Slavic and Eastern European Studies
Typology of Russian post 1989 journals.
Wojciech Zalewski
On June 12, 1990, the law "O pechati i drugikh sredstvakh
massovoi informatsii" abolished censorship and the state's
exclusive rights to publish. This opened a new era for all media
in Russia including journalism. The intention of this paper is
to trace some of the new developments and put them in general
perspective. It is not my intention to indicate which journals
survived, discuss pricing strategies, sources of financing, ideological
profiles, editors moving from one journal to another and their
ideological flexibility, address the question of publishers versus
editors and marketing strategies. I will also dispense with the
discussion of statistical series, children's journals, sports,
tourism, science fiction, sensational and entertainment (razvlekatel'nye)
journals. Not much needs to be said about journals in science
and technology and publishing sponsored by academic institutions
since their profiles remain more or less the same as prior to
1990 despite the fact that titles, editorial bodies and ideological
directions may have changed. One has to be aware, however, of
newly formed schools of higher learning which are issuing new
series.
Sources for typology
are those dealing with theoretical aspects and those which can
be derived from official, professional and commercial sources.
Theory
The theoretical principles are important because they set standards
for bibliographic registration, statistics, marketing, market
analysis and for library budgeting and consequently for research
and collection development. One can find these principles in Tipologiia
izdanii (Moskva, Knizhnaia Palata, 1990). The book defines
a journal and delineates its categories primarily by its content
(1). A newer, not published work, Sistematizatsiia serial'nykh
izdanii dlia gosudarstvennoi registratsii v Rossiiskoi knizhnoi
Palate. Metodicheskoe posobie, was signed in December 1994
. Very likely Knizhnaia Palata will apply the latter soon.
According to Sistematizatsiia:
A journal is a publication issued in a form of leaves fixed together,
having a standard format, bound or soft cover, all correponding
to the editorial specificity of a given periodical publication.
Periodical publications are journals, periodical collections (sborniki)
and periodical bulletins (biulleteni).
The document elaborates on features of a journal which are:
some type of binding, consistent format during at least one year
of publication, a standard title with a subtitle containing the
word "zhurnal", periodicity from weekly to twice a year,
and a braod range of issues other than current news and its commentaries.
It indicates the need for approval by the Ministry of Justice
and states that the former classification of journals from the
ideological point of view, such as party, trade, komsomol, etc.,
no longer exists.
The categories of journals from the point of view of content (tselovoe
naznachenie) are:
socio-political (obshchestvenno-politicheskie)
academic (nauchnye)
popular science (nauchno-populiarnye)
professional (proizvodstvenno-prakticheskie)
popular (populiarnye)
literary and artistic (literaturno-khudozhestvennye)
reporting/surveing (referativnye).
The categories from the point of view of addressees are:
journals for special categories of readers (e.g., the blind),
for foreigners, youth, children, women.
Journals are sponsored by :
goverment (president's office, ministeries, committees, departments)
political religious and charitable organizations
societies
academic institutions
social and stock organizations,
international organization and Russian embassies
private persons
(Publishing organization has to be indicated in the journal).
Knizhnaia Palata document identifies also sborniki (collections)
and bulleteni (bulletins).
Sbornik (trudy, uchenye zapiski) is usually sponsored by
a specialized publisher, irregular, under a continuing title,
sometimes with a special subtitle.
Biulletin (according to Tipologiia) is a publication
issued by the government or an organization publishing official
or internal materials. (Some, especially older journals, use the
title biulletin). Biulletins may be published regularly or irregularly.They
are:
official: laws, regulations, decrees
reference: data sources
advertising
informational, e.g., bibliographical (Knizhnaia letopis'), economic
developments, laws under discussion
bulletin-chronology
bulletin-tables, e.g., economic data, statistics.
The new document does not name al'manachs, calendars and yearbooks
(yearbooks are still in 1994 statistics, see below).
Official sources - statistics
An official source is Knizhnaia Palata's Pechat' rossiiskoi
federatsii v 1994 g. Statisticheskii sbornik (M. 1995, p.
81ff) which in addition to statistics has standard categories
in which the statistics are presented.
For 1994 "Pechat'" lists for the Russian Federation:
2307 "periodicheskikh i prodolzhaiushchikhsia izdanii
(bez gazet)" (this compares with 1990: 3681 and 1980: 3960)
of which (in 1994):
Zhurnaly 1454,
Sborniki 44,
Biulleteni 809.
Only zhurnaly in Russian 1326.
It is interesting to compare 1993 and 1994 (latest dates available)
The summary comparison indicates
an increase in the number of journal titles form 1,385 in 1993
to 1,454 in 1994 and issues from 8,779 to 8,977 published, the
journals reduced their number of copies published by over 100,5000
and printers sheets by nearly 700,000. The data, however, is not
sufficient to speculate whether this reflects consumer interest,
publisher's and/or economic potential.
When judging the academic and cultural impact of these fluctuations
the entire publishing context must be taken into consideration.
Analysis is need for the decrease in academic monthlies and simultaneous
growth of new titles and titles published with lesser frequency.
In the academic realm the increase in number of journals is paralleled
by a decrease of academic monographs. (This may be a relevant
consideration when mechanical cancellations of journals by administrative,
rather than academic principles, is asked for.)
Another official source is Letopis' periodicheskikh i prodolazhaiushchkhsia
izdanii. Novye, pereimenovannye i prekrashchennye izdaniem zhurnaly
i gazety. For 1991 (publ. 1993) it lists 681 new and changed
titles from the entire territory of the former Soviet Union -
in 1992 (publ. in 1993) 454 journals, in 1993 - 369, and in 1994
- 342. Most of the title changes occurred in 1991 and 1992 while
beginning with 1993 the majority of titles listed in the Letopis'were
new. Also, beginning with 1993 the focus is on the Russian territories.
Professional sources
E.V. Mosunova et al., still on the basis of materials received
by Knizhnaia Palata for the years 1991-1992 ("Novye nazvaniia
zhurnalov", Bibliografiia 2, 1993:50), lists 81 changed
titles and for 1992-1993 ("Novye rossiiskie zhurnaly",
Bibliografiia 6, 1993:19-35) lists 350 new journals.
The authors exclude journals which expired during this time.
Furthermore, information about new journals, including some categorization,
can be found in the journals themselves. Literary journals were
discussed in De Visu and Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie.
Discussion of content and selected features of several journals
can also be found in "Literatura i literaturnaia kritika
v zhurnal'noi periodike. Zhurnaly sovremennoi Rossii" in
Sotsial'nye i gumanitarnye nauki. Otechestvennaia literatura.
referativnyi zhurnal. seriia 7. Literaturovedenie,
(INION, 4, 1995:3-87); and "Zhurnaly "novoi volny""
in Nesovremennye zapiski (1,1995:230-239). All this is
quite fragmentary.
Commercial sources
Russia does not have an annual comprehensive listing of serials.
From the bibliographic point of view the best is offered commercially
by Soiuzpechat': Rossiiskaia pressa. Annotirovannyi
katalog rossiiskikh periodicheskikh izdanii published annually
since 1995. For 1997 it lists and professionally annotates about
2,500 newspapers, journals and bulletins. Its semiannual updates
is Pressa. Katalog for 1996 Katalog '96; gazety, zhurnaly,
knigi, uchebniki and since 1997 Pressa - Kniga. Soiuzpechat'
seems to be oriented primarily toward the domestic market. Similarly
domestic markets are served by Federal'naia sluzhba pochtovoi
sviazi Rossiiskoi Federatsii which publishes semiannually
Ob"edinennyi katalog, rossiiskie i zarubezhnye gazety,
zhurnaly, knigi, uchebniki sponsored by several publishing
houses. In 1996 it also listed audiovisual materials. Export oriented
Rospechat' publishes the semiannual listing Gazety,
zhurnaly. katalog (1994-, about 1700 titles in 1997) and shorter
a version of it (ca 600 titles) Russian Newspapers and Magazines.
