Akinchi
Akinchi (Azerbaijani: Əkinçi, اکينچی), also transliterated as Ekinchi ("The Cultivator"), was the first Azerbaijani-language newspaper, published in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan) between 1875 and 1877. It was the first newspaper fully printed in Azerbaijani, as well as the first newspaper in Russia printed in a Turkic language.
Front page of Akinchi, 1875, No. 1 | |
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Hasan bey Zardabi |
| Editor-in-chief | Hasan bey Zardabi |
| Founded | 22 July 1875 |
| Language | Azerbaijani |
| Ceased publication | 29 September 1877 |
| Headquarters | Baku, Russian Empire |
| Circulation | 300-400 (1875) |
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