''Russky Arkhiv'' (, Russian Archives) was a Russian historical and literary

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(in 1880–1884, a

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) magazine, published in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

in 1863–1917. Conceived originally by Alexey Khomyakov, it was launched and edited by

Pyotr Bartenev Pyotr Ivanovich Bartenev (Пётр Ива́нович Барте́нев; 13 October 1829 – 4 November 1912) was a Russian historian and collector of unpublished memoirs. Of noble birth, Bartenev attended the Moscow University. In 1856, he un ...

, with a view to giving its readership the full and objective account of Russian history. In the course of its history the magazine published a host of important historical documents, including the previously unreleased archive materials, concerning correspondences, biographies, diaries, travel notes or memoirs of renowned historical figures, focusing on the history of Russian nobility of the 18th and the early 19th centuries. Almost topical for ''Russian Archive'' became the documentary analysis of the life and the work of

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

.Русский Архив
at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary Among the historians, essayists and critics who contributed to ''Russky Arkhiv'' regularly were

Yakov Grot Yakov Karlovich Grot (; – ) was a Russian philologist of German extraction who worked at the University of Helsinki. Grot was a graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. In his lifetime, he gained fame for his translations of German and S ...

, Mikhail Yuzefovich, Alexander Vasilchikov,

Dmitry Ilovaysky Dmitry Ivanovich Ilovaysky (; February 11/23, 1832, Ranenburg - February 15, 1920) was an anti-Normanist conservative Russian historian who penned a number of standard history textbooks. Ilovaysky graduated from the Moscow University in 1854 and ...

, Mikhail Longinov,

Leonid Maykov Leonid Nikolaevich Maikov (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Майков; 1839–1900) was a prominent researcher in the history of Russian literature, a full member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, president of the Russian ...

, Sergey Sobolevsky, Nikolai Barsukov. Among its most valued publications were letters and diaries by numerous

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, the notes of Count Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz (1713–1725), as well as Just Juel, the Danish ambassador at the Court of

Peter the Great Peter I (, ; – ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...

, the diaries of Pyotr Tolstoy on his 1697–1699 foreign trip,

Friedrich Christian Weber Friedrich Christian Weber (died 1739) was an 18th-century German diplomat and writer. He was born in Hanover and, after the succession of fellow Hanoverian George I of Great Britain to the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1714, represe ...

's notes on Peter I's reforms, as well as the assorted diaries, memoirs and notes by Mikhail Antonovsky, Count Alexander de Ribaupierre, Nikolai Ilyinsky, Countess Edling, Count de Rochechouart, Hippolyte Auger,

Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Karsky (; 13 August 1794 – 4 November 1866) was an Imperial Russian military officer and General of the Russian Army. A member of the mighty Muravyov family. He became famous for the capture of Kars in the Crime ...

, Count Mikhail Tolstoy, the poet Alexander Andreyev, Countess

Antonina Bludova Countess Antonina Dmitrievna Bludova (Антонина Дмитриевна Блудова; 25 April 1813 – 9 April 1891) was a Russian philanthropist, Salon (gathering), salonist, memoirist and lady-in-waiting. Antonina Bludova was the eldest ...

, general Grigory Filipson, the

Saratov Saratov ( , ; , ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the List of cities and tow ...

Governor

Andrey Fadeyev Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Slavic languages, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Russian. The name is derived from the ancient Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior". In Eastern O ...

, Baron Alexander von Nicolai,

Nikolai Berg Nikolai Vasilyevich Berg (; – ) was a Russian poetry, Russian poet, journalist, translator and historian. Biography Nikolai Berg was born in Moscow. His father came from an old noble Livonian family. Nikolai studied first at the Tomsk regional ...

(on the Polish

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), Prince

Pyotr Vyazemsky Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (, ; 23 July 1792 – 22 November 1878) was a Russian poet and a leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. Biography His parents were a Russian prince of Rurikid stock, Prince Andrey Vyazemsk ...

(his Ostafyev Archives). The extensive memoirs by general Pavel Grabbe and playwright Stepan Zhikharev came out separately, as supplements. ''Russky Arkhiv'' was a respectable but not massively popular publication; its circulation figures fluctuated around one thousand and never reached beyond 1300.Русский Архив
at the Soviet History Encyclopedia // Советская историческая энциклопедия

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online

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