Join us in welcoming our new Editorial Assistant, Eryn Cannon, to the Russian Review team!
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*2026 LEVIN ARTICLE PRIZE WINNERS* russianreview.ku.edu/news Dr Katja Doose and Dr Christine Bichsel are the recipients of the 2026 Levin Article Prize. Special thanks to the prize committee: Alexey Kotelvas, Keegan Lundman, Polina Varfolomeeva, Andrew A. Whittington-Biehle, and Carina Zhur!
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*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Witches and Physicians: Health and Medicine in The Russian Review” Written by Jordan Zaugg (a former editorial assistant!) russianreview.ku.edu/health-russi... This guide includes five articles with prominent themes and trends related to health.
*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Race and Russian Studies” Written by Kamal Kariem russianreview.ku.edu/race-and-rus... Since its creation, The Russian Review has focused on Russia’s diversity and served as a forum for debates that examined and interrogated race and racialization in Russia.
*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “Emigres and Global Russian Identities” written by Adam Rodger (a former editorial assistant!) russianreview.ku.edu/emigres This guide includes articles written by Russian emigres that can be used in course syllabi and include suggestions for further reading.
*From the Living Syllabus Collection* “A Look into the Archives” written by Olivia Naum russianreview.ku.edu/archives This is an overview of archival access for scholars of Russia and the Soviet Union throughout the years and is for anyone who wants to show the importance of archival access!
Scholars, teachers, and students: Check out our Living Syllabus Collection! russianreview.ku.edu/livingsyllabus
Check out these Social Sciences, Contemporary Russia, and Other book reviews published in the July 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...
Check out these History book reviews published in the July 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...
Check out these Literature and Fine Arts book reviews published in the July 2026 issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434...
Featured Review published in the July 2026 issue! "Modernism in Motion: Viacheslav Ivanov’s 'Symbolist Life'" Chloë Kitzinger doi.org/10.1111/russ...
Published in the July 2026 issue! "Pioneer Summer: Boys Love Meets Girl Power in Putin’s Russia" Julie A. Cassiday doi.org/10.1111/russ... *Free Access for a Limited Time!*
Published in the July 2026 issue! "The Ideology of History and the Limits of Cinematic Realism in Andrei Zviagintsev’s Leviathan and Nataliia Meshchaninova’s The Hope Factory" Daria Ezerova doi.org/10.1111/russ... *Open Access*
Published in the July 2026 issue! "Reactivating Sloika: Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s DAU and the Logic of Post-Soviet Atompunk" Tatiana Efremova doi.org/10.1111/russ... *Free Access This Month*
Published in the July 2026 issue! "Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad" Jeffrey K. Hass and Nikita Lomagin doi.org/10.1111/russ... *Open Access*
Published in the July 2026 issue! "Russia and the Birth of Right-Wing Terrorism: Mass Politics, Antisemitism, and the Assassination of Mikhail Gertsenshtein" Moritz Florin doi.org/10.1111/russ... *Open Access*
The 85/3 July 2026 issue of The Russian Review is now available! This issue includes five regular articles, a featured review, and, as always, book reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434... @wileysocsci.bsky.social
The editorial office will be closed from June 27th through July 5th. We will be back in the office on July 6th!
This is Jordan Zaugg’s last week as the Editorial Assistant for The Russian Review. We are going to miss him! We cannot thank him enough for his hard work managing the book review process and all his contributions toward the success of the Journal!
Did you know that the editorial office of The Russian Review is located at the University of Kansas? The Journal is hosted by the KU Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. crees.ku.edu
SNEAK PEEK ALERT! We publish accepted articles, featured reviews, review essays, and book reviews online ahead of print before they are scheduled for an issue on our Early View website. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679434... The July issue will be up soon!
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Our 2026 Levin Article Prize Committee will spend this summer reviewing and discussing articles published in The Russian Review in the 2025 calendar year. The members of the committee will select what they judge to be the best article published in the journal for the year. ❤️
The Russian Review welcomes the submission of proposals for thematic clusters of up to four articles by separate authors plus an introduction organized around a common topic or theme. For additional information on thematic clusters, see our submission guidelines: russianreview.ku.edu/submissions
