Resource Type: Digital Archive – Journals

  • Vestnik Evropy Digital Archive

    Vestnik Evropy Digital Archive

    A major influence on the outlook of 19th century Russian intellectuals.

    Vestnik Evropy (Вестник Европы, Herald of Europe) was one of the first literary and political journals published in the time of the Russian Empire. Published in Moscow from 1802–1830, it was founded by Nikolay Karamzin, a well-known author and historian. The aim of Vestnik Evropy was to provide Russian intellectuals – those that considered themselves “European Russians” – with cultural, historical, political, and literary thought from Europe. Vestnik Evropy soon became a major influence in the development of a European outlook in Russia. The journal included works of fiction and poems from Russian authors, and articles on politics and social life in Russia as well as in other countries. In 1814 Vestnik Evropy published the first poems of Aleksandr Pushkin, just one of many well-known contributors, including the talented poets Zhukovsky, Derzhavin, Vyazemsky and Batyushkov.

    The Vestnik Evropy Digital Archive comprises the entire collection of the journal, with more than 8,500 articles and over 57,000 pages. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full-text articles, with full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Note: Vestnik Evropy was published before the Russian Revolution and was written using the pre-reform Russian orthography. To enable searching functionality, Infoteka worked closely with consultants from the Institute of Russian Language in Moscow to adapt the Old Russian script into modern Russian orthography. The archive has been designed so researchers may work simultaneously with texts in Old (pre-revolutionary) Russian and normalized contemporary orthography with easy-to-use cross search functionality.

    • Product Code: DA-VE
    • Year First Published: 1802
    • Archive: 1802–1830
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Bi-weekly (24 issues per year)
    • Format: Full text and full image
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  • Voprosy Istorii Digital Archive

    Voprosy Istorii Digital Archive

    Landmark publication documenting Russian and world history since 1926.

    Voprosy Istorii (Вопросы истории, Issues of History) is Russia’s most authoritative historical journal, documenting the evolution of historical scholarship in Russia and the Soviet Union from 1926 to the present. The journal has long served as a central platform for academic discourse on Russian and world history. Recognized for its scholarly rigor and objectivity, Voprosy Istorii has featured contributions from leading historians across Russia and around the world. The journal’s scope is notably broad, encompassing Russian, Soviet, and global history, while maintaining a high theoretical standard and an unbiased approach to complex historical processes.

    Voprosy Istorii is especially valued for publishing materials that were long inaccessible, including archival documents previously held under strict embargo. These materials appear in the journal’s long-running section “Political Archive of the 20th Century,” alongside in-depth interpretive essays in “Historical Commentary,” profiles of major figures in “Historical Portraits,” and autobiographical reflections from renowned scholars in “Historians Reflecting on Their Times.”

    The Voprosy Istorii Digital Archive includes over 950 issues and more than 28,000 articles, beginning with Istorik-Marksist (1926–1941), continuing through the overlapping publications Bor’ba Klassov (1931–1936) and Istoricheskii Zhurnal (1937–1945), and extending into the postwar and contemporary eras under the title Voprosy Istorii (since 1945). The result is a vast and uninterrupted historical record, reflecting nearly a century of intellectual thought, political transition, and methodological change.

    The archive offers scholars the complete, digitized run of Voprosy Istorii and its predecessor titles, with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive features full-text articles, with full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Now available with Infoteka’s English Reader!

    Enhance access to the archive with this optional add-on service. With Infoteka’s English Reader you can now search the archive and retrieve articles in English language. Leveraging advanced AI technology, Infoteka’s English Reader provides high-quality, accurate, and fluent English translations of all articles in the Voprosy Istorii Digital Archive, making this valuable research content accessible to a wider academic audience. Contact us to learn more.

    Note: Translations provided by Infoteka’s English Reader are intended for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for certified translation. No warranty is made regarding the accuracy or reliability of the translations. For citation and scholarly use, please refer to the original language text.

    • Product Code: DA-VI
    • Year First Published: 1926
    • Archive: 1926–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
    • Format: Full text and full image
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  • Starye Gody Digital Archive

    Starye Gody Digital Archive

    Early 20th century Russian art journal.

