Check out the Social Sciences, Contemporary Russia, and Other book reviews published in the October 2025 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

So many History book reviews published in the October 2025 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Check out the Literature and Fine Arts book reviews published in the October 2025 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Featured Review published in the October 2025 issue! "Russian Realist Fiction in the Shadow of Autocratic Power" Kate Holland *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Featured Review published in the October 2025 issue! "Getting the Facts Straight: Materialism and Method in Devin Fore’s Soviet Factography" Julia Vaingurt *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Review Essay published in the October 2025 issue! "Russia’s War against Ukraine: The Early Historiography of an Escalation" Oleksa Drachewych doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the October 2025 issue! “The Recriminalization of Homosexuality under Stalin: New Sources, New Answers” Irina Roldugina *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the October 2025 issue! "'I Wanted to Bite at the Chauvinists': Tatar History, Culture, and Politics during the Thaw" John M. Romero @romerojohnm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/russ...

The final contribution in our thematic cluster on “The Ideology of Putinism” is Alexander Libman’s “Putinism and Markets: How (and Why) Do They Fit Together?” *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Our thematic cluster on “The Ideology of Putinism” continues with Pål Kolstø’s “Holding Back the End of the World: Russian Apocalyptic Interpretations of the War in Ukraine.” doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Our thematic cluster on “The Ideology of Putinism” continues with Alicja Curanović’s “Putinism and the End of the Taboo on Land Grabs in Russian Politics: An Insight into the Territorial Aspect of the Ideology.” *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

The Russian Review is delighted to have published a thematic cluster on “The Ideology of Putinism” in the October 2025 issue. We invite readers to begin with the introductory essay by Mark Bassin, Dmitrii Dorogov, and Mikhail Suslov. doi.org/10.1111/russ...

The 84/4 October 2025 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes an introduction and three articles in our "The Ideology of Putinism” cluster, two regular articles, a review essay, two featured reviews, and, as always, book reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

Question of the day: How much do you think a yearly subscription to The Russian Review was in 1942? Looking for the cost for US subscribers, but extra points for the cost for Canadian subscribers and the cost for foreign subscribers.

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The Russian Review ranks among the oldest and most widely-read journals of Russian studies! russianreview.ku.edu

This is a friendly reminder that The Russian Review welcomes individual article submissions as well as proposals for interdisciplinary article clusters focused on a theme of current scholarly interest. See our website for more information: russianreview.ku.edu/submissions

С днем рождения/З днем народження/Happy birthday to our wonderful Editorial Assistant, Jordan Zaugg! We are so grateful to have him as part of our editorial staff!

Don't forget! Individual and institutional subscriptions to The Russian Review are available through Wiley. Subscription discounts are available for members of our affiliate organizations, ASEEES and AHA. russianreview.ku.edu/subscription...

Did you know that The Russian Review editorial office is located at the University of Kansas? During the past few days, everyone here has been bubbling with excitement over some sort of news. Maybe the excitement is for the next issue of the journal? Coming soon in October!

*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Russian Education System” written by Miles Parker russianreview.ku.edu/russian-educ... Check out this fantastic resource!

*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Witches and Physicians: Health and Medicine in The Russian Review” Written by Jordan Zaugg (our AMAZING editorial assistant!) russianreview.ku.edu/health-russi...

*2025 LEVIN ARTICLE PRIZE WINNER* Katherine New, “‘Following Our Own Path’: Pavel Katenin’s Political Theater” We invite everyone to enjoy New’s prize-winning article by going to doi.org/10.1111/russ... (OPEN ACCESS)

*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Race and Russian Studies” Written by Kamal Kariem russianreview.ku.edu/race-and-rus... Teachers, students, and scholars will want to check out this amazing resource on race and racialization in Russia.

*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Emigres and Global Russian Identities” written by Adam Rodger (a former editorial assistant!) russianreview.ku.edu/emigres This has articles that can be included into course syllabi as primary sources for the study of Russian emigration and the diaspora.

*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “A Look into the Archives” written by Olivia Naum russianreview.ku.edu/archives Anyone teaching history who wants to show the importance of archival access will want to look at this!