Mezhdunarodnaia Kniga has an annual catalog and a journal
Periodika. Novosti, analiz, reklama, 1993- (suspended with
issue 6,1996). Enterprise Andrigal Ltd. published Russian
Periodicals. Bibliography (1996, 2251 annotated titles, including
over 300 new titles established in 1994-1996). It is important
to remember that the semiannual publications do not repeat all
titles from issue to issue and they not always have reliable data.
Western dealers publish their subscription catalogs and
East View, Minnesota and Kubon & Sagner, Munich, have lists
of journals on their home pages. Kamkin is in the process of creating
its home page. On line services also has Cyrillica in Moscow.
Summary of features of post-Soviet journalism
Freedom of the press and the new economic situation resulted in
new editorial policies, shifts in personnel, commercialization,
privatization, competition and a search for new audiences thus
in consumer orientation and Westernization. At the same time the
concentration of topics has shifted to Russian roots and regionalization.
Support by foreign capital has its impact on the format and content
of journals.
The most noted features of the post-Soviet journalism are:
1. Older major journals, academic as well as general interest
have survived, many have changed titles and editorial policies.
Most titles changed in 1992/93.
2. renewal of old, pre-revolutionary titles;
3. revival of regional journalism;
4. publication of personal journals ("MiG" (My i
gorod), Pastor Shlag, Iskusstvo i obrazovanie);
5. appearance of glossy magazines (from about 1993, some through
foreign licenses, mostly printed abroad);
6. new topics have gained prominence, e.g., religion, publication
of archival materials and extensive bibliographies of previously
banned topics;
7. proliferation of journals for new audiences: feminists, family,
professional groups, especially extensive in business and economy;
8. publication of demographic, economic, opinion poll, social
data, and new statistical series;
9. journals with official coverage of government activities;
10. joint Russian-Western ventures, and foreign ownership and/or
sponsorship;
11. proliferation of subculture journals and entertainment journals
(razvlekatel'nye);
12. numerous new initiatives in the humanities with many failures
after an interesting beginning.
Today's Russia gives the impression of publishing chaos. The industry
was shocked by: commercialism; the large number of new journals;
short lived journals; journal/almanachs; journals difficult to
categorize or register due to an experimentation with form and
content which is often unconventional; new possibilities and challenges,
including graphomania, sub-culture, a return to tradition and
a departure from it. This disturbs the entire bibliographic and
marketing process but it is lively and fascinating. And yet, the
main informational stream, flowing from academic through popular
to special interest and general journals, is quite solid. There
is state support, Fond Kul'tury support, Soros support, foreign
and domestic business support, advertising, subscriptions and
sales. It seems, that any solid writing can find its way into
print as well as into the informational or bibliographic flow.
The constant growth of number of journals inspires optimism.
Examples of types of journals
The following selection of titles is representative of the dynamism
of Russian journals published after 1989. Consequently, excluded
are journals which survived from the Soviet era despite the fact
that many, e.g., Ogonek (1899-) and Literaturnaia gazeta
(rather a journal than a newspaper), became independent from their
previous sponsors, the TsK Party and the Soiuz Pisatelei respectively,
both in in 1990, practically becoming new journals. The examples,
organized by broad areas and subdivided chronologically, indicate
the developmental stages of new journals as well as their range
from academic to popular. The selection tends to focus on the
most important or charcteristic journals and hopefully may provide
a tool for analysis of a variety of intellectual and cultural
factors experienced by Russia during the 1990s. Journals obviously
provide a key to them.
Regional journals
There is an explosion of new regional journals most of
which cover broad areas of history, including publications from
local archives, literature, culture, religion and art. They are
somewhat of the encyclopedic character of pre-revolutionary thick
journals (tolstye zhurnaly) but are now exploring grounds forbidden
during the Soviet era. They carry subtitles such as istoriko-literaturnyi,
literaturno-khudozhestvennyi, kraevedcheskii and the like. Quite
frequently these are irregular publications.
The majority of older cultural journals are surviving but
have become more locally oriented. Examples: Volga (Saratov),
Don (Rostov), Pod'em (Voronezh), Sibirskie ogni
(Novosibirsk, 1922-), Baikal (Irkutsk), Ural' (literary)
and Ural'skii sledopyt (kraevedcheskii) (both Ekaterineburg),
Sibirskie afiny (Tomsk), Zemlia sibirskaia, dal'nevostochnaia
(Omsk, 1956-, like Ogonek).
Similarly, serials of older universities are functioning. New
institutions introduce their own information and research
vehicles, e.g., strictly academic
Vestnik Riazan'skogo pedagogicheskogo instituta, (1994-
)
Vestnik Pskovskogo vol'nogo universiteta (1994-)
Vestnik Mordovskogo Universiteta (Saransk, 1990-)
Filologia. Philologica (Krasnodar, Kubanski universitet,
1993)
Nesovremennye zapiski. Protsess-zhurnal ural'skogo regiona
(Perm, Universitet, 1995).
Svoi golos. Novyi sibirskii al'manakh: filosofiia, istoriia,
kul'tura (Irkutsk, 1991-),
Zapad Rossii, (Kaliningrad, 1992-);
Dialog. Karnaval. Khronotop. Zhurnal nauchnykh razyskanii o
biografii, teoreticheskom nasledii i epokhe M.M. Bakhtina
(Vitebsk. Pedagogicheskii institut, 1992-)
Karta. Nezavisimyi istoricheskii zhurnal (Riazan', 1993-);
There are also academic publishers such as Sibirskii khronograf
with its Iazyk v okeane iazykov (1993-) and "Gruppa
Ksi" which in 1996 initiated Diskurs, Kommunikatsiia,
obrazovanie, kultura (irregular) both in Novosibirsk.
The Church developed a full range of journals. The most
important are revived from pre-1917 Eparkhial'nye vedomosti
official publications by eparchies (e.g., Penzenskie eparkhial'nye
vedomosti 1990-; Saratovskie..., 1991-; Iarosl'avskie...,
1991-; Kurskie..., 1991-; Saranskie..., 1992-; Smolenskie...,
1993-; Viatskii eparkhial'nyi vestnik. Kirov, "Viatka",
1992-). Academic journals are published by prestigious schools
such as that in Serge-Posad, e.g., Bogoslovskii vestnik
(1993-) which revived the journal closed in 1918. There is, of
course, a host of popular and devotional journals as well.
Entire provinces
Russkaia provintsiia. Nizhnyi Novgorod, 1991-
Regionologiia. Nauchno-publitsisticheskii zhurnal. Saransk,
1992-
Rubezh. Tikhookeanskii al'manakh. Vladivostok, 1927-1945
revived in 1992-
Rossiia i ATR. Russia and the Pacific. Vladivostok, 1992-
Popular
Baklosh. Pervoural'sk, 1990- since No. 2 in 1991 title
changed to Pastor Shlag
Provintsial. Nezavesimoe izdanie. Tikhvin, 1991-
Samarskii kraeved. Samara 1991-
MiG (My i gorod). Taganrog, Editors and publishers Lev
and Elena Mirzoian, 1992-
Orientatsiia. Izdanie Russkikh Traditsionalistov. Novosibirsk,
1993-
Rodina Lomonosova. Arkhangel'sk, 1995-
Viatka, moskovsko-viatskii lit.-khud., kraevedcheskii zhurnal.
