(, , ) was a Tatar-language newspaper published in the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1938. The newspaper was an organ of the Political Directorate of the Volga Military District and was oriented towards Tatar speakers within the Red Army. Initially based in Samara, the publication was shifted to Kazan in 1925.

In Samara

began to be published in the city of Samara in 1924 as the weekly Tatar-language organ of the Political Directorate of the Volga Military District.Печать, радиовещание и телевидение Татарии (1917-1980): сборник документов и материалов. Татарское книжное изд-во, 1981. p. 57 The first issue was published on 7 June 1924.Р. Р Гайнанов, Р. Ф Мәрданов, Ф. Н Шакуров. Татарская периодическая печать начала XX века: библиографический указатель. Изд-во "Милли китап", 2000. p. 116 The editorial board included F. Taipov, H. Kurmi and A. Shnitkov. The editorial office was located in the Red Army House on Saratovskaya Street.

effectively replaced the now defunct newspaper Aul. Like Aul, struggled with a lack of skilled newspaper workers. The newspaper had very few correspondents and did not manage to gain any substantial readership. The last issue of published from Samara was its 18th issue (published on 15 November 1924).Ш.Х. ГАЛИМОВ. Татарская национальная печать Самарского края и ее влияние на формирование культурно- образовательного пространства татарского населения в довоенный периодГазеты СССР 1917—1960: Библиографический справочник, Том 3 К — О (Краевые, губернские, областные, окружные, уездные районные, городские, транспортные, военные и другие газеты). Всесоюзная ордена «Знак Почета» книжная палата Государствелная ордена Ленина библиотека СССР им. В. И. Ленина, Государственная ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Публичная библиотека нм. М. Е. Салтыкова-Щедрина. p. 234

Move to Kazan The newspaper moved to the city of Kazan. The first issue published from its new location came out on 23 February 1925. The newspaper was now a joint organ of the Political Directorate of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Volga Military District and the Tatar Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). In the ongoing debates on replacing the Arabic script for writing Tatar language, the proponents of Latinization perceived the editorial team of the newspapers as opponents to the planned reform.З. Г Гарипова. Казань: общество, политика, культура : 1917-1941. Магариф, 2004. p. 78

A new editorial team was set up consisting of Fatih Saifi, and Mirza Davidov. Chanyshev and Davidov were military workers, with experience from other Red Army publications. After the shift to Kazan, the quality of the newspaper improved rapidly in terms of fonts and printing technology. The newspaper became a four-page weekly newspaper. It was distributed among Tatars within the Red Army within and outside Tatarstan, quickly increasing its circulation. Circulation stood at 1,400 in 1925.Ilmi Bibliyagrafiya. 1925. p. 92 The network of correspondents of grew, providing an increased flow of published notes sent in to the editorial office.

Later period Qawi Näcmi served as the executive editor of the newspaper from 1928 to 1933.Tatarica. Наджми Кави Zakir Gali (Galiev) served as the editor-in-chief of from 1934 to 1936.Tatarica. Гали (Галиев) Закир Халитович By 1928, the poet worked at the literary section of the newspaper.Tatarica. Баян Нур Галимович In 1933, the poet worked at the editorial office of .Tatarica. Карим Фатых

Between May 1929 and January 1933, the editorial office of published the supplement Osoaviakhim, also in Tatar language. It functioned as the organ of Tatosoaviakhim, the Tatar ASSR branch of the Osoaviakhim movement. 124 issues of Osoaviakhim were published.

In May 1937, the newspaper became the organ of the Political Department of the Kazan Rifle Division named after the Tatar Central Executive Committee. On 30 November 1937 the last issue of in Tatar language was published. A final issue of the newspaper was published on 8 May 1938 in Russian.Tatarica. Кызыл армеец

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