Resource Type: Digital Archive – Journals

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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: 1990–2024
    • 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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  • Russkii Arkhiv Digital Archive

    Russkii Arkhiv Digital Archive

    Well-known pre-revolutionary historical and literary journal.

    Russkii arkhiv (Русскiй Архивъ, Russian Archive) is a well-known monthly historical and literary journal published in Moscow from 1863 to 1917 (published bi-monthly from 1880–1884). Founded by Pyotr I. Bartenev, a longtime editor of the journal, Russkii arkhiv presented a comprehensive picture of Russian cultural and political history during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Russkii arkhiv published mostly unreleased memoirs, epistolary, literary and institutional documentary materials that highlighted the cultural and political history of the Russian nobility in the 18th and 19th centuries. Documents included in the journal celebrated Russia’s renowned literary and artistic culture, including those devoted to the life and work of Alexander Pushkin, letters and diaries by numerous Decembrists, notes from ambassadors to the Court of Peter the Great, accounts of Peter the Great reforms, and diaries and memoirs by members of the ruling, military, and aristocratic classes of Russia.

    The Russkii Arkhiv Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues of the journal (650 issues and nearly 100,000 pages), as well as several supplemental publications (see list below). 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: Russkii arkhiv 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”). In addition, article-level keywords, bibliographic references, and other metadata has been added to improve the database’s search functionality. Where needed, the scanned files have been retouched to ensure a fully text searchable database.

    • Product Code: DA-RSA
    • Year First Published: 1863
    • Archive: 1863–1917
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
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    Supplementary Materials

    Russkii arkhiv: predmetnaiia rospis

    (Русскiй Архивъ: предметная роспись, Russkii arkhiv: a list of articles by subject) This publication contains lists of the articles published in Russkii arkhiv in 1863–1882 (twenty years), 1863–1892 (thirty years), 1863–1908 (inclusive), along with subject and alphabetical references. Starting in 1907 parts of the rospis started to accompany Russkii arkhiv itself and in 1908 the complete rospis was printed as a separate publication.

    Predmetnyi i alfavitnyi katalog kollektsii knig Chertkovskoi biblioteki v triokh chastiakh, izdannyi v vide prilozheniia k Russkomu arkhivu (1863–1868)

    (Каталогъ книг Чертковской библiотеки, The subject and alphabetical catalog of the collection of books of the Chertkov Library in three volumes, published as a supplement to Russkii arkhiv [1863–1868])

    Severnyie tsvety

    (Сѣверные цвѣты, Northern Flowers) A literary almanac published in St. Petersburg during 1824–1830 by the well-known Russian poet and journalist Anton Delvig. For the years 1825 and 1826 the almanac issues were reprinted as supplements to Russkii arkhiv (1881).

    Stikhotvoreniia Vasiliia Andreevicha Zhukovskago

    (Стихотворенiя Василія Андреевича Жуковскаго, Poems of Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky)

    Zapiski Filippa Filippovicha Vigelia

    (Записки Филипа Филиповича Вигеля, The memoirs of Fillip Philipp Philippovich Vigel) А Russkii arkhiv publication, Zapiski portrays an exhaustive gallery of the Russian people of the first half of the 19th century, placing them in a context of everyday life of the time.

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  • Russian Thick Journals

    Russian Thick Journals

    Tolstye zhurnaly (толстые журналы), literally meaning “thick journals” in Russian, are a unique form of literary and cultural periodicals that have played a significant role in Russian intellectual life since the 19th century. These journals typically contain:

    • New works of fiction (novels, short stories, poems)
    • Literary criticism and essays
    • Social and political commentary
    • Cultural analysis

    Unlike typical journals, tolstye zhurnaly are book-length publications, often running to several hundred pages per issue. In the Soviet Union and later in Russia, literary and artistic journals with a full volume of 192-256 pages received the informal name “thick journals.”

    Many libraries have physical copies of these journals taking up hundreds of feet of shelf space. Infoteka is digitizing several of these classics, helping to free up valuable library shelf space and giving researchers easier access to these treasures of Russian culture.

    Infoteka offers digital archives of ten key tolstye zhurnaly. These digital archives feature full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text. Read below for title information and contact us for information on availability, pricing and trial access.

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    Digital Archives of Russian Thick Journals

    Druzhba Narodov Digital Archive (1939–2025)

    Druzhba Narodov (Дружба народов, Friendship of the Peoples) first appeared in March 1939 as an almanac dedicated to bringing literature from the Soviet republics into a common Russian-language forum. From its earliest issues, the journal’s mission was to introduce readers in Moscow and Leningrad to prose and poetry written in Uzbek, Georgian, Armenian, and other languages of the USSR — always rendered into Russian to foster a sense of shared cultural space. Across decades, the journal published a wide range of major Soviet and post-Soviet authors and critics, including Viktor Astafiev, Vasyl Bykov, Rasul Gamzatov, Fazil Iskander, Bulat Okudzhava, Anatoly Rybakov, Alexander Tvardovsky, Vasily Shukshin, Lev Gumilev, Kornelii Chukovsky, Svetlana Alexievich, and many others.

