Kultuur ja Elu

History and profile

Kultuur ja Elu has been issued since 1958.

In the 21st century, the journal developed into an almost exclusively military history publication, dealing primarily with the fate of Estonian soldiers in World War II. At times she was suspected of having a fondness for National Socialism.

During the Soviet times the magazine was a publication of the Ministry of Culture of Estonian SSR and Estonian SSR Council of Trade Unions. Between 1858 and 1958 its name was Kultuuritöötaja (meaning Worker of Culture in English). Its content was related to "workers of culture", i.e., artists, actors, writers, critics, ets. It also published short literary works and has a section of photography.

Since the 1990s, after re-establishing independence by Estonia, its main topics has included crimes of the Soviet regime and struggle for freedom against Communism and Soviet state. Following the privatization of the press the magazine began to be published by Perioodika.

Editors-in-chief

• Friedrich Issak
• Sirje Endre (1984–1993)
• Jüri Estam (in the mid-1990s)
• Andres Herkel (1991–1992, editor-in-chief of the supplement Eesti Elu (meaning "Estonian Life" in English))
• Tea Kurvits (since 2009)

References

References

1. [http://kultuur.elu.ee/ Magazine website]
2. [http://erb.nlib.ee/?kid=10724588 "Kultuur ja Elu "], in ''Eesti rahvusbibliograafia''
3. "Urmas Sutrop ühe Eesti ajakirja natsilembusest: ootan elusolevatelt nõukogude ja saksa mundrikandjatelt debatti, et mida nad ikka Teises maailmasõjas tegid?".
4. [http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6814371 "Kultuur ja elu"] at Stanford University database
5. (1 January 1997). "Cultural Policy in Estonia". Council of Europe.
6. (1 January 1997). "Forging Ahead, Falling Behind". M.E. Sharpe.
7. [http://www.herkel.net/?menu_id=18&mainmenu_id=0 Andres Herkel ''curriculum vitae'']