Moskva (magazine)
| Editor | Vladislav Artyomov |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation |
775 thousand (1889) 3,5 thousand (2009) |
| First issue | 1957 |
| Based in | Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Language | Russian |
Moskva (Москва, Moscow) is a Russian monthly literary magazine founded in 1957 in Moscow.[1]
History
Moskva magazine was established in 1957, originally as an organ of the RSFSR Union of Writers and its Moscow department. Its first editor was Nikolay Atarov (1957-1958), succeeded by Yevgeny Popovkin (1958-1968). It was during his time that (in December 1966 - January 1967 issues) for the first time ever Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was published.[1]
The magazine's third editor-in-chief Mikhail Alekseyev has brought its selling figures to record highs (775 thousand in 1989) and made history too by publishing Nikolay Karamzin's History of the Russian State (1989-1990) for the first time since 1917. In the 1990s and 2000s, under Vladimir Krupin (1990-1992) and Leonid Borodin (1992-2008), Moskva, along with Nash Sovremennik magazine and Alexander Prokhanov’s Den/Zavtra newspapers, moved into the vanguard of the so-called 'spiritual opposition' movement. In 1993 the subtitle, The Magazine of Russian Culture, was added to the magazine’s title.[1]
In 2000s, under Borodin (who in 2009 became the magazine's general director), self-proclaimed 'Russian nationalist' Sergey Sergeyev (2009-2010) and Vladislav Artyomov (2012-), Moskva''s popularity declined, with circulation figures dropping to mere 3,5 thousand. Still, it was here that Dmitry Rogozin chose to publish his 2011 novel Baron Zholtok.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Moskva magazine. History". Moskva. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ↑ Baron Zholtok. Moskva magazine, April 2011