    Starye gody (Старые годы, The Bygone Years) was a monthly journal published in St. Petersburg from 1907 to 1916 for readers interested in art and antiquities. The journal published material on art history and architecture, presented private and public collections, covered domestic and international cultural events, and provided information on auctions and private art sales in Russia and abroad with catalogues, prices, and museum guides. Starye gody was noted for its handsome design and high-quality illustrations. Contributing artists included Benois, Vereshchagin, Vrangel and Rerikh. Much of the journal’s attention was devoted to the preservation of the artistic and antique legacy of St. Petersburg and Russia, and it played an important role in art preservation by printing reproductions of art from earlier periods, primarily Russian art of the 18th and early 19th centuries.

    The Starye Gody Digital Archive includes all obtainable issues of the journal from 1907–1916 and offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title. The archive features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, fully-searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Note: Starye gody was written in the Old Russian orthography used at the time, which included the letters І, Ѣ, Ѳ and Ѵ. These letters were later eliminated from the Russian alphabet during the orthographic reform of 1918. To facilitate full-text searching of this journal, the database includes a special keyboard containing the old Russian characters. This virtual keyboard allows users to enter words containing pre-reform Russian letters (e.g. “сѵнодъ,” “дѣтство”).

    • Product Code: DA-SG
    • Year First Published: 1907
    • Archive: 1907–1916
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: St. Petersburg
    • Frequency: Monthly
    • Format: PDF, page-based
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  • Soviet Woman Digital Archive

    Soviet Woman Digital Archive

    Illustrated magazine spotlighting the life of women in the USSR.

    Established in the aftermath of WWII in 1945, the magazine Soviet Woman proclaimed on the cover of its first issue its fundamental mission: “A magazine devoted to social and political problems, literature and art…” Published initially under the aegis of the of Soviet Women’s Anti-Fascist Committee and the Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR, it began as a bimonthly illustrated magazine tasked with countering anti-Soviet propaganda by introducing Western audiences to the lifestyle of Soviet women, including their role in the post-WWII rebuilding of the Soviet economy, and their achievements in the arts and the sciences. Originally published simultaneously in Russian, English, German and French, the magazine went on to add more foreign language editions aimed at reaching an even wider audience both in the West and elsewhere to balance the Western narrative about the Soviet Union in these countries with a pro-Soviet ideological counterweight.

    Over the years the magazine developed regular sections covering issues dealing with economics, politics, life abroad, life in the Soviet republics, women’s fashion, as well as broader issues in culture and the arts. One of its most popular features was the translations of Soviet literary works, allowing readers across the globe a peek inside the hitherto insular Soviet literary world. An important communist propaganda outlet, the magazine continued its run until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

    The Soviet Woman Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from the very first issue, comprising more than 500 issues and over 7,500 articles. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-SW
    • Year First Published: 1945
    • Archive: 1945–1991
    • Language: English
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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  • Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie Digital Archive (Open Access)

    Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie Digital Archive (Open Access)

    Open Access archive of the premier Soviet scientific public health journal.

    Established in 1942 by the Ministry of Health of the USSR, the journal Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie (Советское Здравоохранение, Soviet Healthcare) was the Soviet Union’s premier scientific public health journal covering issues related to public health, social hygiene, health policy, and health education. The journal regularly published original research and commentaries on the history of medicine and healthcare, the economic and social components undergirding the Soviet healthcare system, as well as reports on and proceedings from conferences dedicated to healthcare and the medical profession. Serving as a forum for public health professionals the journal regularly featured book reviews and bibliographies of latest publications on issues related to journal’s subject matter. Due to financial difficulties in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union the journal ceased publication in 1992.

    The Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1942 to 1992, totaling over 16,000 articles. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    The Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie Digital Archive has been made Open Access and available to researchers globally thanks to the generous support of Monash University Library, with funding from the Ada Booth Benefaction.

    • Product Code: DA-OA-SZD
    • Year First Published: 1942
    • Archive: 1942–1992
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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  • Sovetskii Ekran Digital Archive

    Sovetskii Ekran Digital Archive

    Popular and influential journal on film studies and Soviet cinema.

    Sovetskii Ekran (Советский экран, Soviet Screen) was the most prominent film journal in Soviet history. Much more than just a film journal, Sovetskii Ekran was a cultural barometer of its times, chronicling the evolution of Soviet film against the backdrop of significant societal and political changes. Its pages, filled with film critiques, interviews, and reader polls, offer a comprehensive view of the cinematic landscape and its influence on Soviet culture.

    Published bi-monthly, Sovetskii Ekran boasted a circulation of two million copies, making it the largest film publication in the world at the time. It was incredibly popular among film enthusiasts in the USSR, vanishing from kiosks as quickly as it arrived and passing from hand to hand.

