Russkaya Mysl

Russkaya Mysl

The last official Russian issue of Russkaya Mysl, 1918
Editor	Vukol Lavrov, Sergey Yuryev, Viktor Goltsev, Alexander Kisevetter, Pyotr Struve
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	up to 13,000
First issue	1880-1927, refounded 1947
Based in	Moscow, Russian Empire Paris, France (1918–1927) Paris, then London for the refounded version (1947-present)
Language	Russian, English
Website	russianmind.com

Russkaya Mysl (Russian Thought, Русская мысль) was one of Russia's most popular magazines of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was founded in Moscow in 1880 by Vukol Lavrov, closed in 1918 by Bolsheviks, resurrected abroad first in Sofia, then Prague and in Paris. In 1927 Russkaya Mysl closed for good.

A successor by the same name was set up in Paris in 1947, and as of 2017 continues to be published in London as both a web version and a monthly printed magazine. It carries articles in both English and Russian.

Russkaya Mysl was founded in 1880 in Moscow by Vukol Lavrov as a moderate pro-Constitution publication and is seen as the ideological background for the Constitutional Democratic Party which it played an important part in organization of. Up until 1906 the magazine's publisher and editor in chief was Lavrov. He translated a lot from Polish which helped the rising popularity of the contemporary Polish fiction. In 1880–1885 the editor of Russkaya Mysl was Sergey Yuryev who brought it close to the Slavophiliac movement. After Yuryev's death Viktor Goltsev became the editor; under his guidance the magazine made a turn to the left and provided safe haven for many contributors of the recently closed Otechestvennye Zapiski, taking upon itself some of the latter's subscription obligations. This, as well as dropping the standard price from 16 to 12 rubles per issue, helped its popularity rise.

In 1906, after Goltsev's death, Alexander Kisevetter became the editor-in-chief; he invited Pyotr Struve as a co-editor. The magazine started actively discuss latest political, social and religious reforms. Lavrov was still a stuff member but now his works were published not that often. One specific feature of Russkaya Mysl was the Bibliography section which informed the readership of all that was new in Russian literature and journalism. The journal also ran its own The Scientific review and The Modern Art sections, the latter specializing mostly in the Moscow theatrical life. From 1905 onwards Russkaya Mysl became the organ of the right wing of the CD party with a strong Vekhi connection.