Literaturnoe Obozrenie

(Literary Review), a biweekly section on criticism and bibliography, part of the magazine Literaturnyi kritik; published in Moscow from 1936 to 1941. Intended for a broad circle of readers, Literaturnoe obozrenie provided comprehensive information about new Soviet and foreign literature and the publication of classics, criticism, and books on the theory and history of literature. In 1940–41 it was the organ of the Gorky Institute of World Literature.

(Literary Review), a monthly magazine of literary criticism and bibliography. The organ of the Writers’ Union of the USSR, published since 1973 in Moscow. It was created in accordance with the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU On Literary Criticism (1972), “for the purpose of further improving criticism and bibliographic work and propagandizing fiction.”

Intended for a broad readership, Literaturnoe obozrenie systematically covers the country’s current literary life. It reviews new releases in the multinational Soviet literature, as well as works by foreign writers that are published in the USSR. The permanent headings of the magazine include “Surveys,” “Reviews,” “The Writer’s Word,” and “Literature and Readers.” Circulation, more than 30,000 (1973).