Razvlecheniye

Razvlecheniye
A 1907 issue
Editor Fyodor Miller
Frequency Weekly
Year founded 1859
Final issue 1916
Country Russian Empire
Based in Moscow
Language Russian

Razvlecheniye (Russian: Развлечение, Amusement) was a Russian illustrated weekly magazine published in Moscow in 1859—1916. Launched and (up until 1881) edited by Fyodor Miller, it specialized in humour and caricatures, but also contained a large and popular literary section. Among its regular contributors were Boris Almazov, Vladimir Dal, Alexander Levitov, Dmitry Minayev, caricaturist Lavr Belyankin. Three Anton Chekhov's early stories first appeared in Razvlecheniye in 1883-1884.[1]

References

  1. Bogoslovsky, A.N. (1971). "Развлечение". The Soviet Encyclopedia (publishers). Vol.VI, p.154. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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