''Droshak'' (''Troshag'', hy, Դրօշակ, "Flag") is the official organ of the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...

(ARF) published in

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

(1890),

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

(1890s),

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

(1892-1914),

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

(1925-33),

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

(1969-85),

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

(1986-96),

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

(since 1999). It was first published in 1890 by ARF founder

Christapor Mikaelian Christapor Mikaelian (Armenian: , Krisdapor Mikaelyan/Chrisdapor Mikaelian; 18 October 1859 – 17 March 1905), also known by his ''noms de guerre'' Hellen (), Topal (), and Edward (), was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary F ...

as a monthly, then as a bi-monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly. Initially published as an illegal newspaper in Tiflis (Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire, it was established as a legal publication in Geneva in 1892, where it continued to be published until 1914, when publication was ended due to the start of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

.{{Cite web, date=2012-07-18, title=«Դրօշակ»ի մասին, trans-title=About "Droshak", url=https://www.droshak.am/?page_id=12, url-status=live, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327004801/https://www.droshak.am/?page_id=12, archive-date=2021-03-27, access-date=2021-03-27, website=www.droshak.am, language=hyw Its primary subject was the ideological questions of the party and the

Armenian national liberation movement The Armenian national movement ( hy, Հայ ազգային-ազատագրական շարժում ''Hay azgayin-azatagrakan sharzhum'') included social, cultural, but primarily political and military movements that reached their height during Worl ...

. It resumed publication in Paris in 1925 until ending again in 1933. During this period, the paper dealt with political and ideological questions regarding the situation in

Soviet Armenia The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

(where the ARF was banned) and debates between communism and socialism. It was reestablished as a weekly in Beirut in 1969 and was moved to Athens in 1986 (where it was published bi-weekly) after the kidnapping of its editor

Sarkis Zeitlian Sarkis Zeitlian ( hy, Սարգիս Զէյթլեան; 1930abducted on 28 March 1985) was a Lebanese Armenian journalist and political leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). He was abducted on 28 March 1985 in West Beirut, Lebanon and ...

. ''Droshak'''s editorial board returned to Lebanon in 1996, but publication continued in Athens. After officially registering ''Droshak'' in the

Republic of Armenia A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

in 1999, the editorial board and publication moved to Yerevan. Since then, it has been released in print on a quarterly basis and makes weekly electronic publications. Editors: *

* Rostom (Stepan Zorian) *Honan Davtian * Mikael Varandian *

Simon Vratsian Simon Vratsian ( hy, Սիմոն Վրացեան; 1882 – 21 May 1969) was an Armenian politician and activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He was one of the leaders of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) and served as its las ...

*Babgen Papazian *

*Nazareth Berberian *Karen Khanlarian *Artashes Shahbazian and others.

References

External links

Droshak Journal's page
Armenian journals