Scholars, teachers, and students: Check out our Living Syllabus Collection! russianreview.ku.edu/livingsyllabus These guides are meant to help teachers create syllabi or course modules that draw on the journal’s past issues, all of which are readily available online.

The final contribution to our thematic cluster on “Buryat Studies: New Perspectives” is Kathryn E. Graber's “When Everything Old Was New Again: Reclaiming Ethnonational Tradition in Post-Soviet Buryatia.” doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Our “Buryat Studies: New Perspectives” thematic cluster continues with “Overcoming Subaltern Silences: The Forgotten Buryat Soldiers of the Korean War,” by Sayana Namsaraeva and Vitaly Tsytsykov. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The next contribution to our thematic cluster on “Buryat Studies: New Perspectives” is “Borders in a Borderland: The Buryat-Cossacks and the Buryat National Movement, 1917–21” by Griffin B. Creech. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our thematic cluster on "Buryat Studies: New Perspectives" continues with Nikolay Tsyrempilov's "A Story about One Hapless Baptism: Christianization of the Buryats and the Dymbilov Affair, 1841-48." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Russian Review is delighted to have published a thematic cluster on "Buryat Studies: New Perspectives" in the July 2025 issue. We invite readers to begin with Tatiana Linkhoeva and Justine Buck Quijada's introductory essay! doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the July 2025 issue! "Public Patterns in Private Writing: Computational Insights into Russophone Diaries" by Tatyana Gershkovich, Madeline Kehl, and Simon DeDeo *Open Access* at doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Published in the July 2025 issue! “Education Policy in the Kingdom of Poland after 1905: The Nationalizing Empire at an Impasse” by Darius Staliūnas

The July 2025 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes a tribute to our recently retired Managing Editor Kurt Schultz, an introduction and four articles for our “Buryat Studies: New Perspectives” cluster, two regular articles, four featured reviews, and book reviews.

FINAL REMINDER: Abstracts for our planned special issue "The Life and Death of Cold War Funding" are due by July 1, 2025! See the full CfA here: russianreview.ku.edu/news

Abstracts for our planned special issue "The Life and Death of Cold War Funding" are due by July 1, 2025! See the full CfA here: russianreview.ku.edu/news

Call for Abstracts: The Life and Death of Cold War Funding As many funding opportunities come to an end, this special issue invites pieces reflecting on the life & death of Cold War-era funding and how it shaped the Cold War and its aftermath. Full CfA: russianreview.ku.edu/news

The April 2025 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes our “Critical Climate Histories of Eurasia” cluster, a piece by 2024 Levin Article Prize winner Erin Hutchinson, one independent article, and, as always, book reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

In 1981 the TsK KPSS authorized the start of an alternative renewable energy development program in the USSR. Benjamin Beuerle explores the motivations behind this endeavor, its primary directions and regions, its results, and its fate post-1991. OA! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our April issue will feature the "Critical Climate Histories of Eurasia" cluster. In the introductory essay, Andy Bruno and Pey-Yi Chu frame the cluster's five articles under this idea, advocating for more research in this area. Available now! doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Anastasiya Osipova investigates the media strategies used by DOXA—a student paper persecuted for supporting students’ right to protest—as they battled against the police in the online sphere for over a year. Available now! doi.org/10.1111/russ...

In “Invasive Species,” Julia Vaingurt analyzes recent contagion narratives to determine whether globalization lead the authors to conceptualize new forms of community or, on the contrary, retreat into nostalgic restoration, nationalism, & tribalism. Open Access! doi.org/10.1111/russ...

Using newly available archival documents, Oleg Khlevniuk investigates Chekists themselves as victims of the Chekist corporation. How were Chekists treated in the camps? What could they do after release? See this new article from JAN 2025 for more! doi.org/10.1111/russ.12698

Greta Bucher examines the changing discourse on Russian women’s healthcare in the late Imperial period—changes which legitimized the idea the women’s health was important to the Empire’s success and survival. Her article is available in our JAN25 issue! doi.org/10.1111/russ...

The Russian Review vol. 84, no. 1 is now available! This issue includes six articles, one review essay, one featured review, and over a dozen book reviews. Find the issue in its entirety here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...

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