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    Iunost’ Digital Archive (1955–2025)

    Iunost’ (Юность, Youth) is a literary magazine for family reading highlighting prose, poetry and journalistic writing. Very popular among Soviet intellectual elite, it appealed to a young readership, and contained an impressive poetry section. This publication also featured the significant, and occasionally controversial, works of Akhmatova, Akhmadulina, Okudzhava, Rozhdestvensky, Iskander, Aksyonov, Gladilin, and many others.

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    Molodaia Gvardiia Digital Archive (1922–2025)

    Molodaia Gvardiia (Молодая гвардия, Young  Guard) launched in Moscow in May 1922 under the Central Committee of the  Russian Communist Youth Union. From the start, its mission was both literary and ideological: alongside luminaries like Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Dmitry Furmanov, it published fiction, poetry, and art aimed at boosting literacy and reinforcing revolutionary values. Across every era—from the fervent post-Revolution years and Stalinist pressures through Khrushchev’s Thaw, Brezhnev’s stagnation, perestroika, and into today’s Russian Federation—Molodaia Gvardia has stayed true to promoting Russian patriotism, Orthodox values, and respect for cultural traditions.

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    Moskva Digital Archive (1957–2025)

    Moskva (Москва, Moscow) has consistently published works by contemporary writers, including prose, poetry, journalism, and criticism. Moskva holds particular historical significance as the first publisher of Mikhail Bulgakov’s masterpiece “The Master and Margarita” and Nikolai Karamzin’s monumental work “History of the Russian State.” Its pages have featured outstanding works of Russian literature by authors such as Bunin, Sholokhov, and Yulian Semyonov, alongside acclaimed international writers including Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

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    Nash Sovremennik Digital Archive (1933–2025)

    Nash Sovremennik (Наш современник, Our Contemporary), a literary periodical of the Soviet and post-Soviet period, was founded in Moscow in 1956, having evolved from the literary journal Al’manakh (Альманах, Almanac), established by Maxim Gorky (pub. 1933–1955). Published under the auspices of the RSFSR Union of Writers, Nash Sovremennik was a pioneer in finding talent from the Russian glubinka and remote provinces, providing these writers with an important literary platform unavailable elsewhere. Since 1989, the journal has become an important literary and journalistic vehicle for Russian conservatives and traditionalists, attracting such political and literary figures as Gennadi Zyuganov, Nikolay Ryzhkov, Sergey Kara-Murza, Aleksandr Prokhanov, Zakhar Prilepin, and the controversial late Metropolital Ioann (Snychev).

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    Neva Digital Archive (1955–2025)

    Neva (Нева, Neva), throughout its history, has remained faithful to the traditions of Petersburg literary journalism. In every issue users will find a balanced mix of contemporary prose and poetry—alongside tightly documented essays and reviews. Neva’s pages have featured works by such luminaries as Mikhail Zoshchenko, Mikhail Sholokhov, Viktor Kaverin, Lydia Chukovskaya, Lev Gumilev, Dmitry Likhachev, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Dmitry Granin and Viktor Dudintsev, among others. 

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    Oktiabr’ Digital Archive (1924–2018)

    Oktiabr’ (Октябрь, October) served as a crucial platform for both established and emerging voices in Russian literature. Throughout its history, the journal published works by literary giants such as Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Andrei Platonov, alongside international authors including Lion Feuchtwanger, Romain Rolland, and Theodore Dreiser. The archive captures the journal’s evolution from its early years through the Soviet period and into post-Soviet Russia, reflecting the dramatic changes in Russian society and intellectual thought.

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    Znamia Digital Archive (1931–2025)

    Znamia (Знамя, Banner) spans over nine decades and serves as a treasure trove of intellectual and artistic contributions. Originally launched in January 1931 under the name LOKAF (Локаф), an acronym for the Literary Association of the Red Army and Navy, the journal was officially rebranded as Znamia in 1933. Throughout its history, Znamia has been a pivotal venue for showcasing the works of preeminent authors such as Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Tvardovsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Konstantin Paustovsky, Yuri Kazakov, and Yuri Trifonov.

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    Zvezda Digital Archive (1924–2025)

    Zvezda (Звезда, The Star) has been a key resource of Russian intellectual and literary circles for a century. The journal’s longevity and resilience through tumultuous periods of Soviet history, including the Siege of Leningrad and Stalinist repression, make it an essential resource for understanding the complexities of Russian cultural development over the past century.

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    Novyi Mir Digital Archive (1925–2025)

    Novyi Mir (Новый мир, New World) is a Russian literary magazine that won international fame in the 1960s, when it published Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. It became a watershed moment that signaled a brief liberal turn during Khrushchev’s Thaw.  In the late 1980s, as glasnost took hold, Novyi Mir became the first Soviet journal to run previously banned masterpieces—Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, Platonov’s Kotlovan, Orwell’s 1984, and  Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago—sending its circulation soaring to over 2.6 million copies for the January 1990 issue.

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