The ''Russian Messenger'' or ''Russian Herald'' (russian: Ру́сский ве́стник ''Russkiy Vestnik'', Pre-reform Russian: Русскій Вѣстникъ ''Russkiy Vestnik'') has been the title of three notable magazines published in Russia during the 19th century and early 20th century.

''Russian Messenger'' period I and II

The first publishing period of the ''Russian Messenger'' falls within the period 1808 to 1820, and 1824. Relocated to Moscow, the monthly journal was edited by writer Sergey Glinka. It was sponsored by the minister and adjutant general Count Fyodor Rostopchin and its orientation classified as patriotic monarchist. The second publishing period falls in the years from 1841 to 1844 and appeared in Saint Petersburg. On its creation, the publisher, editor, journalist and publicist

Nikolay Gretsch Nikolay Ivanovich Gretsch (Russian: Николай Иванович Греч; 1787–1867) was a leading Russian grammarian of the 19th century. Although he was primarily interested in philology, it is as a journalist that he is primarily reme ...

and writer, playwright, journalist and historian

Nikolai Polevoy Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Полево́й, r=Nikoláy Alekséevich Polevóy, ― ) was a controversial Russia, Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and jou ...

were involved. Another employee was the historian Ivan Snegiryov.

''Russian Messenger'' period III

The third publishing period of the ''Russian Messenger'' falls in the years from 1856 to 1887, appeared in Moscow, and 1887 to 1906, appeared in St. Petersburg. Unlike its predecessors, the magazine was no longer limited to historical and military articles, as well as general political themes, but saw itself as a literary journal and quickly became one of the most influential magazines in the second half of the 19th century in Russia. The magazine was founded in 1856 by a group of liberal writers and scholars, among them as an editor Mikhail Katkov, but also the professor of

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

Pyotr Kudryavtsev. In 1887 it was bought by Count

Friedrich von Berg Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard von Berg, also von Berg-Markienen, (20 November 1866 – 9 March 1939) was a German politician and chairman of the ''Secret Civil Cabinet'' of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918. Biography Friedrich von Berg was born on his ...

and moved to Saint Petersburg, but later he abandoned the magazine due to the lack of finances, and eventually the magazine was shut down.

Legacy

The magazine inspired ''

Al Nafais Al Asriyyah ''Al Nafais Al Asriyyah'' ⁨ (Arabic: النفائس العصرية; ''al-Nafais al-'Asriyya''; ''The Modern Treasures''), simply ''Al Nafais'', was a literary and political magazine which was published between 1908 and 1923 with an interruption ...

'', an Arabic literary and political magazine which was published in Jerusalem between 1908 and 1923.

Featured titles

* Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin **''Provincial Sketches'' (1856–1857) **''Pazukhin's Death'' (1857) * Ivan Turgenev **'' On the Eve'' (1860) **'' Fathers and Sons'' (1862) * Leo Tolstoy **'' The Cossacks'' (1863) **'' War and Peace'' (1865–1869) **'' Anna Karenina'' (1873–1877) * Fyodor Dostoyevsky **'' Crime and Punishment'' (1866) **'' The Idiot'' (1868) **''

Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, ...

'' (1871–1872) **'' The Brothers Karamazov'' (1879–1880) * Nikolai Leskov **''

The Cathedral Folk ''The Cathedral Folk'' (russian: Соборяне, translit=Soboryane), also translated as ''The Cathedral Clergy'', is a novel by Nikolai Leskov, a series of "romantic chronicles" (as the author called them) of the fictional town of Stargorod. It ...

'' (1872) **''

The Sealed Angel ''The Sealed Angel'' (russian: Запечатленный ангел) is a story by Nikolai Leskov, written in 1872 and first published in the No.1, January 1873 issue of ''The Russian Messenger''. The story concerns a group of Old Believers whose ...

'' (1873) * Helena Blavatsky **'' From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan'' (1879–1886)

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