expressing anarchist fury over the Bolshevik acquiescence to German Imperialism in the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. Production was interrupted by the Cheka raid on the House of Anarchy, on 12 April 1918. However about a fortnight later it was relaunched from the temporary address of 1 Nastasinsky, previously the home of the Poets' Club in the basement. The last issue, the 99th, was published on 2 July 1918. [4]

Creativity Section

From 1918 the paper had a section devoted to Tvorchestvo or "creativity". It featured many prominent Russian avant-garde artists such as Aleksei Gan, Kazimir Malevich (pen name Anti), Aleksandr Rodchenko (pen name Aleksandr), Aleksei Morgunov, Ivan Kliun, Olga Rozanova and Nadezhda Udaltsova. [1]

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