''Elementy'' (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: ''Elements'') was a political magazine which was started and published by Russian political philosopher

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. Its subtitle was ''Evraziiskoe Obozrenie'' (Russian: ''Euroasian Review''). It existed between 1992 and 2000 and was the mouthpiece of neo-

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in Russia.

History and profile

''Elementy'' was launched by Aleksandr Dugin in 1992. It was modeled on French new right publication '' Éléments''. Dugin himself described it as the Russian spin off of ''Éléments'' which also had Italian and German versions, ''Elementi'' and ''Elemente'', respectively.

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, French journalist, briefly served as a board member of ''Elementy'' in 1992, but resigned from the post due his disagreement with Dugin. ''Elementy'' was started as a biannual publication, but later it came out annually. Dugin edited it between 1992 and 1998. The magazine covered articles on Eurasianism, philosophy,

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ism, and religion. The first issue featured articles by the Russian generals who were heading various departments at the Academy of the

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. It attempted to clear the way for the acceptance of the

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by Russians. The magazine had a circulation of 5,000-10,000 copies. ''Elementy'' folded in 2000.

References

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