Novy Mir
literary journal
Novy Mir (Russian: Новый мир, lit. 'New World', IPA: [ˈnovɨj ˈmʲir]) is a Russian-language monthly thick journal published in Moscow since 1925. It publishes prose, poetry, essays, memoirs, literary criticism, and articles on art, science, and philosophy.
History
Novy Mir has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was modeled on the popular pre-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.
Before 1960, Novy Mir mainly published prose that supported the general line of the Communist Party. Ivan Gronsky became editor-in-chief of the magazine in 1931, and he began the practice of printing a portrait of Stalin and a poem to his glory in almost every issue. However, Gronsky was arrested in 1937 and replaced by Vladimir Stavsky. In the April 13, 1946, meeting of the Politburo, Joseph Stalin said Novy Mir was the USSR's worst literary magazine, beating out Zvezda for the top spot. Between 1947 and 1991, the magazine was an organ of the Union of Soviet Writers.
In the early 1960s, Novy Mir changed its political stance, leaning to a dissident position.
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