Russkaya Mysl

Russkaya Mysl (Russian Русская мысль, "Russian idea ") is the oldest existing Russian-language publication in the European diaspora. Founded in 1880 in Moscow and in 1947 to Paris " emigrated " weekly paper identifies today as a pan-European magazine for the preservation and strengthening of the Russian diaspora in Western Europe.

History

Russkaya Mysl was founded in 1880 in Moscow and was originally the monthly magazine of the Russian liberal populists. After the revolution of 1905, the magazine became an organ of the Cadet Party and appeared under the editorship of Pyotr Struve. 1918, the magazine of the new Bolshevik state power was closed and appeared from then until 1927 in Sofia, Prague and later in Paris.

From 1947 Russkaya Mysl was re- published in Paris. There, the magazine has long been considered important mouthpiece of the Russian intelligentsia in the Diaspora. Russkaya Mysl has about 50,000 subscribers in 40 countries and describes itself as a pan-European magazine for the preservation and strengthening of the Russian diaspora in Western Europe.

Editing

Among the most famous authors of Russkaya Mysl belonged in the 1940s to 1970s, Ivan Bunin, Boris Zaitsev, Sergei Dovlatov and Viktor Nekrasov.

For a long time conducted two women the editor of Russkaya Mysl: From 1970 to 1980 Princess Zinaida Shakhovskaya (Russian Зинаида Шаховская ) and 1980-2000 Irina Ilowaiskaja - Alberti (Russian Ирина Альберти ), the granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy and personal secretary of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Vermont.

Since 2002, Andrei Gulzjew (Russian Андрей Владимирович Гульцев ) editor, editor in chief since 2005 directs Viktor lupane (Russian Виктор Лупан ) the editors.