Fragments (magazine)

Fragments (Russian: Осколки) was a Russian humorous, literary and artistic weekly magazine published in St Petersburg from 1881 to 1916.

Fragments
Fragments cover, 1911.
EditorNikolay Leykin
Viktor Bilibin
K. Mikhailov
FrequencyWeekly
Year founded1881
Final issue1916
Based inSt Petersburg
LanguageRussian

History

From 1881 to 1906 Fragments was published by the popular writer Nikolay Leykin. From 1906 to 1908 it was run by the humorist Viktor Bilibin.[1]

In the 1880s Fragments was known as the most liberal of Russian humorous magazines. Fragments played an important part in the early career of Anton Chekhov. From 1882 to 1887 Fragments published more than 270 of Chekhov's works.

Contributors

Poets and writers

Artists

References

  1. Katayev, V.B. Chekhov and His Literary Friends // Чехов и его литературное окружение. Изд-во Моск. ун-та, 1982.
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