Svari

Svari (Latvian: Scales) was an illustrated Latvian satirical magazine which was published from 1906 to 1907 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, and then, from 1920 to 1931 in Riga, Latvia.

Svari

Categories	Satirical magazine
Publisher	Müllera drukātava
Founded	1906
Final issue	1931
Country	Latvia
Based in	Saint Petersburg (1906–1907) Riga (1921–1930)
Language	Latvian

History and profile

Svari was established in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, by Latvian journalists in 1906 and folded next year.^[1][2] The art critic Alfrēds Purics was the editor of the magazine during this period.^[3][4] It was restarted in Riga, the capital of newly-independent Latvia, in 1920^[2] and was published by Müllera drukātava (Latvian: Müller printing house).^[5]

Svari featured political cartoons and content.^[6] It had an anti-Bolshevik political stance.^[7] Juris Puriņš, a Latvian satirist working for the magazine, developed an analogy between Bolsheviks and insects.^[7]

Rihards Zariņš was one of the cartoonists of the magazine.^[1] Svari folded in 1931.^[1]