The Russian Messenger

The Russian Messenger (Russian: Ру́сский ве́стник, Pre-reform Russian: Русскій Вѣстникъ Russkiy Vestnik) has been the title of three notable magazines published in Russia in the 19th century.

The Russian Messenger of Sergey Glinka

Weekly monarchistic The Russian Messenger, established by Sergey Glinka, was published in Moscow between 1808–1820 and in 1824. It was sponsored by Fyodor Rostopchin.

The Russian Messenger of Gretch and Polevoy

This weekly magazine was published in Saint Petersburg by Nikolay Gretch and Nikolai Polevoy between 1841–1844. Among its authors was Russian historian, ethnographer and archaeologist Ivan Snegirev.

The Russian Messenger of Mikhail Katkov

Cover of The Russian Messenger, volume 33.

One of the most influential literary magazines in the end of 19th century, The Russian Messenger was published first in Moscow (1856–1887) and later in Saint Petersburg (1887–1906). It was founded by the group of liberal academics and writers, such as Mikhail Katkov, who became the main editor, Eugene Korsh, Peter Kudriavtsev, Leontiev and others. In 1887 it was bought by Fedor Berg and moved to Saint Petersburg, but eventually shut down due to the lack of finances.

Featured titles

• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
  • Provincial Sketches (1856–1857)
• Aleksandr Ostrovsky
  • V chuzhom miru pohmelye (1856)
• Ivan Turgenev
  • Nakanune (1860)
  • Fathers and Sons (1862)
  • Dym (1867)
• Leo Tolstoy
  • Family Happiness (1858–1859)
  • The Cossacks (1863)
  • War and Peace (1865–1869)
  • Anna Karenina (1875–1877)
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • The Village of Stepanchikovo (1859)
  • Crime and Punishment (1866)
  • The Idiot (1868)
  • The Possessed (Demons) (1871–1872)
  • The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
• Nikolai Leskov
  • Na nozhakh (1870–1871)
  • Soboriane (1872)
  • Zapechatlennyi angel (1873)

See also

• The Messenger of Europe