''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (russian: Кавка́зский календа́рь, lit=Caucasian calendar) was an annual
almanac published in Tiflis (present-day
Tbilisi
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) in the
Russian Empire
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by the office of the
Viceroy of the Caucasus, published between 1846 and 1917.
History
''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' contained a large number of ethnographic and historical materials. Questions of public education, agricultural crops were considered, information about the customs of the
Caucasian peoples, their religions, and much more was placed. In addition, there was the so-called "Chronological indication" section, containing a chronological list of significant dates in the history of the Caucasus since ancient times. A significant place in it was also given to statistical (including data on the population of the region), reference and address information about the Caucasus region, including the
Dagestan
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,
Kuban
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and
Terek oblasts, as well as the
Black Sea
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and
Stavropol governorates.
''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' was used as a guide and essential reference book by travellers, explorers and various persons sent to the Caucasus. The almanac enjoyed great interest among the population. A correspondent of the newspaper ' noted:
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Kavkazskiy kalendar for 1846Kavkazskiy kalendar for 1917
Publications established in 1846
Publications disestablished in 1917
Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
1846 establishments in the Russian Empire
1917 disestablishments in Russia
Mass media in Tbilisi