''Vostochnaya Kollektsiya'' (Oriental Collection) is a quarterly scientific and popular illustrated

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published by the

Russian State Library The Russian State Library (russian: Российская государственная библиотека, Rossiyskaya gosudarstvennaya biblioteka) is one of the three national libraries of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest librar ...

. The magazine was published between 1999 and 2015.

History and profile

The first issue was published in 1999. In 2000 there were no issues. Since 2001 it has been regularly published with a revised concept. The magazine is subtitled "The magazine for all who are interested in the East" and it covers topics related to cultural, historical and religious aspects of

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, and

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. It publishes articles and essays, archival documents, sketches of travels, reviews of Internet resources, and introduces museums’ collections, books collections and selected publications, including those stored in the Russian State Library. Permanent sections are: Impressions, Letters, A Country of the East, Orientnet. There are abstracts in English. The

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* Magazines established in 1999 Russian-language magazines Science and technology magazines published in Russia Quarterly magazines published in Russia Popular science magazines Magazines published in Moscow 1999 establishments in Russia Magazines disestablished in 2015 {{Europe-sci-mag-stub