Khatabala

Khatabala (; ) was a twelve-page Armenian satirical periodical published in Tiflis (Tbilisi) from 1906 to 1916 and again in 1922 and 1925–26 in the Armenian and occasionally Russian and Georgian languages. It was founded by Astvatsatur Yeritsyan (1872–1929), who edited the periodical along with Ashot Atanasyan (1870–1941). The name of Khatabala comes from a popular word used by Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis and Persians meaning misfortune, setback, or troubles, ultimately derived from the Arabic words 'error' and 'trouble, tribulation'.

== History == Astvatsatur (Bagrat) Yeritsyan was a publicist and satirist. He was originally from Tsgnet (Tskneti in Georgian). He received his primary education at the Nersisian School in Tiflis, then studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but dropped out and returned to Tiflis. Here, in 1906, he firstly published the Russian-language magazines Zhgut (only one issue was published) and Svistok (only two issues were published), and later, in the company of a prominent democrat and publicist Ashot Atanasyan, he founded the satirical periodical Khatabala. In 1909–1912 Astvatsatur Yeritsyan also edited and published the literary, political and commercial daily Surhandak.