Viatka, 1996-
Literary
Irtysh. Al'manakh omskoi pisatel'skoi org. (Omsk, 1990);
Rus' (Rostov Velikii, 1991); Vladimir' (Vladimir,
1995, with contributions of prominent writers: Nikitin, Shulgin,
Ivan Simonov, V. Soloukhin); Vestnik Suzdal'-Kluba (Vladimir,
1995?-), Tobol (Kurgan, 1993-), Proza Sibiri (Novosibirsk,
1994-); Gostinyi dvor. Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi i obshchestvenno-politicheskii
al'manakh (Kaluga, 1995-).
History
Iarosl'avl'skaia starina (Iaroslavl', 1992-) and here also
devoted to a small city Myshkin Myshkinskie stranitsy;;
Tverskaia starina (Tver, 1992-); Polotskii letopisets
(Polotsk, 1992-); Kuznetskaia starina (Novokuznetsk, 1993-);
Rossiiski istoricheskii zhurnal (Balashov, Saratovskaia
oblast', 1993-); Pole kulikovo. Literaturno-obshchestvennyi
zhurnal. (Novomoskovsk, 1994-); in Vologda there appeared
a solid documentary journal Vologda, istoriko-kraevedcheskii
al'manakh' (1994-) and popular Russkaia Amerika (1994-);
Zemstvo. Arkhiv provintsial'noi istorii Rossii. Krasnodar.
Penza. Samara. Saratov (Penza. Individual'noe chastnoe predpriiatie
V.I. Manuilova, 1994- ); Kraevedcheskii biulleten'. Problemy
istorii Sakhalina, Kuril i sopredel'nykh territorii (Sakhalin,
1995); Arkhivy Urala (Ekaterinburg 1,1995-, similar to
Vstrechi s proshlom (or Proshloe) published by TsGALI).
Others
Probuzhdenie. Khristaianskii zhurnal dlia vsekh. Rostov-na-Donu,
1990-
Iuridicheskie dialogi. Krasnoiarsk,1991-
Zhivaia starina. Nal'chik, 1991-
Russkaia mysl'. Mytishchi, Russkoe Fizicheskoe ob-vo "Obshchestvennaia
pol'za", 1991-
Sochel'nik. Saratov, 1992; religious leaning
Turuk (monitoring). Politologiia, sotsiologiia, kul'turologii.
Iakutsk, 1994?
Olimp. Vestnik sovremennogo iskusstva. Samara, 1995-?
Kupidon. Zhurnal dlia muzhchin. Samara, Kupidon, 199 ?-
pornography (newspaper, color photos)
Anant-garde
Dirizhabl'. Nizhnyi Novgorod, 1991-
La bi rint (labirint) literaturo-khudozhestvennyi zhurnal.
Ekaterineburg, 1991- both representing literary structuralism,
devoted to Bakhtin
Dialog. Karnaval. Khrontop. Vitebsk, Pedinstitut 1992-
Joint Russian-foreign sponsorship
Academic
Glas. Daidzhest novoi russkoi literatury, M., Izvestiia,
1991- Russian and American editors
Novaia Evropa. La nuova Europa. Mezhdunarodnoe obozrenie kul'tury
i religii. Edited by R. Scalfi, published in Moscow in Russian,
1992-
Russian Economic Trends. M., Russian Government's Working
Centre for Economic Reform and the Russian European Centre for
Economic Policy, financed by the European Union's TACIS Programme
and published in London by Whurr Publishers Ltd, 1992-
Russkii tekst. Rossiisko-amerikanskii zhurnal po russkoi filologii
, Lawrence, St. Petersburg, Durham, 1993- sponsored by the Gertsen
Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg and University of Kansas.
Istoricheskaia genealogiia, Ekaterinburg-Paris, 1993-
Vremia i my. Rossiisko-amerikanskii literaturnyi zhurnal.
M., Progress, New York, Vremia i my, 1994-
Almanac Thesis. Teoriia i istoriia ekonomicheskikh i
sotsial'nykh institutov i sistem. M, 1994-
Philologica, Moscow-London, 1994-bilingual
Oko. Khronika. l'Oeil. Chronique.Spb, "Museum",
Russkii institut v Parizhe, 1994-
Moskovskii lingvisticheskii zhurnal, 1995- RGGU and many
foreign contributors
Novye znaniia. Obrazovatel'nyi zhurnal dlia vzroslykh,
Society "Znanie" and Institue of International cooperation
of the German association of national universities, 1996-
Politekonom. Rossiisko-germanskii zhurnal po ekonomicheskoi
teorii i praktike. Moscow, 1996-, quarterly, dual editorship,
sponsored by Volksvagen Foundation
General interest (usually expensive)
Natali. Spb, Natali, 1990- (Russian-French journal)
Cosmopolitan. M., Hearst Publishing, 1994- for women;
Sreda. Russko-evropeiskoe zhurnalistskoe obozrenie. M.,
Evropeiskii institut sredstv masovoi informatsii, 1995-?
Penthouse, (probably a dying journal)
Playboy. M., Huffner,1995- with original Russian contributions,
printed in Holland;
Novoe pokolenie/New Generation. London, St. Petersburg,
Toronto, Goodwill Communication Group, 1995- music, art, fashion.
Novyi dzhentel'man. Zhurnal dlia muzhchin. London, St.
Petersburg, Toronto, Goodwill Communication Group, 1995- General
interest but focusing on business;
Itogi. Ezhenedel'nyi zhurnal vmeste s Newsweek. Moscow,
Itogi, March 6, 1996-;
Ty .M. (has a note: "etot nomer zhurnala izdan pri
finansovoi uchastii norvezhskogo zhurnala dlia gomoseksualistov
i lesbiianok "Blik" i evropeiskogo Soveta SIID (Oslo,
Blikk)).
Former emigre journals
totally transferred to Russia
Kontinent and Possev
published abroad and in Russia
Veche (Munich, Moscow) and Russkoe vozrozhdenie
published in New York with the imprint New York, Moscow, Paris.
Central journals (Moscow, St. Petersburg)
(Organized by subject, subdivided chronologically)
Each discipline should be discussed individually. The listings
below try to illustrate some common for all features. In almost
all disciplines there are journals published by the main governmental,
academic or societal bodies producing official, documentary and/or
program publications, interpretative journals for specialists
and popular journals (political parties produce newspapers rather
than journals). Beyond that sphere there are publishing enterprises
by more or less established groups or even individuals promoting
their own ideas, offering forum to those who cannot contribute
to the main publishing stream, or have profit orientation. Although
these comments seem to be self-evident, they represent the crucial
criteria for scholarly collecting, citation, bibliographic registration
and overall functioning of ideas in the society.
Book studies (Knigovedenie)
As traditional support by the government subsided, the major academic
journal Kniga. Issledovaniia i materialy faced an uncertain
future and was suspended for a time. It was rescued by the giant
private publishing house Terra and now appears regularly. More
specialized Kniga i iskusstvo (last? 1990) and Al'manakh
bibliofila (M., Kniga, 1973-) collapsed. While Kniga
experienced its problems, there appeared new academic, with popular
appeal journal Knizhnoe delo. Ezhemesiachnyi professional'nyi
zhurnal (M., Progress, 1992-), a monthly which addressed all
theoretical and practical aspects related to knigovedenie. High
intellectual standards and seriousness made this journal a key
resource in the field. There was also one annual issue of this
journal. The field does not suffer from a lack of professional
journals among which the survivors are: Zhurnalist (1920-),
Poligrafiia (1924-), Biblioteka ( 1923-), Bibliografiia
(1929-), and newcomers Poligrafist i izdatel', Print
Publishing, Knigoliub (1993-). We should not forget
the variety of continuing bibliographic and reference services
provided by Knizhnaia Palata, Institut Nauchnoi Informatii po
Obshchestvennym Naukam (including its reformatted editorially
Refereativnye zhurnaly), the Russian State Library, Russian National
Library (which publishes mainly sborniki), provinical libraries
bibliographic series and the like.
