The Russian Review

SNEAK PEEK ALERT! Can’t wait until the next issue of The Russian Review? We publish accepted articles, featured reviews, review essays, and book reviews online ahead of print before they are scheduled for an issue on our Early View website. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

We are delighted to announce that Ingrid Kleespies will be joining us as an additional Associate Editor for Literature and Culture. She will be focusing on manuscript submissions on literature and culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Please join us in welcoming Ingrid!

Lawrence can celebrate the arrival of spring at CREES’ Spring Festival There will be no shortage of bliny at this weekend’s Spring Festival, hosted by KU’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

We are going to be there on March 1st! If you are in the area and plan on attending, then let us know. We would love to see you!

The Russian Review ranks among the oldest and most widely-read journals of Russian studies. Since 1941, its mission has been to present a broad panorama of the Russian scene, both past and present.
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This is a friendly reminder that The Russian Review welcomes individual article submissions and proposals for interdisciplinary article clusters focused on a theme of current scholarly interest. See our website for more information on submissions.
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Check out these Social Sciences, Contemporary Russia, and Other book reviews published in the January 2026 issue!

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Check out these History book reviews published in the January 2026 issue!

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Check out these Literature and Fine Arts book reviews published in the January 2026 issue!

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Featured Review published in the January 2026 issue!

The Peril of Thinking for Others: The Russian Intelligentsia, Pro and Contra
Caryl Emerson

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Featured Review published in the January 2026 issue!

Literary Reveries on Selected Poems: Essays Written in Collaboration with a Friend
Sarah Pratt

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism
Steven E. Harris

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

"The Courtroom Sketch: Journalism and Justice in Literaturnaia gazeta"
Rebecca Reich

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

"“Your Hands, Malenkov, Are Covered in Blood…”: Nikita Khrushchev and the Instrumentalization of the 1949–1952 Leningrad Affair"
David Brandenberger

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

"A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929"
Jonathan Sicotte

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

"Singing Off the Road to Life: The Threat of Sonic Delinquency in the Early Soviet Union"
Elizabeth Abosch

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Published in the January 2026 issue!

FROM THE EDITOR
Katherine New Wins the 2025 Levin Article Prize
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COVER IMAGE FOR THE 85/1 JANUARY 2026 ISSUE

The 85/1 January 2026 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes the announcement of the winner of the 2025 Levin Article Prize, five regular articles, two featured reviews, and, as always, book reviews.
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The Russian Review editorial office will be closed from December 24th through January 1st. We will be back in the office on January 2nd. Happy holidays and have a wonderful new year!

*THE RUSSIAN REVIEW REWIND*

Check out these book reviews published in the 84/3 July 2025 issue!

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*THE RUSSIAN REVIEW REWIND*

Check out these book reviews published in the 84/2 April 2025 issue!

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*THE RUSSIAN REVIEW REWIND*

Check out these book reviews published in the 84/1 January 2025 issue!

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***THROWBACK THURSDAY***

Note to Contributors from 1983

Does anyone remember using 8-inch floppy disks or magnetic tape for their manuscripts?

#timeshavechanged

Volume 85 is going to be online before we know it! Need to catch up on regular articles, thematic clusters, featured reviews, review essays, book reviews, and tributes from volume 84? Go to this link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/14679434

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All of this snow in Kansas is giving us January issue vibes. Can’t wait until the next issue of The Russian Review? The journal publishes accepted articles, featured reviews, review essays, and book reviews on our Early View website. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

The editorial office is closed today and tomorrow in observance of the US Thanksgiving holiday. We are very thankful and grateful for the dedication and efforts of our authors, manuscript reviewers, book reviewers, our readership audience, our editorial board, and our editorial collegium and staff.

We enjoyed seeing everyone and taking in all of the great content at ASEEES! This is just a friendly reminder that we welcome individual article submissions as well as proposals for interdisciplinary article clusters focused on a theme of current scholarly interest.
russianreview.ku.edu/submissions

We are getting ready for the 2025 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Annual Convention in Washington, DC! We can't wait to see everyone later this week!

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