Military Historical Journal

Military Historical Journal
DisciplineMilitary history
LanguageRussian, English (abstracts)
Edited byIgor Chachukh
Publication details
Former name(s)
The Journal of Military History
History1939–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
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Indexing
ISSN0321-0626
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The Military Historical Journal (Russian: Военно-исторический журнал, romanized: Voenno-istorichesky zhurnal) is a monthly Russian journal focused on military history. Initially published by the People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1941, publication was resumed in 1959 by the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union and has carried on since. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, publication was taken over by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

It is included in the list of peer-reviewed scientific publications recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.[1] In English-language publications, the abbreviation used for the Military Historical Journal is VIZh.[2]

History

The Military Historical Journal was established as an organ of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union by Order No. 85 of People's Commissar of Defense Kliment Voroshilov on 5 May 1939, based on the decision of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on 29 April that year. It ran its first issue on 29 August 1939, with Chief of the General Staff, Komandarm 1st Rank Boris Shaposhnikov as its first editor-in-chief.[3]

The journal ceased publication in 1941 due to World War II and merged with Military Thought,[3] but was relaunched in 1959 and used intensively by the Soviet Armed Forces for a theoretical reevaluation of military theory and tactics; a large number of articles covered the performance of the Soviet Union in World War II, and the Red Army in particular.[4] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the journal passed to the succeeding Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which also made the previously more secluded journal face a much broader public audience. By its own definition, the journal aims to cover "military policy of the Russian state", "historical experience of national security", and "activities of outstanding Russian and Soviet army and naval leaders".[5]

The archive broadly follows a pro-Russian and pro-Soviet agenda; for example, the suffering of the Polish victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre, perpetrated by the Soviet NKVD, was explicitly equivocated with the suffering of Soviet prisoners of the 1920 Polish–Soviet War. The analysis and documentation in this and other pieces of coverage has been criticized by historian David R. Stone as insufficiently balanced.[6]

In 2012, the journal had a circulation of 4,200 copies.[7] The editorial board is staffed by Russian intellectuals as well as by officers of the Russian Armed Forces.[8]

Editors-in-chief

The following people are or have been editor-in-chief:[3]

  • 1939–1940: Boris Shaposhnikov
  • 1940–1941: Nikolai Talensky
  • 1959–1967: Nikolai Pavlenko
  • 1967–1982: Viktor Matsulenko
  • 1982–1986: Aleksandr Yevseyev
  • 1986–1988: Anatoly Khorkov
  • 1988–1991: Viktor Filatov
  • 1991–1993: Valentin Yeshchenko
  • 1994–1999: Vyacheslav Minayev
  • 1999–2007: Ivan Anfertyev[9]
  • 2008–present: Igor Chachukh[10]

Abstracting and indexing

The Military Historical Journal is abstracted and indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index.[11]

References

  1. ^ Перечень рецензируемых научных изданий, в которых должны быть опубликованы основные научные результаты диссертаций на соискание ученой степени кандидата наук, на соискание ученой степени доктора наук (по состоянию на 19.05.2025) [List of peer-reviewed scientific publications in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the academic degree of Candidate of Science, for the academic degree of Doctor of Science should be published (as of 19.05.2025)]. vak.minobrnauki.gov.ru (in Russian). Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. ^ Frieser, Karl-Heinz, ed. (2017). "Abbreviations". Germany and the Second World War. Vol. VIII: Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts. Translated by Smerin, Barry; Wilson, Barbara. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. xxix. ISBN 978-0-19-872346-2.
  3. ^ a b c Khvorostyanov, Yu. A. (July 2004). «Печать... для нас может быть силою весьма полезною». К 65-летию «Военно-исторического журнала» ["The press... can be a very useful force for us". On the 65th anniversary of the "Military History Journal"]. Military Historical Journal (in Russian) (7): 42–52. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  4. ^ Glantz, David M. (1991). Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Frank Cass. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-7146-4077-8.
  5. ^ "About". Military Historical Journal. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  6. ^ Ponichtera, Robert M.; Stone, David R. (2002). "The Russo-Polish War". In Higham, Robin; Kagan, Frederick W. (eds.). The Military History of the Soviet Union. New York: Palgrave. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-312-29398-7.
  7. ^ Yakovenko, I. A. (30 August 2012). Рынок научно-популярных журналов. Аналитический обзор [Market of popular science magazines. An analytical review]. pressaudit.ru (in Russian). National Circulation Service. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Editorial board". Military Historical Journal. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  9. ^ Anfertyev, I. A. (August 2014). В редакции «Военно-исторического журнала». Памятные годы: 1991—2007-й [Within the editorial staff of the "Military Historical Journal": memorable years of 1991–2007]. Military Historical Journal (in Russian) (8): 66–70. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Editorial staff". Military Historical Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  11. ^ Информация об издании "Военно-исторический журнал" [Information about the publication "Military History Journal"]. eLibrary.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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