As the professional is well provided for by the above mentioned
journals, the popular scene faces quite fierce competition. The
most widely read, independent, newspaper format, Knizhnoe obozrenie
regained its financial stability after several appeals for help.
Komitet Rossiiskoi Federatsii po pechati sponsors it but is rather
displeased with its independence (Chitaiushchaia Rossiia 1995/1996.
M. Soiuzpechat, 1996:50). Published in its traditional tabloid
format it maintains a leading informational role in reporting
new publications in all fields focusing on academic and value
literature. It also brings interviews with officials, publishers,
writers and surveys of publications in the humanities. Thus, it
has broad appeal.
A competitor, Novoe knizhnoe obozrenie, sponsored by the
leading publishing house of popular literature, Dorfa, entered
this arena in 1995. (Unlike KO, NOK gained favorable support and
promotion from Ivan Laptev chair of the Roskompechat', see Chitaiushchaia
Rossiia, op. cit). Despite its attractive poligraphic standards
and often imaginative covers, it remains quite eclectic and superficial,
like its sponsor Dorfa. Stronger commercially oriented and sponsored
by Al'vis Incorporated, a marketing center and publisher of a
large directory of publishers, Izdatel'stva Rossii (1995),
and directory of book stores (Knizhnaia torgovlia Rossii,1996),
is Knizhnyi biznes, zhurnal dlia profesionalistov. Since
its beginning in 1993 the journal changed both its editors three
times and format from newspaper to journal (in Oct. 1994). It
deals mainly with popular literature and provides market analysis.
Its first issue states that it treats books as a merchandise (tovar).
In 1995 it listed about 12,000 titles. Al'vis is associated also
with Knigotorgovyi biulleten' (1981), a newspaper, an advertising
tool focusing on business literature, popular literature and market
data including price analysis. Al'vis data in both journals is
based on the book market at the Olympic Stadion in Moscow.
The latest newcomer is Knigi Rossii. Knigotorgovyi al'manakh.
(Moscow, O,1995- publisher and editor A. Pilipenko). I saw only
issue "0", which was quite well published. Similarly,
I am familiar with only one issue of Knizhnyi portfel'
(M., Akademik tsentr, 1995).
The former Soviet enterprizes in their bid for survival launched
their own information vehicles. Mezhdunarodnaia Kniga, in addition
to its annual subscription catalogs and the lingering Novye
knigi, published Periodika. Novosti, analiz, reklama
(began in 1993 suspended with 6,1996). Soiuzpechat', the main
former Soviet domestic subscription agency, launched first Chitaiushchaia
Rossiia (1993-, in 1995 only one issue for February and in
1996 two issues were published) and Vitrina. Chitaiushchaia
Rossiia (1995-) a monthly journal. It overviews activities
in all book related issues, provides reviews of major works and
may serve as a selection tool. Vitrina fills the gap between
the professional Knizhnoe delo and the more popular Knizhnoe
obozrenie and is gaining readerships. An annual survey of
key articles from Vitrina as well as other features brought
an annual (probably) Chitaiushchaia Rossia. 1995 retrospektiva,
vzgliad iz 1996 (M., Soiuzpechat', 1996).
Finally, one can mention major competing informational bulletins.
Sponsored by Knizhnaia Palata's Knigi v nalichii i pechati
(1996), offered on CD ROM and in print, is a bibliographic-commercial
hybrid, the preparation of which in the opinion of Iurii Maisuradze
costs about $469,000 (Chitaiushchaia Rossiia, 1995 retrospektiva...,
op. cit. p. 26). It fails in its mission due to a lack of an efficient
book trade in Russia. Its competitor, well published, expensive
Katalog agentstva "Artos". Knigi, proposing to
publish an issue every three weeks, lists mostly business oriented
publications with one year delay, and promises to supply them.
As such, it might be a failure. Similarly, expensive ($200) is
the list of periodicals produced by Andrigal. (See also catalogs
of Soiuzpechat', Rosspechat' and Mezhdunarodnaia Kniga.) We must
remember that these sources, although advertised abroad, are primarily
for domestic use and may or may not be suitable for foreign customers.
Russian Academy of Sciences
Chelovek, (M., 1990-) deals will all subjects on an academic
level,
Rossiia i sovremennyi mir. Problemy, mneniia, diskussii, sobytiia
(INION, 1993-);
Rossiia i musul'manskii mir. Biulleten'. (INION, 1993-);
Raznogolositsa: Russian political parties. News reviews
(INION, 1993- covers about 70 newspapers and magazines published
in Moscow);
Eon. Al'manakh staroi i novoi kul'tury (INION, 1994-);
Russistika segodnia, (1994-) ;
Sotsiologicheskii zhurnal, (Institut sotsiologii, 1994-);
Pravoslavie i russkaia narodnaia kul'tura. Nauchnyi sbornik
M., Inst. antropologii i etnologii RAN, 1994-
Kunstkamera. Etnograficheskie tetradi (Spb, Muzei antropologii
i etnografii, 1993-) and its Kur'er petrovskoi kunstkamery
(1995-);
Note: INION's Refereativnye zhurnaly expanded their scope
to include survey articles. Its bibliographic series also changed
and new appeared, e.g. Politologiia. Ukazatel' literatury
(1991- annual).
Encyclopedic scope
Litsa. Biograficheskii al'manakh (M-Spb., Feniks, Atheneum,
1992-)
Humanities
Miera. (Sankt-Peterburg, Glagol, 1993-)
Russian studies (RS) Etudes russes. Ezhekvartal'nik russkoi
filologii i kul'tury (Sankt-Peterburg, "Pushkinskii fond",
1994-)
Vestnik rossiiskogo gumanitarnogo nauchnogo fonda (M.,"Rossiiskaia
politicheskaia entsiklopediia", 1995-)
Government publications
Konstitutsionnyi vestnik. M., Konstitutsionnaia komissiia
RSFSR, 1990-
Konstitutsionnoe soveshchanie. Informatsionnyi biulleten'.
M., Iuridicheskaia literatura, 1993-
Vestnik Konstitutsionnogo suda Rossiiskoi Federatsii. M.,
Konstitutsionnyi Sud, 1993-
Sbornik federal'nykh konstitutsionnykh zakonov i federal'nykh
zakonov. M., Izdanie Gosudarstvennoi Dumy, 1995.
Dnevnik zasedanii Gosudarstvennoi Dumy;
Biulleten' mezhdunarodnykh dogovorov. M., Administratsiia,
1993-
Vedomosti Federal'nogo Sobraniia Rossiiskoi Federatsii.
M., 1993-
Izdanie presidenta Rossiiskoi Federatsii. M., 1993-
Prezidentskii kontrol'. M., 1994- (official documents,
articles interpretative and academic, letters of citiziens, history,
abstracts of articles from press)
Sobranie zakonodatel'stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. Ofitsial'noe
izdanie. M., 1994- weekly
Vestnik Tsentral'noi izbiratel'noi komissii Rossiiskoi Federatsii.
M., Izvestiia, 1995-
Ministries
Diplomaticheskii ezhegodnik. M., Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniia,
1989-, now Vestnik and Ezhegodnik are published
Biuleten normativnykh aktov ministerstv i vedomostv Rossiiskoi
federatsii. M., Iuridicheskaia literatura, 1992-
Diplomaticheskii vestnik, M., Min. inostr. del, 1992- (previously
1982, continued by
Local governments publish, e.g.,
Vestnik Moskovskoi oblastnoi dumy
Vedomosti Moskovskoi Dumy, 1994-
Gubernskii informatsionnyi biulleten' (Samara)
Vestnik Merii Sankt Peterburga, 1992-
Central government publishes three journals (gosudarstvennye izdaniia)
for broad readership, all with good poligraphical standards:
Rossiiskaia federatsiia. M., Pravitel'stvo Rossiiskoi Federatsii,
1993- (previously Narodnyi deputat. M., Izvestiia, 1990-
and before that Sovety Narodnykh deputatov)
Rossiia. Illustrirovannyi zhurnal: Dec, 1995- General interest
semi-academic journal addressing various aspects of life in today's
Russia: (1st issue cover has Savior's Church);
Rodina, popularnyi istoricheskii zhurnal', 1989- popular.
