Russkoye Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth): Narodniki’s Magazine and the World Economic Crisis of 2020

Шевцов Никита Всеволодович ,Шевцов Никита Всеволодович ,Leila O Algavi

doi:10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-2-237-246

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Russia was proud of Russkoye Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth) magazine for a long while. It was among the most reputable and influential periodicals in the country. Not only had many Russians known of the magazine, but they were also its dedicated readers. On the one hand, the interest in Russkoye Bogatstvo could have been justified by the excellent selection of its authors among the best Russian writers and scientists. On the other hand, its publishers were Russias most famous critics, publicists, and outstanding literary figures recognized in the cultural and scientific circles. The magazine publications stood out due to their excellent style and availability for people of various social levels: both educated readers and those without profound knowledge of literature, science, and arts. The readers pool included older and experienced people and very young students. Later, the name of the magazine became a symbol of the great intellectual wealth of Russia.

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The title of this article could be considered a joke, if not for the recently published book by Adam Weiner, associate professor of Russian at Wellesley College
Russkoye Bogatstsvo belonged to the classical magazines which included a literary part, a kind of a book; an information and politics part, an equivalent of a newspaper; and scientific and encyclopedia parts, which could be compared to a textbook
The Leaflet served as a foundation for Russkoye Bogatstvo, which, in turn, was dedicated to economic, industrial, and agricultural matters; in other words, to everything that, according to the publisher, embodied Russia’s wealth

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The title of this article could be considered a joke, if not for the recently published book by Adam Weiner, associate professor of Russian at Wellesley College. Russkoye Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth): Narodniki’s magazine and the world economic crisis of 2020. Для цитирования: Shevtsov N.V., Algavi L.O. Russkoye Bogatstvo (Russian Wealth): narodniki’s magazine and the world economic crisis of 2020 // Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов.

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