Portfolio Category: 1991

This paper’s name, the image of what looks to be a worker who has broken the chains that bound him, … Continue ReadingВоля (Will), January 1991

This paper is from Kaliningrad Oblast, a territorial island between Poland and Lithuania in the far west of Russia. Beneath … Continue ReadingДемократический Тильзит (Democratic Tilsit), No. 1, February 1991

The frontpage is a collage of playful images: the masthead, with a drawing integrated into the medieval Slavic script; the … Continue ReadingСоломенная Сторожка (Straw Hut), February 1991

Nostalgia declares itself a “private Russian independent newspaper,” with the founder’s name highlighted beneath the masthead, which is printed in a … Continue ReadingНостальгия (Nostalgia), April 1991

This title is a monthly supplement to the newspaper Business World. The “past” in question is the past of Russian … Continue ReadingБылое (The Past), July 1991

Young Genius was an independent literary journal published in Kostomuksha, Russia, a small city in the Karelian Republic, very close … Continue ReadingМолодой Гений (Young Genius), March 1991

The first issues of the laconically titled  “News” has no news. It contains, rather, a manifesto (at the bottom) and … Continue ReadingВесть (News), (January 1991?)

Review is an example of a complicated compilation. Its motto, printed in the upper left of the page, is “For the … Continue ReadingОбзор (Review), (1991?)

This paper was one of the first, visible manifestations that Gorbachev was allowing a non-party press. People stood in line … Continue ReadingНезависимая Газета (Independent Newspaper), 22 January 1991

This publication was produced by the “Russian Center” of the Writers Union of the USSR. The symbol on the left … Continue ReadingВеликоросс (Great Ross), January-February 1991