Russian Mind

Russian Mind (Russian: Русская мысль, romanized: Russkaya Mysl; French – La Pensée Russe) is a pan-European sociopolitical and cultural magazine, published on a monthly basis both in Russian and in English. The modern edition follows the traditions of the magazine laid down in 1880 by its founder, Vukol Mikhailovich Lavrov.^[2] At the time of its first publications, Russkaya Mysl, (originally: Russian Thought), adhered to moderate constitutionalism – the idea which paved the way for the ideological and organizational creation of the Cadet Party.

In 1918 the magazine was closed by the Bolsheviks as a bourgeois press organ. From 1921 to 1923 it was published in Sofia, Prague and in Berlin. The last issue of Russian Thought, in the format of a magazine, was published in Paris in 1927.

In 1947 Russkaya Mysl was revived as a weekly newspaper. The publication was first issued in Paris and did not relocate its headquarters until 2006. In that year, the publishing house settled in London.^[3]

In 2011, Russkaya Mysl returned to the historical format of 1880, and once again became a magazine. Since 2016, the magazine has been published in English under the title of Russian Mind.^[4]

Since 2021, the magazine has again been published in Paris. This decision was made by the editorial board of Russian Mind in connection with the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. Russian Mind is a partner of Roszarubezhtsentr under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in the field of promoting the Russian language, a partner of the Fund for Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad.^{[citation needed]} The magazine is available in retailers, and by subscription in the countries of the European Union, as well as by subscription in Russia, United States, Israel, Japan and Australia.^[5]