Publications in the Armenian S.S.R. were not restricted to scholarly or literary subjects. As in the other areas throughout the Soviet Union, satire, though officially sanctioned by the government, was widely appreciated. The satiric journal Ozni was published in Yerevan by the daily newspaper <em>Soviet Armenia</em>. This colorful cover of the March 1957 issue shows at top a factory assembly line for tractors with the legend: “The quality of the renovation of tractors according to official reports.” Below the picture of a farmer driving a dilapidated tractor, the text reads “and in actuality.”