    The journal offered an unprecedented look into the production secrets and the creative lives of actors and directors—serving as a portal into the magical world of cinema. The honor of gracing its cover essentially guaranteed an instant following of adoring fans for the featured artist. People often cut out the journal covers featuring popular actors to use as posters, making it a significant cultural artifact.

    Sovetskii Ekran was not just confined to domestic cinema; it also covered international film news. These articles offered Soviet citizens glimpses into global fashion trends and popular Hollywood actors. It even published an obituary of Marilyn Monroe in 1962—a time when she was virtually unknown in the USSR. The journal annually conducted surveys among its readers to announce various awards like “Best Film of the Year,” “Best Actor of the Year,” “Best Actress of the Year,” “Best Children’s Film,” and “Best Musical Film of the Year.”

    Many critics consider the 1960s as the golden era of Sovetskii Ekran. Despite its popularity, the journal was subject to the return of censorship in the mid-1970s and, like Soviet cinema itself, it faced dramatic changes during the era of “Perestroika” before eventually ceasing publication after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    Sovetskii Ekran is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and students, providing a rich primary source for exploring the socio-cultural role of cinema in the Soviet Union, the state’s role in shaping cinematic narratives, and how films were received by the general populace.

    • Product Code: DA-SOVE
    • Year First Published: 1925
    • Archive: 1925–2003
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Bi-monthly, some years irregular
    • Format: PDF, page-based
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    About the Archive

    Sovetskii Ekran first emerged in January 1925 and continued its publication with occasional hiatuses until its final issue in 2003. Throughout its existence, it underwent several name changes:

    • 1925–1928 Sovetskii Ekran
    • 1929–1930 Kino i Zhizn
    • 1933–1938 [not published]
    • 1939–1941 Sovetskii Kinoekran
    • 1942–1957 [not published]
    • 1958–1990 Sovetskii Ekran
    • 1991–1996, 2002 Ekran
    • 1997–1998, 2003 Sovetskii Ekran

    The Sovetskii Ekran Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1925 on, including over 50 years of content and approximately 32,000 pages. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Note: The publication of Sovetskii Ekran was completely suspended from 1931–1938, 1942–1956, and 1999–2001. The lack of content for these periods is not a gap but reflects the journal’s publication schedule during these times.

  • Slaviane Digital Archive

    Slaviane Digital Archive

    Anti-fascist Soviet propaganda journal from the WWII era.

    Founded in 1942 at the height of the Great Patriotic War by the All-Slavic Committee, a Soviet anti-fascist organization, Slaviane (Славяне, Slavs) was a monthly journal that saw its mission as one of “rallying Slavic peoples together in alliance with all freedom-loving peoples to fight against Nazi Germany and its vassals.” The editors sought to achieve this mission by exposing the “predatory and rapacious policies of Hitlerites, their hate-filled program aimed at the elimination of Slavic peoples and their centuries-old culture.” Apart from its anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi platform, the journal also sought to cultivate and propagate among Slavic peoples a knowledge of their shared history, the role of Slavic peoples in world culture and civilization, as well as episodic coverage of the Slavic communities in such far-flung countries as the United States, England, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. In short, the journal became a unified platform for intellectuals and politicians from Slavic countries, with the aim of providing an intellectual outlet against Nazism based on Slavic historical and cultural solidarity.

    Following the end of the War, the journal underwent significant editorial changes, switching its focus from defeating Nazism to coverage of life and culture in the Soviet Union. In the process it strove to increase distribution in Slavic countries as well as in the West, although with limited success. It ceased publication in 1958.

    The Slaviane Digital Archive provides researchers and students a unique collection that sheds light on an important aspect of Soviet propaganda production in a critical period of the Soviet Union’s history. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, comprising 197 issues, 4,752 articles, and over 12,000 pages. The archive features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-SL
    • Year First Published: 1942
    • Archive: 1942–1958
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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  • Social Sciences Digital Archive

    Social Sciences Digital Archive

    A quarterly journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

    Founded in 1970, Social Sciences was conceived as a scholarly publication tasked with promoting the Marxist-Leninist approach to social sciences worldwide. Since Gorbachev’s perestroika, however, the periodical’s ideological framework underwent certain modifications becoming a vivid chronicle of the collapse of the old communist dogmas and the transition to new ways of approaching social, economic and historical issues.

