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Check out the Social Sciences, Contemporary Russia, and Other book reviews published in the April 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

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Published in the April 2026 issue! "Snap Judgements: Turning Photography into Art in the Late Soviet Union" Jessica Werneke doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the April 2026 issue! "Lenin as an Object of Formalist Discourse: The Limits of the Literary and the Boundaries of Discipline" Alastair Renfrew doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the April 2026 issue! "Chekhov, Stanislavsky, and the Man with a Camera: Remediating Photography in Three Sisters" Robyn Jensen doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the April 2026 issue! "From Tsarist Russia to the Kolyma Republic: Gender, Colonialism, and the Making of a Female Anthropologist in Dina Brodskaia’s Siberian Travel Accounts" Anna Smelova doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the April 2026 issue! 2025 Levin Article Prize Essay Speaking Truth to Power: Understanding the Role of Political Theater in Russia Katherine A. New doi.org/10.1111/russ...

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The 85/2 April 2026 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes an essay from the 2025 Levin Article Prize winner, four regular articles, and, as always, book reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

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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!

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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. russianreview.ku.edu

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. russianreview.ku.edu/submissions

Check out these Social Sciences, Contemporary Russia, and Other book reviews published in the January 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Check out these History book reviews published in the January 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Check out these Literature and Fine Arts book reviews published in the January 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Featured Review published in the January 2026 issue! The Peril of Thinking for Others: The Russian Intelligentsia, Pro and Contra Caryl Emerson doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Featured Review published in the January 2026 issue! Literary Reveries on Selected Poems: Essays Written in Collaboration with a Friend Sarah Pratt doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the January 2026 issue! The Martyrdom of Nadezhda Kurchenko: Soviet Hero Cults and the Spiritual Turn in Late Socialism Steven E. Harris doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the January 2026 issue! "The Courtroom Sketch: Journalism and Justice in Literaturnaia gazeta" Rebecca Reich doi.org/10.1111/russ... Image reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library, NPR.B.995.

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 doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the January 2026 issue! "A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929" Jonathan Sicotte doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the January 2026 issue! "Singing Off the Road to Life: The Threat of Sonic Delinquency in the Early Soviet Union" Elizabeth Abosch doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the January 2026 issue! FROM THE EDITOR Katherine New Wins the 2025 Levin Article Prize doi.org/10.1111/russ...

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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. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

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!

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