Pedagogical Journals Produced by Educational Institutions in the Russian Empire in the Period 1873-1917

This work examines a set of pedagogical journals published by educational institutions in the Russian Empire in the period 1873-1917. In terms of the study’s sources, use was made of some of the diverse reference literature on the Russian academic periodical press of the imperial period, including the fundamental work by A.V. Mezier, ‘A Dictionary Index of Bibliology’, L.N. Belyayeva’s ‘A Bibliography of Periodicals in Russia. 1901-1916’, and N.N. Ablov’s ‘The Pedagogical Periodical Press (1803-1916)’. The study’s findings revealed that the production of academic pedagogical journals by educational institutions was something quite rare in the Russian Empire. Normally, such journals were produced through the efforts of small action groups and academic clubs functioning at educational institutions. In the period from 1873 to 1917, there were at least 14 pedagogical journals published at educational institutions in Russia (7 in Saint Petersburg, 2 in Moscow, 2 in Orenburg, 1 in Nizhny Novgorod, 1 in Chita, and 1 in Kiev). Most of those journals did not last long, with only two of them, Zapiski Matematicheskogo Kruzhka Pri Orenburgskom Real'nom Uchilishche and Vestnik Psikhologii, Kriminal'noy Antropologii i Pedologii , making it to 5 years. The main reasons behind the closure of the journals were either World War I or the revolutionary events.