''Voprosy Istorii'' ( Russian: ''Вопросы истории'', translated ''Questions of History'') is a Russian academic journal for historical studies. It is published monthly by the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The journal covers both Russian and world history.About ''Voprosy Istorii''
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History

The current publication started as two separate journals. The first publication, '' Istorik-Marksist'' (russian: Историк-марксист) was published from 1926 to 1941. The second publication, begun in 1931, was known as ''Bor'ba Klassov'' (russian: Борьба классов), but in 1937 changed its name to ''Istoricheskii Zhurnal'' (russian: Исторический журнал). ''Istorik-Marksist'' was merged into ''Istoricheskii Zhurnal'' in 1941. In 1945 the journal's name was changed to the current ''Voprosy Istorii''. In 1957 the Russian historian

Édourd Burdzhalov Eduard Nikolaevich Burdzhalov (Russian: Эдуард Николаевич Бурджалов) (1906–1985) was a Soviet historian. Burdzhalov graduated from Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature in 1932. He then taught at variou ...

was dismissed as deputy editor of the journal after he published an article about the Bolshevik's confusion following the

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in 1917. At that time, it was one of just three journals available to Soviet historians, the others being '' Istoricheskie Zapiski'', which specialised in medieval and modern Russian history, and '' Vestnik Drevnei Istorii'' which dealt with ancient history. In 2004, East View began to digitise the journal from its 200,000 pages in 950 issues.

List of editors-in-chief

The editors-in-chief of ''Voprosy Istorii'' have been:

Historian-Marxist

* 1926-1930: Andrei Vasilievich Shestakov * 1930-1932: Mikhail Nikolaevich Pokrovskiy * 1933-1938: Nikolai Mikhailovich Lukin * 1938-1944: Emeliyan Mikhailovich Yaroslavskiy

Problems of History

* 1945-1949: Vyacheslav Petrovich Volgin * 1949-1950: Alexander Dmitrievich Udaltsov *1950-1953:

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* 1953-1957: Anna Mikhailovna Pankratova * 1958-1960:

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* 1960-1987:

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* 1987-2017:

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*Since 2017: P. A. Iskenderov

Editions available on line

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References

External links

''The history of Voprosy istorii'' by E. A. Yastrzhembskaya
History journals Russian Academy of Sciences academic journals Russian-language journals {{history-journal-stub