Vatan (Russian: Родина; Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת; meaning "Motherland") is a socio-political newspaper in the Judeo-Tat and Russian languages. The newspaper covers the social and political events taking place in Dagestan, Russia, and also publishes materials on the history and culture of the Mountain Jews.^[1]

The newspaper was founded in 1928 under the name The Toiler (Judeo-Tat: Захметкеш).^[2] Asail Binaev became the first editor. Initially, the newspaper was printed in the Hebrew alphabet. In 1929-1930 it switched to the Latin alphabet, and, in 1938, to the Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used today. In the middle of 1938, the newspaper received a new name: Red Star (Judeo-Tat: Гъирмизине Астара). In the late 1940s, the newspaper was discontinued.^[2]

The newspaper renewed work in 1975.^[3] In 1991, the name of the newspaper was changed to Vatan.

In the 1930s, the Mountain Jewish poet Daniil Atnilov worked for the newspaper.^[4]

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