Erdem ba Shazhan

Erdem ba Shazhan (Buryat: «Эрдэм ба шажан»; Russian: Наука и религия; translation of the name: "Science and Religion") was an anti-religious magazine in the Buryat-Mongolian language[1] in the Mongolian script.[2] The magazine was published by decision of the regional committee of the RCP(b) of May 8, 1928.[3][4] It was the central publication of the Republican League of Atheists of the Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The magazine was published in Verkhneudinsk. In 1928, 3 issues of the magazine were published, in 1929 − 6 issues, in 1930 and 1931 − 9 numbers, in 1932 − 5 numbers, in 1934 − 2 numbers. The organizer and first editor of the magazine was Bato-Dalai Togmitov (Buryat: Бато-Далай Тогмитов; 1905 or 1906 -1938), who at that time worked as a researcher in the scientific committee of the republic.[5][6][7] The magazine published materials explaining the policies of the cultural revolution, the fight against religion and the promotion of atheism among the Buryat population.[8] The magazine published works of Buryat literature. In 1928, Abiduyev’s poem “Airplane” was published in the magazine.[9]

Erdem ba Shazhan (ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠮ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ)

Anti-Buddhist caricature. Magazine «Erdem ba Shajan» («Science and Religion», 1928)
Editor	Bato-Dalai Togmitov
Categories	antireligious
Frequency	several times a year
Year founded	1928
Final issue	1934
Country	Soviet Union
Based in	Verkhneudinsk
Language	Buryat