''Nablyudatel'' (, The Watcher) was a Russian monthly literary and political magazine published in

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in 1882–1904. Its editor and publisher was

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. There was a supplement to it, a daily newspaper called ''Glasnost'' (1897-1904). A right-wing, pro-monarchist publication, particularly harsh on what it perceived as being "Jewish interests", ''Nablyudatel'' was unpopular with both Marxist and liberal critics, but its literary and scientific sections were respectable, and among the authors whose works appeared there, were Vladimir Bezobrazov, Ieronim Yasinsky,

Liodor Palmin Liodor (Iliodor) Ivanovich Palmin (; May 27 (May 15), 1841 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya gubernia, Russian Empire – November 7 (October 26), 1891 in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian poetry, Russian poet, translator and journalist. Biography ...

, Pavel Zasodimsky,

Pyotr Boborykin Pyotr Dmitryevich Boborykin (; – 12 August 1921) was a Russian writer, playwright, and journalist. Biography Boborykin was born into the family of a landowner. He studied at Kazan State University and the Dorpat University, but he never c ...

Daniil Mordovtsev Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev (; December 19, 1830 in Danilovka, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire – June 23, 1905 in Kislovodsk, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer and historian. Biography Mordovtsev was born in Danilovka, Volgograd Oblast, Russi ...

, Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko,

Konstantin Balmont Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont ( rus, Константи́н Дми́триевич Ба́льмо́нт, p=, a=Konstantin Dmitriyevich Bal'mont.ru.vorb.oga; – 23 December 1942) was a Russian symbolist poet and translator who became one of ...

Nikolai Minsky Nikolai Minsky and Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky () are pseudonyms of Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (Виле́нкин; 1855–1937), a mystical writer and poet of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. Early life and education Born in Glubokoe (now Hly ...

and Konstantin Fofanov. It was the publication of latter's 1888 poem "The Mystery of Love" (Таинство любви) that brought the journal its biggest trouble with censorship, resulting in six months suspension.Наблюдатель
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