''Novy Mir'' (, ) is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine.

History

''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), which was published from 1892 to 1906, and its follow-up, ''Sovremenny Mir'' ("Contemporary World"), which was published from 1906 to 1917. ''Novy Mir'' mainly published prose that approved of the general line of the Communist Party. In the early 1960s, ''Novy Mir'' changed its political stance, leaning to a

dissident A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. In a religious context, the word has been used since the 18th century, and in the political sense since the 2 ...

position. In November 1962 the magazine became famous for publishing

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and Soviet dissidents, dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag pris ...

's groundbreaking ''

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (, ) is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in November 1962 in the Soviet literary magazine ''Novy Mir'' (''New World'').Gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

. In the same year its circulation was about 150,000 copies a month. The magazine continued publishing controversial articles and stories about various aspects of Soviet and Russian history despite the fact that its editor-in-chief,

Alexander Tvardovsky Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky ( rus, links=no, Александр Трифонович Твардовский, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj; – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of ' ...

, facing significant political pressure, resigned in February 1970. With the appointment of Sergey Zalygin in 1986, at the beginning of ''

perestroika ''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...

'', the magazine practised increasingly bold criticism of the

Soviet government The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the All-Union Supreme Soviet. It was formed on 30 December 1922 and abolished on 26 December 199 ...

, including figures such as

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

. It also published fiction and poetry by previously banned writers, such as

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly ...

and

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...

Editors-in-chief

Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov Ivan Ivanovich Skvortsov-Stepanov (; 8 March O.S. 24 February">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 24 February1870 – 8 October 1928) was a prominent Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Sovie ...

(1925–1926) *

Vyacheslav Polonsky Vyacheslav Pavlovich Polonsky (June 23, 1886 – February 24, 1932) - the pen name of Vyacheslav Pavlovich Gusin - was a Russian literary critic, journalist and historian who was active in the Soviet Union in the 1920s up to his death in 19 ...

(1926–1931) *

Ivan Gronsky Ivan Mikhailovich Gronsky (Russian: Иван Михайлович Гронский) (real surname: Fedulov) (30 November 1894 – 15 August 1985) was a Russian Soviet public figure, journalist, literary critic and Communist Party official, who su ...

(1931–1937) *

Vladimir Stavsky Vladimir Petrovich Stavsky (Владимир Петрович Ставский; born Kirpichnikov, Кирпичников; 30 July 1900 – 14 November 1943) was a Soviet Russian writer, editor (in 1937–1941, of ''Novy Mir'') and literary admin ...

(1937–1941) * Vladimir Shcherbina (1941–1946) *

Konstantin Simonov Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (, – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent,Константин Михайлович Симонов // " Литературна� ...

(1946–1950) *

(1950–1954) * Konstantin Simonov (1954–1957) * Alexander Tvardovsky (1958–1970) * Valery Kosolapov (1970–1974) * Sergei Narovchatov (1974–1981) *

Vladimir Karpov Vladimir Vasilyevich Karpov (; 28 July 1922 – 18 January 2010) was a Soviet soldier, writer of historical novels and public figure. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery in World War II. Karpov was born in Orenburg, and mo ...

(1981–1986) * Sergey Zalygin (1986–1998) * Andrei Vasilevsky (1998- )

Contemporary authors

Today ''Novy Mir'' is considered a leading Russian literary magazine and has a liberal orientation. In the 2000s, the following authors have been published: Maxim Amelin, Arkadi Babchenko, Dmitry Bak, Vladimir Berezin,

Dmitry Bykov Dmitry Lvovich Bykov ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Львович Быков, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪdʑ ˈbɨkəf, a=Dmitriy L'vovich Bykov.ru.vorb.oga; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet, literary critic and journalist. ...

, Dmitry Danilov, Vladimir Gandelsman,

Alisa Ganieva Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; , born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar people (Caucasus), Avar family but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived i ...

, Alexander Ilichevsky,

Alexander Karasyov Alexander Karasyov (Russian — Александр Владимирович Карасёв, transl. ''Alexandr Vladimirovich Karasev'') is a Russian writer living in St. Petersburg, Russia. Biography Alexander Karasyov was born in Krasnodar, ...

, Leonid Kostyukov, Yuri Kublanovsky,

Alexander Kushner Alexander Semyonovich Kushner () is a Russian poet from Saint Petersburg. Biography Kushner was born in Leningrad into a Russian-Jewish family; his father was a naval engineer. Alexandr graduated from the Russian language and literature schoo ...

Yulia Latynina Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (; born 16 June 1966) is an independent journalist, writer, TV and radio host from Russia. She grew famous as a columnist for ''Novaya Gazeta'' and was the most popular host at the Echo of Moscow radio station for years. ...

Vladimir Makanin Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (; 13 March 1937 in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union – 1 November 2017 in , Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia) was a Russian writer of novels and short stories. Life Makanin graduated from the F ...

, Anatoly Nayman, Yevgeni Popov,

Zakhar Prilepin Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin (; born 7 July 1975), writing as Zakhar Prilepin (), and sometimes using another pseudonym, Yevgeny Lavlinsky (), is a Russian writer, politician and paramilitary leader. He was a member of Russia's National Bolsh ...

, Valery Pustovaya, Sergey Soloukh,

Andrei Volos Andrei Germanovich Volos (; born 4 August 1955) is a Russian writer.Андрей Волос
at the liter ...

, Oleg Yermakov and others.Журнальный зал (Zhurnal'nyj zal) Magazines
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History

Editors-in-chief

Contemporary authors

See also

Footnotes

Further reading

External links