Marmnamarz Explained

Frequency:Monthly
Category:Sports magazine
Founder:Shavarsh Krissian
Founded:1911
Firstdate:February 1911
Finaldate:1914
Country:Ottoman Empire
Based:Constantinople
Language:Western Armenian

Marmnamarz (Armenian: Մարմնամարզ), published between 1911 and 1914, was one of the first sport magazines in the Ottoman Empire.[1] The magazine was established and edited by Shavarsh Krissian.[1] The first issue appeared in February 1911.[1] Published monthly in Armenian (with "Marmnamarz" meaning sport in Armenian) the magazine offered an additional incentive for extending the interest towards the sport among the Ottoman Armenians.[1]

Marmnamarz, the "body of national physical training", became the major instrument for the development of sport and athletic life among the Armenian population. This magazine published information about various sport games and their results, as well as published photos of Armenian and foreign athletes and Armenian football teams.[2]

Marmnamarz ceased publication in 1914.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Murat Cihan Yıldız. Strengthening Male Bodies and Building Robust Communities: Physical Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413105419/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mw253hf. 13 April 2021 . University of California, Los Angeles. 154–155. PhD. 2015.
  2. Հայկական սպորտը Օսմանյան կայսրությունում