
Leading Russian journal in the fields of literature, linguistics, and philology.
Izvestiia Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk (RAN). Seriia Literatury i Iazyka (Известия Российской Академии наук. Серия литературы и языка, The Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series: Literature and Language) is a highly respected academic journal that has been published by the Soviet/Russian Academy of Sciences since 1940. The journal’s focus is on research in the fields of literature, linguistics, and philology. It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious academic publications in Russia.
The scope of the journal includes a broad range of topics related to Russian literature and language. Published six times a year, the journal features original research articles, reviews, and critical essays on literary theory, history of literature, comparative literature, linguistics, and cultural studies.
Authors for the journal include esteemed scholars, experts, and university professors from Russia and abroad, while its distinguished editorial board ensures the quality of the published research. The journal’s interdisciplinary approach allows for a wide range of perspectives on the study of Russian literature from its earliest beginnings to contemporary works, and its coverage of linguistics includes a range of approaches, from syntax and semantics to sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.
The Izvestiia RAN. Seriia Literatury i Iazyka Digital Archive includes all issues published from 1940 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, features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

- Product Code: DA-IZLIT
- Year First Published: 1940
- Archive: 1940–2025
- Language: Russian
- Country: Russia
- City: Moscow
- Frequency: Bi-monthly (6 issues per year)
- Format: PDF, article-based
- Producer: Infoteka