There are also newspapers such as the Rossiiskaia gazeta
(1990-)
Political
Academic journals:
Sotsial'no-politicheskii zhurnal. M., Komitet RF po vysshemu
obrazovaniiu,1973-
Dialog. M., Pressa, 1990-
Polis. Politicheskie issledovaniia. M., Polis, (Progress?)1991-
(Founded by the Institute of Comparative politology and Workers
movement issues of RAN, Gorbachev Foundation and others, Important
analysis, currnet events, reviews)
Alternativy. Alternatives. Mezhdunarod. obshchestvenno-politicheskii
i analiticheskii zhurnal, M., 1991-
Etnopolis. Etnopoliticheskii vestnik Rossii. Informatsionno-analiticheskii
biulleten' soveta Rossiiskoi Federatsii i Instituta etnologii
i antropologii RAN, M., 1992-
Vlast'. Obshchenatsional'nyi politicheskii zhurnal'. M.,
Fond "Evraziiskie tsivilisatsii XXv. M., 1993-
Rossiia XXI. Obshchestvenno-politicheskii i nauchnyi zhurnal.
M., Eksperimental'nyi tvorcheskii tsentr, 1993-
Forum. Mezhdunarodnyi zhurnal. M., 1993-
Vestnik Evrazii. Acta Eurasica. Nezavisimyi nauchnyi zhurnal.
M., 1995-
Single party journals (usually political parties publish newspapers):
Otkrytaia politika. Zhurnal rossiiskoi politicheskoi zhizni.
M., Evraziia, 1995-, under Gaidar's auspices;
Politicheskii kur'er partii "Demokraticheskii vybor Rossii".
M., Evraziia, 1995- (Gaidar)
Rubezhi. M., Vremia,1995- monthly under auspices of the
Demokraticheskaia al'ternativa.
Business and Economy
Under "Predprinimatel'stvo. Torgovlia Rynok and Ekonomika.
Finansy. Statistika" (without statistical series) in Rossiiskaia
pressa '96 I counted about 50 journals and about 40 newspapers
mostly founded after 1989 and this is still an incomplete source.
It omits academic publications in economics and most of the regional
publications. Rospechat' and Soiuzpechat' in their 1997 catalogs
list about 150 journals in these categories.
Ministry jointly with an academic institution
Rossiiskii ekonomicheskii zhurnal. M., Ministerstvo nauki
i tekhnicheskoi politiki RF, Gosudarstvennaia akademiia upravleniia,
1992- previously (from 1958) Ekonomicheskie nauki.
The academy of Sciences publishes probably the best journal in
economy
Almanac Thesis. Teoriia i istoriia ekonomicheskikh i sotsial'nykh
institutov i sistem. M, 1994- (with an international editorial
board including K. Arrow)
Review of the Russian Economy. M., RAN. Inst. Economy in
Transition, 1995- (best?)
Association
Ekonomicheskii vestnik, Vol'noe ekonomicheskoe ob-vo Rossii,
1993-
Journals containing economic data
Obozrenie finansovye rynki, analiticheskii monitoring, kompleksnyi
analiz, informatsiia dlia priniatiia reshenii. Outlook Financial
Markets. Analitical Monitoring, Expert Analysis, Information for
Decision-Makers
Obzor ekonomiki Rossii. M., Progress-Akademiia, 1992- (translations
from English works by the London School of Economics)
Ekonomicheskoe razvitie Rossii. Russian Economic Developments.
M., 1994- (in Russian and English, with statistics on diskette)
General economic journals
Ekonomicheskie i sotsial'nye peremeny: Monitoring obshchestvennogo
mneniia. Informatsionnyi biulleten' (M., Vserossiiskii tsentr
obshchestvennogo mneniia, 1988- opinion polls)
Kommersant. M., Dom "B", 1990-
Novye sviazi. Business contacts, M., 1992-
Business in Russia. Delovye liudi. M., 1995- (glossy)
Novaia delovaia kniga, M., 1996-? 2x a month by INFRA.
In newspaper formats: Delovoi mir (1989-), Delovaia
zhenshchina (1990-), Birzhevye vedomosti (1991-).
Laws guiding economy:
Zakonodatel'stvo i ekonomika. M., Rossiiskii torgovo-finansovyi
soiuz, and D.B. Gorokhov,1991- (professional, laws pertaining
to economy)
Ekonomiko-pravovyi biulleten'. M., Ekonomika i zhizn',
1992- (weekly, information about new laws, etc.)
Zakon. Zhurnal dlia delovykh liudei. M., 1992- Monthly
supplement to Izvestiia (Western polygraphic standards)
Kadry. Novye zakony i kommentarii. M., 1993- (for business
managers)
Law
Advokat. M., Mezhdunarodnyi soiuz advokatov, 1990-
Moskovskii zhurnal mezhdunarodnogo prava. M., 1991-
Pravo i zhizn'. Nezavesimyi nauchno-popularnyi zhurnal.
M., 1992? (popular for lawyers)
Iuridicheskaia literatura. M., 1993-
Pravozashchitnik. M., "Prava cheloveka",1994-
advocates human rights.
Rossiiskii advokat. M., Gil'dia rossiiskikh advokatov,
1995- (claiming to be first after 100 years) for lawyers and legal
scholars and the general population.
Military
Official
Voiskovoi vestnik. M., 1989- by Glavnoe upravlenie komanduiushchego
Vnutrenimi voiskami MDV Rossii. Sbornik uchebno-metodicheskii.
Prilozhenie k zhurnalu Vnutriennykh voisk
Situatsiia. M., 1990- Ministerstvo vnutriennykh voisk.
Prilozhenie k zhurnalu Vnutriennykh voisk;
Orientir. M., Ministerstvo oborony RF, 1994-
Armeiskii sbornik. M., Ministerstvo oborony RF, 1994-,
for military personnel
Associations
Vera i muzhestvo. M., Assotsiatsiia khristianskikh voennosluzhashchikh
"Vera i muzhestvo", 1992-
Sluzhba. M., Rossiisskoe ekonomicheskoe obshchestvo voennosluzhashchikh
zapasa, 1994-;
Spetsnaz. M., Tsentr zdorov'e naroda (Podgotovka elitnykh
voisk, oruzhe) 1995-; for sportsmen, military and students of
military schools.
Demography, etnography
Naselenie i obshchestvo. M., Tsentr demografii i ekologii
cheloveka, 1994- (Biulleten containing data on migration, alcoholism,
mortality, etc.)
Kunstkamera (see above)
Education
Alma Mater. M., Narodnoe obrazovanie, 1993- (previously
Vysshaia shkola)
Obrazovanie v dokumentakh. M., 1994-
Ecology
Zelenyi krest. Nezavisimyi sotsial'no-ekologicheskii zhurnal.
M., 1990-
History
Soviet academic and archival series are continuing often under
new titles, e.g. Istoriia SSSR now Otechestvennaia istoriia,
Sovetskie arkhivy now Otechestvennye arkhivy.
Title changes occurred mostly in 1992.
The most important development in history are series, both central
and regional (see above), focusing on publishing of new documentary
materials. New organizations emerged, for example, Arkhivno-informatsionnoe
agentstvo publishes journals Istoricheskii arkhiv, 1992-
and Arkhivno-informatsionnyi biulleten'. Arkheograficheskii
tsentr issues several series such as Russkii feodalnyi arkhiv
XIV - pervoi treti XVI veka, Arkhiv Russkoi istorii (1992-),
Rossiia i Khristianskii Vostok and took over publication of
Polnoe sobranie russkikh leopisei. The Government sponsors
Rodina which has a documentary supplement Istochnik,
1993-.
