''Svetoch'' (russian: Светоч, ''Guiding Light'') was a Russian monthly science and literature

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published in Saint Petersburg in 1860-1862 by the publisher Dmitry Kalinovsky. Alexander Milyukov was its editor-in-chief. A liberal publication, ''Svetoch'' advocated the ideas of moderate social reforms, supported the 1861 Emancipation Act and positioned itself as an intermediary between the feuding slavophiles and westerners in Russia. The translated works of foreign writers constituted the considerable part of its literary section. Among the Russian authors who contributed to ''Svetoch'' regularly, were Pyotr Weinberg,

Apollon Grigoryev Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (russian: Аполло́н Алекса́ндрович Григо́рьев, p=ɐpɐˈlon ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪf, a=Apollon Alyeksandrovich Grigor'yev.ru.vorb.oga; 20 July 1822 – 7 Octob ...

, Mikhail Dostoyevsky, Lev Mei, Dmitry Minayev, Alexey Pleshcheyev, Nikolai Strakhov,

Nikolai Shcherbina Nikolay Fyodorovich Shcherbina (; – ) was a 19th-century Russian poet. Nikolay Shcherbina was born in the Mius district of the Don Cossack Host in the mansion of his mother. His father was of Ukrainian descent, and his mother of Greek and Don ...

. The ''Caricature Leaflet'' (Карикатурный листок) came out as a monthly supplement to ''Svetoch''.

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