Historical, political, and literary magazine. It was published in 1866-1918. in Saint-Petersburg. It continued the tradition of the magazine of the same name, founded in 1802 by N .M. Karamzin. It was issued with a frequency of 4 volumes per year. Since 1868 it became a monthly magazine. Editors and publishers: M. M. Stasyulevich (1866-1908), since 1908 - editor K. K. Arseniev, publisher - M. M. Kovalevsky, from 1913 to March 1918 - editor and publisher D. N. Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky. The magazine published historical studies, monographs, biographies, and historical fiction; reviews of historical literature and the activities of scientific historical societies and academies; pedagogical literature and methods of teaching historical science; historical and political chronicle. The literary department contained literary and artistic works, letters, essays, memoirs, literary and critical articles. Among the authors were I. S. Turgenev, I. A. Goncharov, A. N. Ostrovsky, P. D. Boborykin, V. S. Soloviev, M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin. It also featured articles on financial and economic issues and journalism. Resumed in Moscow in 2001 with the same title (founders: Yegor Gaidar, Ekaterina Genieva, and Victor Yaroshenko).
Presented issues: 1869-1917.