Continuing publications in the form of al'manacs focusing on publication
of archival materials:
Russkoe proshloe. Istoriko-dokumental'nyi al'manakh. Spb,
Svelen, 1991-;
Rossiiskii arkhiv. M., Studia Trit'e, 1991- an annual;
Neizvestnaia Rossiia XX vek. M., Istoricheskoe nasledie,
1992- sponsored by Moskovskie gorodskie ob"edinenie arkhivov;
Voennye arkhivy Rossii. M., 1993-;
General interest
Kentavr. Istoriko-politicheskii zhurnal. M., Feniks, [continued
by Pressa], 1991- (linked to the tradition of Voprosy istorii
KPSS);
Tseikhgauz. Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal. M., Militaria
Rossica, 1991-
Orel. Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal. Spb, Reabilitatsiia
invalidov, 1992- (popular)
Volia. Zhurnal uznikov totalitarnykh sistem. M., Vozvrashchenie,
1993-
Special interest
Gerboved. M., Vserossiskoe geral'dicheskoe ob-vo, Russkaia
geral'dicheskaia kollegia, 1992- (Title published already before
the revolution;
Letopis' istoriko rodoslovnogo obshchestva v Moskve. M.,
1(45)1992- (tradition of similar 1-44, 1904-1917)
Shpion. M., "Mistikos", 1993- devoted to spy
detection, publishes archival documents
The Arts
In arts there is a pattern regarding older and newer journals.
It is shown in each section below. Continuing are popular but
sponsored by professional associations and established during
the post-Stalin era such journals as Khudozhnik (1958-),
Teatral'naia zhizn' (1958-) and Muzykal'naia zhizn'
(1957-). Still later established was popular Kinostsenari.
Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi iliustrirovannyi zhurnal, (1973-)
now supported by Aeroflot and Natsional'nyi Reservnyi Bank. Professional
continuing journals are such as Muzykal'naia akademiia
(1992- former Sovetskaia muzyka, 1933-), Ekran
(1925- title changed (latest Sovetskii ekran) since 1992
published by Liumier and Kinotsentr), but Teatr (1930-)
ceased in 1994.
New journals
Mesto pechati. M., Vodolei [and] Obscuri viri, 1992- Poorly
published by interesting.
Khudozhnik Rossii. M. Soiuz khudozhnikov Rossii, 1993-
Khudozhestvennyi zhurnal. M., Izd-vo IMA-press, 1993-
Art Media. Khudozhestvennyi rynok. Moskva. Sankt-Petersburg.
Kiev: Spravochnik po galereiam i antikvarnym magazinam. M.,
Galereia "Art Media", 1994-.
Iskusstvo i obrazovanie. Nezavisimyi khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskii
zhurnal. M., Izd. N. A. Kushaeva, 1994-
Theatre
The key new professional journal is: Moskovskii nabliudatel',
1991-, Soiuz teatral'nykh deiatelei RF and Ministerstvo kul'tury
RF (same sponsor for Muzykal'naia zhizn'), which links
to a title published in the years 1835-1839. It fill the gap created
by the closure of Teatr.
Benefis. Al'manakh art-kluba chudakov. M., Informekspress,
1992-
Peterburgskii teatral'nyi zhurnal. Spb, Peterburgskii muzei
teatral'nogo..., 1993-
Katarsis. M., Shaliapin Tsentr, 1994- (Al'manakh materialy
problemnoi laboratorii)
Kukart. Spb., Kukart, 1992- (devoted to art of pupperty,
Avant-garde design)
Cinema
Kinovedcheskie zapiski. M., Nauchno-issledovatel'skii Institut
Kinoiskusstva, 1988-
Ekran i stsena. M., (independent), 1990- (newspaper format)
Seans. Spb, 1990-
Cine-Eye. Kino-Glaz. M., Sovexportfilm, USSR Association
of Independent Film-Making,1991-
Chital'nyi zal. Kritiko biograficheskii zhurnal o kino,
M., Eizensteinovskii tsentr issledovatelei kinokul'tury, 1995-
: film bibliography and review articles.
Music
Muzikal'noe obozrenie, 1989- (independent, newspaper format)
Muzykal'nyi olimp. M., 1990- is a monthly supplement to
Ekho Planety (popular)
Rok Fuzz. M., AOZT - "Radio - 1", M., 1991- (newspaper
format)
Soroka. Muzykal'naia gazeta. M., 1991- (Rock and new music.
Poor format).
Fine arts and architecture
Arkhitektura i stroitel'stvo Moskvy. M., 1991-?
Arkhitekturnyi vestnik, M., published by Moscow's group
of designers
DA. Russki zhurnal dlia dezainerov-grafikov. M., 1994-
fine publication
Kollektsioner, Ezhemesiachnoe obozrenie rynka khudozhestvennykh
tsennostei. M., 1995-
Proekt Rossiia. M., 1996- Billingual, international, Russian-English.
High poligraphic standards
Religion
Official by Partiarchats
Zhurnal Moskovskoi patriarkhii. M., Moskovskaia Patriarkhiia,
1943-
Moskovskii tserkovnyi vestnik. M., Moskovskaia Patriarkhiia,
1989-, Russian and English versions, information on life of Orthodox
Church
Pravoslavnaia Beseda . M., Moskovaskaia Patriarkhiia, 1990-
Danilovskii blagovestnik. M., Danilov Monastery, 1991-
Ofitsial'naia khronika. M., Moskovskaia Patriarkhiia, 1993-
Sankt-Peterburgskie eparkhial'nye vedomosti. Spb, 1990-
Moskovskie eparkhial'nye vedomosti. M., 1990-
Academic sponsored by societies associated with the Church:
Pravoslavnaia obshchina. M., Sviatoflaretskoi moskovskoi
vysshei pravoslavno-khrestianskoi shkoly, 1992-?
Pravoslavnaia beseda.Ezhemesiachnyi dukhovno-prosvetitel'skii
zhurnal. M., Khristianskaia literatura, 1992- (otdel relig.
obrazovaniia i katekhizatsii Moskovskogo Patriarkhata)
Voznesenie. M., Voznesenskii sobor, 1993- education in
religion, poetry, life of saints;
Mir biblii. Illiustrirovannoe periodicheskie izdanie rossiiskogo
bibleiskogo obshchestva. M., 1993- (Founded by A. Men')
Alfa i omega. Uchenye zapiski obshchestva dlia raspostraneniia
sviashchennogo Pisania v Rossii. M., 1994- cont. of same title
1986-1917
Stranitsy. Zhurnal Bibleisko-bogoslovskogo instituta sv. Apostola
Andreia. Bogoslovie. Kul'tura. Obrazovanie. M., Bibl.-bog.
inst. sv. ap. Andreia, 1996-
There are numerous new popular religious journals which can be
purchased in church's bookstores and stands.
Secular sponsorship
Academic
Mir staroobriadchestva. M., Khronograf, 1992- (Pozdeeva,
ed.);
Staroobriadchestvo. Tserkov. Staroobriadcheskii tserkovno-obshchestvennyi
zhurnal. M., Muzei i
istorii kul'tury staroobriadchestva, 1994-
Popular:
K svetu. M., 1992- pre-rev. tradition of family religious
reading.
Pravda i zhizn'. M., ed. Aleksandr Zorin student of A.
Men'.
Others
Vera i muzhestvo. Voenno khristianskii illiustrirovannyi zhurnal.
M., Assotsiatsiia khristianskikh voennosluzhashchikh "Vera
i muzhestvo", 1992- mixes military and religious issus.
