The sun., 1879-06-01
RUSSIAN MEN USPdPERs.
The Great Increase In the Number OF Papers
In the Past FIneen Years.

nom ne Lpnf1n duly Nens
ST. PETERSBURG May AT the nroseph
moment when 80 much interest IL centred on
the social and political situation i'm Nussin "a
ew words on the Russian newspapers will not
BE- considered out Of pluce. Unui tho year
1864, when the existing Press laws were ga
ta1lished, excepting the little official gazottcs
published in each Government there were only
four ncwsnn uera ~ the whole empire. Thrso
wore the PeiTboWstD .Pedmosh Gazette do
FAcademlol HIurIhde RuSSo tonlciH mIlit. nv
gazcttel, JOuUai de ~. PtersbOUrg tscmi- -onrial
paper in French, supposed To represent thu
Foreign ON el. and the NOsc0m GdseUe tho
only independent newspaper at that date, under
the cditorshtp OF tho we'll known Mr. kutkO1.
Al these were daily papers. AZ the present
time there are siXty-ilvc newspapers published.
at longer or shorter intervals in ST. Petersburg
alone.
terJOurskU TeilWOsft commenced IN the time OF
Peter the Grent rs the Official paper Of tho cm-
pre-. nnd published twice or thrice weekly. with
some intermssion in succeeding reigns. until
lew years ago. when 1t ceased TO bo the onlcid
paper 1t now appears as daily paper, ia
Sclayophil and liberal ~ its general tendencies.
but has frequently taken a petty course Of late
IN attacking the finns and their more indo-
pendent position ~ the empire. Ihe RuSski
Iaoahdc Is nn official military paper, the organ
OF tho War O0ice The PrGreeistrenOi Yeshdk
lQnlc,al Ga2"ttel formerly SecernOi Fesinii
lAOih0n NecSJ. has appeared in It's present
form for i've or six years. and Is the ofilcui
daily organ for all civil administration pur.
poses In the province OF ~. Petersburg. aud Tor
Tho Journal de S. Petersboug is published
daily under the edtorship Oi VI. Horn. u naiur.
allied Russian of Belgian origin. This paper
is a semi-oncal organ OF tho Foreign 0nice.
by which 1t is subsidized. and is composed
mostly Of JudiciOus EXTRACTS from Russian and
foreign ncwspapors. Ii publishes weekly lct-
ters from Its correspondents in London aud
Paris but has little pretensiOn to give early in
lofmHllOh 10 us readers, ns VIII be- eNihced
when mention that il announced lately thc sn-
rlOus Illness Of the MetTopoltc innocent ot
Moscow two days alter the death OF the Bishop
had been telegraphed 10y the writer To- Isoudon.
Tue Moilra. formerly Boyerdi gedmosi' tHf-
change Gdzato. is a wsl,.cQnduted pap"r.
under the oiitorship Of NJ. POleliku. and is ols-
tlnRushed 10y It's advocacy Of aggressive
policy. and IL almost alone in urging the int,,r-
nal development Of the resources OF the cpun-
try as the urgent need OF the empire. II has
not an extensive circulation.
The Nopoe VrernyG. the leading sclavophu
organ In ST Petersburg, has tho largest .'li-
lation. and Is marked by its strong ami Eng
lish, anti -German. and anti everything that ia
not Russian and Sclavophil. II is known to
be In favor Of reforms; but this is topic that is
press. and the Russian newspapers. under tho
moro or less rigid censorship exercised. arc
precludod from debating this question
Tho GOt0s - characterized 10y the enterprise
and energy with which II is conducted. und nls
readers. II has six branch offices, with stan u
employees. at Moscow. Warsaw. Kief. KhArkoh.
ODESSA ana Tihls. besides regular correspond
ents at Pnris. Berlin, Vienna Constant inoue.
Batoum. Teheran. and other places. During
the late war the GOioS had no less than Six spa
cial correspondents with the Russian armies.
With the Russian mission to AfRhnnistan tAey
had correspondent who was with Shcre An ut
the time Of his death. and. like the Ddiiy Nrrs,
they sent a special cores pondent to tho
Caucasus to report tho progress Of the in
tended expedition TO Merv. On the outbreak ot
the plague in the Government Of Astrachan,
they had two special cOrrespOndcnts-be besides
occasional correspondents able to give most re-
liable Information and when ono OF their
special correspondents fell i'll with typhoid fever
another was immediately sent TO take his place.
There are altogether sixteen daily newspapers
published Ia ST. Petersburg OF which the above
are the most important Two daily papers. tho
RuSskt Prdrdd nuthj and Husski Mr. World
are nt present suspended by Ministerial DEGREES.
In Moscow there nre three principal newspa-
pers tho Noscolc Gazette the KUsski IeiHlom
(NersJ. aud the Seceimdnyd IsOreiyd (C0nit7l-
pordrV Ne,rSl. the largest circulation being that
of tho Rltsski IedimOSh u SclnVophil organ Of
moderate views All these three papers may he
said tO be thoroughly Russian. They represent
the civilization Of the West as pernicious in its
tendencies. are consequently against innova-
generating influence for Europe. Tho NOscOp
Gazette used 10 be remarkable FOR its Anglo
phObst articles. IL is one OF the stanchest up-
holders oi the present system OF classical edu-
cation in Russia. which is strongly objected 10
by many who wish to substitute Tor II the more
thorough teaching of their own tongue ana Of
modern languages. so essential, 10 tho Russians
esRecialiy. for Intercourse with other nations.
Inc MOSCOto Gazette Is also marked 10y oppO-
sition 10 the present system of bureaucratic
administration at ST. Petersburg as well ~ hy
its crude notions OF political economy. as shown
IN It's advocacy of large issues of paper money
with the view OF developing the resources Of
tho country. Mr. katkofI has long held sort
oil privileged position, articles being allowed TO
appear In the MOscoW Gazette which no other
paper would have dared to publish. OF this
nature were his statements in reference TO the
last Iollsh insurrection and on many subse-
quent occasions After the publication Of tho
ukase providing for the appointment of tho
new Governors General. he was not satisfied
WIN tins but proposed the appointment OF g
central officer for the whole empire a sort of
lmperium in imperio." This however It 10
said, caused great displeasure and presently
there appeared q notice in the paper that the
editor. owing to i'll health. WAS compelled fora
lew days TO suspend his labors. There are
three good daily papers published at Odessa;
ana IN other towns. notwithstanding theten-
sorshlp OF the press journalism is active.