The Military Historical Journal (Russian: Вое́нно-истори́ческий журна́л, romanized: Voyenno-Istoricheskii Zhurnal) is a monthly Russian magazine focussed on military history. Initially published by the People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union (later: Soviet Ministry of Defense) between 1939 and 1941, publication was resumed in 1959 and has carried on since. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, publication was taken over by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In English-language publications, the abbreviation used for the Military Historical Journal is VIZh.[1]