Vestnik teosofii. M., 1992- continues tradition of similar,
1908-1918;
Garuda. Nezavisimyi i istoriko-filosofski buddologicheskii
zhurnal 1992- Spb., Alga,1993-
Volshebnaia gora. M., Piligrim, 1993 (religious philosophy,
some politics and literature)
Del'fis. nezavisimyi rerikhovskii zhurnal. M., Izd. ekologicheskogo
prosveshcheniia "Bieda", 1995-
Astrolog. M., 1995-
Milyi angel. Al'manak metafiziki, traditsii, ezoterisma.
M. Arktogeia, 1991- (vol. 2 in 1996)
Na puti k Bogu. Zhurnal dvizheniia "Soznaniia Krishny".
Leningrad, 1991 (Prilozhenie k lit. al'manakhu Revers)
Philosophy
Logos, Filosofsko-literaturnyi zhurnal. M., Logos, 1991-
Stupeni. Filosofskii zhurnal. Spb 1991-?
Vybor. Literaturno-filosofskii zhurnal russkoi khristianskoi
kul'tury. M., 1(9), 1992- began in underground in 1987.
Russkaia idea. Informatsionno-analiticheskii zhurnal po filosofii.
1992- (Lev Kopylev), of westernizing leaning, archival materials,
politics;
Eon. Laboratoriia istorii nauki. Al'manakh. M., INION,
1-2,1994
Veche. Al'manakh russkoi filosofii i kul'tury. St. Petersburg,
Universitet, 1990-
Apokrif. Kul'turologicheskii zhurnal M., Labirint , 1992-
(Anant-garde)
Russkii bereg M., 1995-; of slavophile leaning, conservative
Literature
The leading journals from pre 1990, both academic and popular
in most cases survived. This applies to academic journals such
as Russkaia literatura (Spb), Voprosy literatury
(M.) and academic series as well as major journals such as Novyi
mir (M.), Znamia (M.), Druzhba narodov (M.),
Inostrannaia literatura (M.), Neva (Spb) and Zvezda
(Spb). Some of them changed sponsors and/or are partially supported
by Western sources including Soros Fund (Knizhnoe obozrenie
10.1996:13, Soros offered $3.5 mil. in support of major journals,
e.g., Znamia). Some academic journals are published by
private agencies, e.g., Pushkinskii Dom which publishes through
Dmitrii Bulanin.
Rossiianie. M., 1977- (Vladimir Firsov, editor, earlier
with Molodaia Gvardiia, now the publication represents
"pravoslavnyi-komsomol'skii" direction)
Mitin zhurnal. Spb., 1984- began in the underground
Aprel'. M., "Fizkultura i sport"?, 1989- (poetry)
Vetv'. Svobodnyi literaturnyi zhurnal. M., 1990- (mimeographed,
Ed. N.A. Popova)
Smena, existed in 1920s, now since 1990-
Soglasie. Ezhemesiachnyi lit.-khud. i obshchestv.-polit. zhurnal.
M., Miloserdie, Sobesednik, 1990- (solid journal, in 1994 issues
1-3 in 1995 1-2, thus became irregular if at all published)
Solo. Moskva, Publisher changed: Soiuz teatral'nykh deiatelei
(1st issue), Buk Chember, and Aiurveda, 1990- publishes new writers.
Slovo. Zhurnal khudozhestvennoi literatury i obshchestvennoi
mysli. M., Slovo, 1990-. Published since 1936- as V mire
knig by Vsesoiuznaia Knizhnaia Palata. Since 1992- by Slovo.
Moskovskii vestnik. Zhurnal moskovskikh pisatelei. M.,
1990-?
Lepta. M., Lepta, 1991- and an English edition from 1994-
(former Soviet literature,)
Vestnik novoi literatury. Spb., 1991- Ed. Mikhail Berg.
Continues the tradition of non-official literature although not
a continuation of an underground publication.
Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. M., 1992- major journal
of broad profile
Peterburgskie chteniia. Literaturnyi zhurnal. Spb 1992-?
De Visu. M., 1992- suspended in 1994 or possibly discontinued
Kommentarii.Zhurnal dlia chitatelia. M.-Spb., Maso "Medaso"1992-
Rossiiskii literaturnyi zhurnal. M., Fond kul'tury and
Obshchestvo liubitelei Rossiiskoi slovesnosti, 1993- theory of
literature to liberate the literary criticism from its communist
ideologization.
Russkaia slovesnost'. M., Shkola-Press, 1993- for students
and teachers
Literaturovedcheskii zhurnal. M., 1993- major journal,
archival sources, literary history and criticism, on censors,
chronicle of literary life of Russian emigre, writers correspondence
Russkii raz'ezd. Spb. Izd. Chernysheva, 1993- new authors,
new sources.
Russkii filologicheskii vestnik. M., Moskovskii litsei,
1994- revives the title published from 1879 to 1917
PS. Postscriptum. M., 1995- important writers 3x a year
Rechitativ. Spb, [na serdstva semi A. Krizhanovskogo],
1996-
Devoted to one author:
Iasnaia Poliana. M., Soiuz Pisatelei RSFSR, 1990- (not
only devoted to Tolstoy)
Diadia Vania (irreg). M., Nadezhda, 1991- Sponsored by
Chekhovskoe obshchestvo. (Ed. V. Shugaev was once a secretary
of Moskovskii Soiuz Pisatelei)
Tolstovskii listok. Abramtsevo, Tolstvskii dom, 1991-
Mir Paustovskogo. M., Muzei Tsentra K.G. Paustovskogo,
1992-
Moskovskii pushkinist. M., Nasledie. Institut Mirovoi Literatury,
1995-
Avant-garde journals
(link literature and art)
Kliukva. M., 1990 (3 issues published) continued by Al'manakh
Bogema. M., Vsesoiuz. gumanitarnyi fon A.S. Pushkina, 1993-large
size, interestingly published.
Magazin. Magazine. Ironicheskii zhurnal. M., 1991-?
Mitki gazeta. M., 1991-
Drugie berega. M., [one person enterprize, Galia Guseva],
1991-
Arion. M., Izd. Rusanova, 1994- poetry
Poeziia i kritika. literaturno-khudozhestvennyi zhurnal.
Spb, Novaia Luna, 1994- sponsored by Soros. Russian and foreign
Anant-garde
Youth
About youth:
Molodezh. Tsifry. Fakty. Mneniia. Nauchno-populiarnyi zhurnal.
Spb, Komitet po delam molodezhi, et.al, 1992-
For youth:
Strannik. Molodezhnyi literaturno-khudozhestvennyi i publitsisticheskii
zhurnal. Saransk, 1994-
Novaia iunost'. M., Novaia iunost', 1993-
Ptiukh. M., Intertsentr gumanitarnogo servisa, 1994-
Saratoga. Mirovoi molodezhnyi zhurnal. M., Voskresenie,
1995-(boarding on sub-culture, see also Goroskop for the
type of publications by Voskresenie)
Dilizhans. M., Agentstvo Informabk, 1995- glossy
Om. M., 1995- (glossy, printed in London, not expensive
8,000Rb. Ed. Igor Grigor'ev, earlier with Imperial and
Amadei)
(Molodaia gvardiia was purchased by a Greek millionaire).
Women
A. Suetnov, Zhenskoe dvizhenie v Rossii: izdaniia i orgranizatsii.
Moskva, Arkhiv Netraditsionnoi Pechati, 1995, pp. 46-80, (typescript)
lists 64 newspapers and journals devoted to women (including
Kiev, Minsk and regional, all mostly newspapers some no longer
published).
Preobrazhenie. Russkii feministicheskii zhurnal, M., Linor,
1993- (well done)
Valentina, M., OVA-Press, 1994- (not by Suetnov)
Slavianka. Mezhdunarodnyi zhenskii zhurnal. M., 1993-
Men
Erotikon. Zhurnal dlia muzhchin. M., 1991-
Andrei. Russkii zhurnal dlia muzhchin. Moscow, 1992-? advertises
luxury items.
