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Zvezda Digital Archive (1924 to present)

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East View Information Services

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Siehe auch:
Russian Thick Journals

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Bestellnummer bei digento :: digento order number

109113

Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information

Founded in 1924 in Petrograd (later Leningrad, now St. Petersburg), Zvezda (Звезда, The Star) is Russia’s oldest monthly “thick journal” (tolstyi zhurnal), a format that played a crucial role in shaping Soviet intellectual and literary discourse. Initially released six times a year, it became a monthly publication in 1927 and has been a key resource of Russian intellectual and literary circles for a century.

The journal’s longevity and resilience through tumultuous periods of Soviet history, including the Siege of Leningrad and Stalinist repression, make it an essential resource for understanding the complexities of Russian cultural development over the past century. Notably, Zvezda faced severe criticism in August 1946 from the Soviet Communist Party in the infamous resolution “On the Journals ‘Zvezda’ and ‘Leningrad’,” where it was accused of publishing “ideologically harmful works,” particularly those by Mikhail Zoshchenko and Anna Akhmatova.

During the era of perestroika, Zvezda began publishing previously prohibited works and articles by authors such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky, Andrei Sakharov, Yuri Lotman and many others.

The complete digital archive of Zvezda provides a panoramic view of Russian intellectual life across the 20th and 21st centuries, and the journal’s survival through periods of intense censorship and ist role in pushing boundaries during more liberal times make it an essential resource for understanding the nuanced tapestry of Russian culture, literature, and thought.

About the Archive

The Zvezda Digital Archive offers a comprehensive collection spanning 100 years, including more than 25,000 works by over 10,000 authors, and encompassing nearly 1,200 issues, over 23,000 articles, and over 280,000 pages, with an additional year’s worth of content added on an annual basis. If converted to print, the archive for this title would occupy 49 feet of library shelf space.

This extensive coverage provides researchers with access to:

• Literary works by established and emerging Russian writers
• Critical essays and reviews on literature, art, and culture
• Discussions of social and political issues within the constraints of the era
• Previously prohibited works published during the perestroika period
• Evolving perspectives on Russian identity and cultural heritage

The Zvezda Digital Archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text and is cross-searchable with numerous other East View digital resources.

Note: In 1992 only 10 issues of Zvezda were published. This is not a gap in archive content but reflects the journal’s publication schedule that year.

Key Stats

• Archive: 1924 to present
• Language: Russian
• City: St. Petersburg
• Country: Russia
• Frequency: Monthly
• Format: PDF, article-based
• Producer: East View Information Services
• Platform: East View Universal Database