''Voprosy Istorii'' (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: ''Вопросы истории'', translated ''Questions of History'') is a Russian

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

for historical studies. It is published monthly by the Institute of General History of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

. 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 was dismissed as deputy editor of the journal after he published an article about the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

's confusion following the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

in 1917. At that time, it was one of just three journals available to Soviet historians, the others being ''

Istoricheskie Zapiski ''Istoricheskie Zapiski'' (''Исторические записки'') (Historical Transactions), also known as ''ИЗ'', is an academic journal of history published by Progress Publishers in Moscow for the Russian Academy of Sciences The Ru ...

'', which specialised in medieval and modern Russian history, and ''

Vestnik Drevnei Istorii ''The Journal of Ancient History'' (Russian: ''Вестник Древней Истории'', ''Vestnik Drevnei Istorii'') is a Russian bulletin founded in 1937. It publishes articles mainly on Ancient Orient, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and r ...

'' which dealt with ancient history. In 2004, East View began to digitise the journal from its 200,000 pages in 950 issues.