Russkii stil. Boevye iskusstva. M., Boiara, 1994?-
Medved. Nastoiashchii muzhskoi zhurnal. M., 1995?-
Opasnost' bez opasnost'. Zhurnal dlia tekh kto khochet vyzhit.
M., 1995? science, sport, war, politics, culture
Family
Ochag. Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi zhurnal dlia semeinogo
chteniia. M., 1992- illustrated, Slogan: "Mir vashemu
domu".
Semia i shkola. Zhurnal dlia roditelei (1871 renewed in
1946)
Novaia niva. Illiustrirovannyi zhurnal dlia semeinogo chteniia.
M., 1992-
Sexuality (serious journals)
Dusha i telo, 1991-
Eros, 1991-
Homosexuality
Tema: gazeta dlia geev i lesbiianok. M., 1991?-
Ty. Illiustrirovannyi zhurnal. M., 1993?- (see foreign
sponsorship)
Risk. M., TOO-ARGO-RISK, [registered] 1991 (1st issue 1993,
2nd issue published in 1996)
Gay. Slaviane!. Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi i kulturologicheskii
zhurnal posviashchen lesbiiskoi i gomoseksual'noi kulture i iskusstvu.
Spb., 1993-
Special interest
Terminator. Mezhdunarodnyi zhurnal po anomal'nym iavleniiam.
Spb, Komkon, 1993-
Multisubject journals addressed to broad readership (a
significant selection)
Perestol. Religiozno-monarkhicheskii zhurnal. M., 1990-?
Moskovskii zhurnal, M., Moskovskii zhurnal, Department
inzhinernogo obespecheniia pravitel'stva Moskvy, 1991- (Earlier
Arkhitektura i stroitel'stvo?) Changed profile to general
cultural patterned by Karamzin's journal established in 1791
Derzhava. Pravoslavie - samoderzhavie - narodnost'. M.,
Mezhdunarodnyi fond slavianskoi pismennosti, 1991- (monarchistic)
Strannik, 1991- edited by people linked formerly to Druzhba
narodov.
Put' k sebe. Zhurnal dlia tekh kto khochet izmenit sebia.
M., Kokon, 1991-
Zhivaia starina. Zhurnal o russkomu fol'klore i traditsionnoi
kul'ture, M., 1992-
Komentarii. Zhurnal dlia chitatelia. M.-Spb, Medaco, 1992-
(selling in sophisticated magazines such as Gileia, Eidos, Tupik,
Salon 19 Okt.)
Novaia Niva. M., Agentstvo Pechati Novosti (APN), 1992-(Link
to imperial tradition of Niva)
Mir Rossii. Sotsiologiia, etnologiia, kul'turologiia. M.,
Vserossiiskaia assotsiatsiia privatizirovannykh i chastnykh predpriiatii,
Institut ekonomicheskikh problem perekhodnogo perioda,1992- (serious,
large volumes)
New Russia, M., Voskresenie, 1992- formerly Sovetskii
Soiuz (in 1991 Voskresenie),
Zlotoust. Pravoslavno gosudarstvennyi zhurnal. M., Tov.
russkikh khudozhnikov, 1992- (not art but literature, history
of religion, church, general culture)
Vozrozhdenie. M., Vozrozhdenie, 1992- large circulation,
popular
Syshchik Rossii. Khudozhestvenno-publitsisticheskii zhurnal.
M., 1992-
Mesiats chasti, tsar, vera, otechestvo. M., Monarkhicheskii
soiuz, 1993-
Zolotoe runo. Zhurnal dlia delovykh liudei. M., 1993- (economy,
history, literature...)
Novaia Rossiia, M. Vsia Moskva, 1994
Akademicheskie tetradi. M., Izd. nezavesiomoi akademi estetiki
i svobodnykh iskusstv, 1995-
Goroskop. M., Vozrozhdenie, 1995- (sensations)
Diad'ka; litseiskii smotritel'. M., Moskovskii kul'turologicheskii
litsei, 1996-
Itogi. Newsweek. Moscow, 1996- (May, 1996) general cultural
journal. Up to 7% reprints from Newsweek, thus practically
independent. Sponsored by Vladimir Gusinskii.
Glossy publications
A new life style, elegance, high life, advertising of foreign
expensive products, luxuriously published, printed abroad:
Nashe nasledie, 1988- Sponsored by Fond Kul'tury, Maxwell,
and now by De Beers.
Ekho planety. M., TASS, 1990- for the general reader, information
about life outside Russia (twice a month)
Turysm Biznes. 1991-
Obozrevatel'. Sobytiia, problemy, analiz, prognozy. M.,
RAU Corp., 1993- for "new" Russians, bankers, politicians,
general topics, some nudity.
Elita. M., 1993- Literature, business, fashion, sports
(such as polo)
On-Ona. M., Vmeste, 1994?- elegant, serious journal
Zoloto Rossii. M., Zoloto Rossii, 1994- (quarterly),
Tovarishch. Zhurnal razvlechenii. M., Komsomol'skaia pravda,
1994-, politics, sport, sex
Stas. M., Pasport Interneshnl, Ltd., 1994-
Moskvarium. Zhurnal bol'shogo stilia. M., Ladomir, 1995-
Chto delat'? is a glossy journal giving schedules of cultural
events, reviews, surveys. Moscow, 1995-
Subculture
Krik. M., Rusland, 1992-
Kriminal, M., 1992-
Summary
There is a wide spectrum of journals addressed to a broad range
of readers. Publication of documents both contemporary as well
as archival is flourishing despite financial problems faced by
many academic journals. Writers and scholars have the possibility
to publish their works. New journals, together with journals continuing
from the pre-1989 era, satisfy both writers and readers needs.
Obviously, in a time of transition in which Russia found itself
the economic factors as well as the infrastructure are directly
influencing the rise and fall of many enterprises including journals.
Analysis of those factors are outside the scope of this presentation.
The majority of journals are of poor physical quality. Many, however,
strive for elegance despite this form. Some glossy imitations
of Western popular journals appeared. These are usually financed
by foreign companies and always printed abroad in Austria, Germany
or Finland. Among sound, "encyclopedic" type of journals
comparable to Time or Newsweek only recently published
Itogi (since May 1996) merits attention. The relationship
between book publishing and publishing of journals in the process
of satisfying cultural and intellectual needs of readers is still
inadequately explored It seems, however, that journals compensate
very well at least for the declining academic book publishing
market in addition to their own traditional role.
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1. "Zhurnal mozhno okharakterizovat' kak periodicheskoe tekstovoe
ili izobrazitel'noe zhurnal'noe izdanie, soderzhashchee stat'i
ili referaty po razlichnym obshchestvenno-politicheskim, nauchnym,
proizvodstvennym i drugim voprosam, literaturnye proizvedeniia,
vo mnogikh sluchaiakh illiustratsii, izoproizvedeniia, imeiushchee
postoiannuiu programmu, zaglavie, ofitsial'no utverzhdennoe v
kachestve dannogo vida izdaniia." Tipologiia izdanii,
p.189-190.
(Some aspect of newspapers see, e.g, Glasnost Defense Foundation,
Journals and Journalism of Russian Province. Survey. Moscow,
Nachala-Press, 1994 (same in Russian, M., 1995; Fond Zashchity
Glasnosti, Presledovanie zhurnalistov i pressy na territorii byvshego
SSSR v 1994 godu. M., 1995, also for 1993)
The British Council comissioned study of publishing in Russia
report appeared as:
Eva Skelly, Vladimir Stabnikov, Russia: a Survey of the Book
Market, 1993. It does not discuss journals.
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