Ogoniok
Defunct Russian weekly magazine (1899–2020)
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::summary Defunct Russian weekly magazine (1899–2020) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Ogoniok |
| image_file | Ogoniok.jpg |
| image_alt | first issue |
| frequency | Weekly |
| company | Kommersant Publishing Group |
| firstdate | 21 December 1899 |
| lastdate | 21 December 2020 |
| country | Russia |
| based | Moscow |
| language | Russian |
| website | Ogoniok |
| :: |
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Ogoniok was one of the oldest weekly illustrated magazines in Russia.
History and profile
Ogoniok was first issued on (earlier a magazine with the same name was published in 1879–1883). It ceased to be published in 1918 and was re-established in the Soviet Union in 1923 by Mikhail Koltsov. The headquarters is in Moscow. In 1957 the circulation of the magazine was 850,000 copies.
The colour magazine reached the pinnacle of its popularity in the Perestroika years, when its editor-in-chief Vitaly Korotich "was guiding Ogoniok to a pro-American and pro-capitalist position". Those years are the subject matter of the book Small Fires: Letters From the Soviet People to Ogonyok Magazine 1987-1990 (Summit Books, New York, 1990) selected and edited by Christopher Cerf, Marina Albee, and with an introduction by Korotich. The magazine sold 1.5 million copies in 1987 and 4.6 million copies in 1990.
In the early 1990s, Ogoniok was owned by Boris Berezovsky, and its popularity started to decline. It sold 0.2 million copies in 1993.
After a four-month break, publication of Ogoniok was resumed on 18 May 2009, by Kommersant Publishing Group. The first issue published by Kommersant is the 5079th Ogoniok since 1899.
In December 2020, release of Ogoniok was suspended due to financial problems.
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