Traditions and Innovations in the History of Science: Pro et Contra
Deadline for submitting articles is March 1, 2026.
The history of studying of scientific systems with the help of modern interdisciplinary cognitive tools is under consideration. We suggest to study the historical stages of classical, nonclassical, postmodern, neoclassical (post-nonclassical) scientific paradigms, to determine their general theoretical and methodological foundations and unique temporal and regional refractions, to identify causal factors of tradition formation and the emergence of innovations, correlations and constellations of traditional and innovative scientific forms in national and global scientific discourses at a specific historical stage and in dynamics. It is planned to introduce the following thematic headings: the history of personal, cognitive and disciplinary science; the history of concepts; science and technology in historical dynamics; the phenomenon of scientific expeditions; scientific communities, institutes, schools, directions.
Russia’s Food Security in the 19th and Early 21st Centuries: Achievements and Crises
Deadline for submitting articles is May 1, 2026.
The thematic issue is supposed to reconstruct the historical experience of ensuring Russia’s food security in the 19th and early 21st centuries, and highlight the development of strategies and tactics for implementing the state’s agri-food policy. Special attention is planned to be paid to the study of the problems of agricultural development and crises that led to food crises, local and mass famine, a comprehensive analysis of the economic, political, social and mental aspects of crisis development, the identification of ways out of the agricultural economy and food sector crisis, the study of general patterns and regional specifics of these processes.
Russian Historical Demography: Schools and Trends
Deadline for submitting articles is July 1, 2026.
Historical demography is currently actively developing. Interest in it is constantly growing, due to demographic problems in the country and in the world. A number of fundamental works and a large number of articles have been published. More and more young people are joining this branch of science. At the same time, the historiography of this field is still being formed. There are unresolved problems and a number of debatable issues. Therefore, it is very important to collect materials about leading experts, research centers, schools and trends in Russian historical demography, as well as about the historiography of this field of knowledge in general, its achievements and blind spots. This issue of the journal is also intended to become a platform for discussing new ideas, concepts and approaches in the field of source studies and methodology of historical research of population. Reports on scientific events, reviews, and responses to out-of-print publications on historical demography are welcome.
The Code of Everyday Life. Fashion as a Mirror of Social Change
Deadline for submitting articles is October 1, 2026.
The issue is planned to be primarily composed of articles based on the reports presented at the Tenth All-Russian Scientific Seminar on the History of Everyday Life, held as part of the XIII Bolshakov Readings (Orenburg, April 24, 2026). The seminar’s theme was “Everyday Life and Fashion”. Accordingly, the publications will address such relevant issues in the study of everyday life as the relationship between fashion and economics; the impact of fashion on everyday life; the use of fashion as a means of social control; the role of fashion magazines in shaping and representing everyday life; fashion as a sociocultural institution, and more.
National Policy and National Construction in the USSR: A Modern Reading of Historical Experience
Deadline for submitting articles is January 1, 2027.
The purpose of this issue is to provide a balanced assessment of Soviet national policy and to develop modern approaches to interpreting the historical legacy of interethnic relations in the USSR. By examining the unique experiences of the Soviet Union, including the creation of national-territorial autonomies, we can identify both successes and failures in the field of nation-building. This approach will contribute to the development of constructive scientific dialogue and humanitarian cooperation between countries with a shared historical past, as well as play a significant role in shaping a common historical memory in the post-Soviet region.
Scientific Study of Siberia: From Academic Expeditions to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Deadline for submitting articles is March 1, 2027.
The issue will be dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main theme of the issue will be the history of the formation and development of the SB RAS, its institutes, scientific fields, disciplines, schools, as well as the biographies and research activities of its scientists. We plan to examine how the macroregion was gradually included in the orbit of Russia’s scientific interests and entered the international scientific arena in the fields of history, geography, ethnography, and biology. The issue will also cover the role of the Academy of Sciences and participants of academic expeditions in the study and exploration of the Asian terra incognita, as well as in the representation of Siberia and the Far East in scientific works.
Sources on the History of Russian Spiritual Culture
Deadline for submitting articles is April 1, 2027.
The thematic issue of the journal is expected to include articles on current issues in the study of Russia’s traditional spiritual culture from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Research articles should present the results of analyzing documentary and narrative sources, both well-known and newly introduced into scholarly discourse. Reports on scientific events, reviews of the latest literature, and reviews and responses to published works related to the issue are also welcome.
Vanished Cities of Russia
Deadline for submitting articles is June 1, 2027.
The thematic issue will include articles and documentary publications dedicated to various disappeared cities in Russia that ceased to exist for various reasons (Ilimsk, Zashiversk, Pustozersk, Mologa, etc.). Some of them were destroyed as a result of foreign invasions and were never rebuilt, fell into decline and were abandoned, were flooded during the construction of reservoirs, lost their urban status, became rural settlements, and were finally incorporated into other cities. The articles will explore various aspects of the history of the lost cities and provide information about the efforts made to preserve the historical memory of these settlements and promote knowledge about them among the wide layers of population.