''Zarya'' (, Dawn) was a monthly literary and political Russian magazine published in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

in 1869-1872. A Slavophile-oriented journal, ''Zarya'' supported the liberal reforms in Russia while promoting the idea of strong Tsarist power. Nikolai Danilevsky's ''Russia and Europe'', published there in 1869 (Nos. 1-6, 8-10) would later become the basis for Alexander III's government's official political doctrine. Among other notable works that were published by ''Zarya'' were " The Prisoner of the Caucasus" by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...

(1872, No. 2), '' The Eternal Husband'' by

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian literature, Russian and world literature, and many of his works are consider ...

, as well as assorted works by

Fyodor Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (, ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat. Ancestry Tyutchev was born into an old Russian noble family in the Ovstug family estate near Bryansk (modern-day Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast of Russia). His f ...

Afanasy Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...

Apollon Maykov Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (, , Moscow – , Saint Petersburg) was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love for ancient Greece and Rome, which he studied for much of his ...

Yakov Polonsky Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (; ) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. Of noble birth, Polonsky attended the Moscow University, where he befriended ...

Alexey Pisemsky Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky () () was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s, but whose reputation suffered a spectacular decline after his fall-out with ''Sovre ...

Konstantin Leontyev Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontiev, monastic name: Clement (; 25 January 1831 – 24 November 1891) was a conservative tsarist and imperial monarchist Russian philosopher who advocated closer cultural ties between Russia and the East against w ...

Dmitry Averkiyev Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (, (October 12, 1836, in Yekaterinodar, Russian Empire – January 20, 1905, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian playwright, theatre critic, novelist, publicist and translator. He is the author of the ...

Vsevolod Krestovsky Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (; February 23, 1840 – January 30, 1895) was a Russian writer who worked in the city mysteries genre. Biography Krestovsky came from an old family of Polish gentry (''szlachta'') with roots in nowadays Ukra ...

, Viktor Klyushnikov,

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 Avseenko Vasily Grigorievich Avseenko (, 17 .s. 5January, 1842, Moscow Governorate, - August 11 .s.July 291913, Saint Petersburg) was a literary critic, writer and journalist from the Russian Empire. Biography Vasily Avseenko was born in 1842 into a wea ...

, Semyon Sholkovich. A pivotal figure in ''Zarya'' was the

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and

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Nikolai Strakhov Nikolay Nikolayevich Strakhov, also transliterated as ''Nikolai Strahov'' (; 16 October 1828 – 24 January 1896) was a Russian philosopher, publicist, journalist and literary criticism, literary critic. He shared the ideals of Pochvennichestvo ...

. His three essays on Tolstoy's ''

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'' (1869, Nos. 1 and 2; 1870, No.1) provided the first detailed analysis on this novel in Russia. The magazine's editor-in-chief Vasily Kashpiryov was also its publisher. After three years of struggling to attract the wider readership, he found himself on the verge of

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and stopped the publication in February 1872.

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