    Over the decades since its founding, the journal has become an important and a unique platform for prominent papers and studies selected from various institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Covering the most pressing issues of Russia’s social and economic development, Social Sciences includes articles on philosophy, history, economics, politics, sociology, law, philology, psychology, ethnography, archaeology, literature and culture.

    The Social Sciences Digital Archive includes all issues published from 1970 on (over 6,500 articles), with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Infoteka is the publisher of Social Sciences. For current year subscriptions, please visit infoteka.com/publishing/social-sciences or contact us.

    • Product Code: DA-SOSC
    • Year First Published: 1970
    • Archive: 1970–2024
    • Language: English
    • Country: United States / Russia
    • Frequency: Quarterly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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  • Seans Digital Archive

    Seans Digital Archive

    Influential Russian film studies journal.

    Founded in 1989 by the young Leningrad film critic Lyubov Arkus and supported by the erstwhile Lenfilm studio director Aleksandr Golutva, Seans (Сеанс, Seance) grew to become one of the most influential film journals in Russia and the post-Soviet space. Housed on the premises of Lenfilm studio, the quarterly journal was conceived as a trade publication reporting on the goings-on of the domestic and foreign film industries. However, from its earliest issues, Seans set out to chart a more original course, becoming in essence a forum for the discussion of not only the latest trends in the industry but also of film criticism, film studies, and the ever-evolving language of cinema and the visual arts. Each issue of Seans is centered around a particular theme, with content addressing a variety of related artistic, cinematographic, and social concerns.

    Seans took a six-year hiatus from 1998–2004 following the death of Sergey Dobrotvorsky, one of the journal’s key editors. Although not technically in production during these years, the journal’s editors and writers nevertheless continued their collaboration, producing a seven-volume encyclopedia on contemporary Russian cinematic arts.

    Over the years Seans has received high praise, attracting the collaboration of some of the most significant names from the Russian film industry, as well as from the broader world of art history and criticism. The long list of collaborators and admirers of the journal includes such renowned figures as filmmakers Alexander Sokurov and Sergey Bondarchuk, writer and historian Samuil Lurie, literary critic and film historian Mikhail Iampolski, memoirist Natalya Trauberg, and many others.

    Perhaps one of the most unique and endearing qualities of Seans is the journal’s commitment to minimalistic black and white print aesthetics. Despite advances in print technology, Seans has remained loyal to its origins, eschewing gloss and glamour for textured and substantive content, making it a standout enterprise in the industry and the go-to resource for the modern Russian-speaking cineaste.

    The Seans Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1990 on, with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-SNS
    • Year First Published: 1990
    • Archive: 1990–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: St. Petersburg
    • Frequency: Quarterly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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    Journal Themes

    Each issue of Seans is devoted to a specific theme. Examples of past themes include:

    • Based on true events (Основан на реальных событиях)
    • Back in the USSR
    • Sources of the impossible (Источники невозможного)
    • Speak, Memory
    • It’s sad (Это печально)
    • Everything is going according to plan (Все идет по плану)
    • Faust
    • Le tour de France
    • Russian Cabinet of Curiosities (Русская кунсткамера)
    • Utopia (Утопия)
    • 25 years later (25 лет спустя)
    • Fassbinder
    • Ressentiment time (Время ресентимента)
    • 1968 (Шестьдесят восьмой год)
    • Behavior problem (Проблема поведения)
    • This is not a movie (Это не фильм)
    • Safe Mode
    • Hitchcock (Хичкок)
    • F**K
    • Fellini
    • Isolation (Изоляция)
    • Hong Sang-su (Хон Сан-су) Right Now / Wrong Then
  • Russkaia Literatura Digital Archive

    Russkaia Literatura Digital Archive

    Renowned literary journal from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

    Russkaia literatura (Русская литература, Russian Literature) is a well-known journal of literary criticism. The journal is one of the most comprehensive, reliable and authoritative resources featuring biographical information and criticism of Russian and Soviet authors in various genres. Published since 1958 by the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkinskii Dom), this scholarly journal features numerous research papers, discussion pieces, analytical articles and critical essays concerning classical and modern writers and poets of Russia.

    The Russkaia Literatura Digital Archive contains the complete run of the journal from 1958 on, with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-RLI
    • Year First Published: 1958
    • Archive: 1958–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: St. Petersburg
    • Frequency:
      Quarterly
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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