In the history of

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

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, thick journal or thick magazine (russian: толстый журнал, ') was a type of

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

, regarded to be an important tradition originated in

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, continued through the times of the

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and into the modern

. Marc Raeff, ''Russia Abroad: A Cultural History of the Russian Emigration, 1919-1939'', , 1990
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in: Светлана Яковлевна Махонина, ИСТОРИЯ РУССКОЙ ЖУРНАЛИСТИКИ НАЧАЛА XX ВЕКА, М.: Флинта: Наука, 2004 Leonid P. Bykov
The ‘Thick Journal’ in Russia:Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
'' Journal of Siberian Federal University''. Humanities & Social Sciences 5 (2016 9) 1249-1255 The name comes from its format: a typical 19th-century issue of a "thick journal" was 300–500 pages, appeared several times a year. The volume was roughly divided between literary publications (short stories, serialized novels, drama, poetry, etc., including translations) and journalism (criticism of literature, arts, music, political and social reviews and essays, calendars and reviews of current events, etc). In late Russian Empire it was a major vehicle of propagation of culture across the vast expanses of the country, as well as a major component of cultural life of Russian emigres. Notable examples of early "thick journals" include ''Вестник Европы'', «Московский телеграф», «Телескоп», «Библиотека для чтения», «Современник», «Отечественные записки», «Мир божий», «Жизнь», «Образование», «Современная жизнь».

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