Amherst Center for Russian Culture Periodicals Collection

The periodicals collection includes complete or long runs of Soviet publications through the current year, as well as complete or long runs of scores of Russian emigre newspapers and journals published in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. The many rare and unique periodicals and newspapers include complete runs of the two most important journals of the Russian emigration: Sovremennye zapiski (Annales contemporaines, published in Paris from 1928-40) and Novyi zhurnal (The New Review, published in New York from 1942 to the present). Of special note as well are such rarities as Evraziya (Eurasia), the Paris weekly published in 1928-29 by some of Russia’s leading emigre intellectuals, which exists in the collection in perfect condition, as well as Zhar-ptitsa, Apollon, Mir iskusstva and Zolotoe runo.

Periodicals are searchable through the Frost Library catalog.

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The Russian-Jewish Periodical Collection

A Subset of the Periodical Collection

A comprehensive collection of Russian Jewish periodicals—both secular and religious—published between 1860 and 1926 in the Russian language. Primary materials documenting Jewish life and thought, which encompass the literary, philosophic, theological, anthropological, folkloric, political and social histories of pre-revolutionary Russian Jewish intellectuals and communities.

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The Russian Satirical Journal Collection

A Subset of the Periodical Collection

A set of 135 beautifully illustrated Russian satirical periodicals in excellent condition, published between 1905 and 1907 of over a dozen separate titles.

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Art of the Masses (Iskusstvo v massy) and For Proletarian Art (Za proletarskoe iskusstvo)

Complete runs of two of the most important Soviet art magazines of the late 1920s - early 1930s. Art of the Masses was published in 15 issues from 1929-30 by the Journal of the Associated Artists of the Revolution (AKhR) and succeeded by For Proletarian Art, which ran for 18 issues from 1931-32 and was published by the Journal of the Russian Association of Proletarian Artists.

The Periodical Soviet Union

106 Issues | Complete for years 1950-1958

Soviet Union is the last of the extravagant photo journals of the Soviet era. The publishers made clear that Soviet Union, which commenced with its March 1950 issue, was the successor to USSR in Construction, which ceased publication in December 1949. Soviet Union was published monthly in a full-scale format and in the beginning included the work of well-known Soviet photographers of the pre-war era, eventually giving way to the next generation... all in early Cold War style.

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The Periodical Soviet Woman

354 issues | 1945-1985

Soviet Woman promoted an idealized vision of the modern woman and her family in the USSR. The journal expresses this vision with photography, poetry and feature articles, whose subjects are celebrities and everyday life. The issues contain articles about current events, knitting, cooking, fashion, and include many fold-out clothing pattern inserts.