Russkaya Beseda

Russkaya Beseda

First edition title page
Editor	Aleksander Koshelev Ivan Aksakov
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	1856
Final issue	1860
Based in	Moscow, Russian Empire
Language	Russian

Russkaya Beseda (Russian: Ру′сская бесе′да, English: The Russian Colloquy) was a Russian literary magazine founded in Moscow, Russian Empire, in 1856 by Alexander Koshelev who remained its editor-in-chief until 1858, when Ivan Aksakov joined in as co-editor. The magazine belonged to the Slavophile movement; most prominent in it were the Literature, Science and Criticism sections. Selskoye Blagoustroistvo; (Agrarian landscaping) in 1858–1859 was added as a supplement. Among the authors who regularly contributed to Russkaya Beseda, were Sergei Aksakov, Vladimir Dal, Aleksey K. Tolstoy, Alexander Ostrovsky, Aleksey Khomyakov, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ivan Nikitin, Taras Shevchenko.