The Russian Messenger

"The Russian Messenger" ( _ru. Ру́сский ве́стник, "Ruskii Vestnik") is the title of three different Russian magazines in 19th century.

"The Russian Messenger" of Sergey Glinka

Weekly monarchistic "The Russian Messenger", established by Sergey Glinka, was published in Moscow between 1808—1820 and in 1824. It was sponsored by Fyodor Rostopchin.

"The Russian Messenger" of Gretch and Polevoy

This weekly magazine was published in Saint Petersburg by Nikolay Gretch and Nikolai Polevoy between 1841—1844. Among its authors was Russian historian, ethnographer and archaeologist Ivan Snegirev.

"The Russian Messenger" of Mikhail Katkov

One of the most influential literary journals in the end of 19th century, "The Russian Messenger" was published firstly in Moscow (1856—1887) and later in Saint Petersburg (1887—1906). It was founded by the group of liberal academics and writers, such as Mikhail Katkov, who became the main editor, Eugene Korsh, Peter Kudriavtsev, Leontiev and others. In 1887 it was bought by Fedor Berg and moved to Saint Petersburg, but eventually shut down due to the lack of finances.

Featured titles

*Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
**"Provincial Sketches" (1856—1857)
*Alexandr Ostrovsky
**"V chuzhom miru pohmelye" (1856)
*Ivan Turgenev
**"Nakanune" (1860)
**"Fathers and Sons" (1862)
**"Dym" (1867)
*Leo Tolstoy
**"The Cossacks" (1863)
**"Anna Karenina" (1875—1877)
**"War and Peace" (1865—1869)
*Fyodor Dostoevsky
**"Crime and Punishment" (1866)
**"The Idiot" (1868)
**"The Possessed" ("Demons") (1871—1872)
**"The Brothers Karamazov" (1879—1880)
*Nikolai Leskov
**"Na nozhakh" (1870—1871)
**"Soboriane" (1872)
**"Zapechatlennyi angel" (1873)

ee also

*"The Messenger of Europe"