A.T. Bolotov’s Journals Selsky Zhitel and Economichesky Magazin: the History of Their Publication

Section: History of Journalism

The article deals with the history of emergence and publication of the magazines Selsky Zhitel (1779) and Ekonomichesky Magazin (1780—1789), their programs, the main thematic areas, content, the principles of interaction with readers and the participants. Particular attention is paid to the personality of their editor, agronomist and writer A.T. Bolotov, to his contributions to the journal Trudy Volnogo Ekonomicheskogo Obstchestva and the circumstances under which his own journals about the rural economy were founded.

Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov. Biobibliograficheskii ukazatel’ [Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov. A Bibliographic Index]. (1988) Tula. (In Russian)

Berdyshev A. P. (1988) Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov [Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov]. Moscow. (In Russian) 

Bolotov A. T. Bogorodickii vestnik, ili obozritel’naya istoriya proisshestvii vo vsem svete v 1793 g. Ch. 1–2 [Bogoroditskiy Vestnik, or a Review History of Incidents All Over the World in 1793. Parts 1–2. Research Department of Manuscripts, Russian State Library. F. 475. A.T. Bolotov. Cart. 1. Items 8–9]. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. Otechestvennik, soderzhashii v sebe sovremennye zapiski i zamechaniya o proisshestviyah v Rossii. Ch. 1. 1814 okt.- dek.; Ch. 3. 1818; Ch. 4. 1820; Ch. 6. 1826 [Otechestvennik, Containing Contemporary Notes and Remarks on the Incidents in Russia. Part 1. October – December 1814; Part 3. 1818; Part 4. 1820; Part 6. 1826. Research Department of Manuscripts, Russian State Library. F. 475. A. T. Bolotov. Cart. 3. Items 1–4]. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1760) Perevody sochinenii razlichnyh avtorov preimushestvenno iz periodicheskih izdanii [Translations of Works by Different Authors Mostly from Periodicals. 1760. Research Department of Manuscripts, Russian State Library. F. 475. A.T. Bolotov. Cart. 6. Item 2]. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1761) Pamyatnaya knizhka ili sobranie razlichnyh nravouchitel’nyh pravil  [A Memorable Book, or a Collection of Didactic Rules. 1761. Research Department of Manuscripts, Library of the Russian Academy of Science. F. 69. Item 22; Idem // Department of Manuscripts, Russian Science Library. F. 89. The Bolotovs A.T., P.A., M.P. Item 55]. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1764) Opyt nravouchitel’nym sochineniyam [The Experience of Didactic Writings. 1764. Research Department of Manuscripts, Library of the Russian Academy of Science. F. 69. Item 13; Idem // Department of Manuscripts, Russian Science Library. F. 89. The Bolotovs A.T., P. A., M. P. Item 167]. (In Russian) 

Bolotov A. T. (1776) Detskaya filosofiya, ili Nravouchitel’nye razgovory mezhdu odnoyu gospozhoyu i eya det’mi, sochinennye dlya pospeshestvovaniya istinnoi pol’ze molodyh lyudei. Ch. 1–2 [Children’s Philosophy, or Didactic Conversations between a Woman and Her Children Designed for Young People’s Benefit. Parts 1–2]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1776) Ekonomicheskii magazin, ili sobranie vsyakih zapisok, primechanii opytov, kasayushihsya do zemledeliya i domostroitel’stva i vsei ekonomii. 1766 [Economic Magazin, or a Collection of Various Notes, Comments, Experiences Related to Agriculture and House Building and All Economy. 1766. Research Department of Manuscripts, Russian State Library. F. 475 A.T. Bolotov. Cart. 3. Item 5]. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1781) Chuvstvovaniya hristianina pri nachale i konce kazhdogo dnya v nedele, otnosyashiesya k samomu sebe i k Bogu. Sochinenie odnogo Rossiyanina [A Christian’s Feelings at the Onset and End of Each Day in a Week Towards Himself and God. Written by one Russian]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1781) Neschastnye siroty, drama v treh deistviyah [The Wretched Orphans, a drama in three acts]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1784) Putevoditel’ k istinnomu chelovecheskomu schastiyu, ili Opyt nravouchitel’nyh, otchasti filosoficheskih rassuzhdenii o blagopoluchii chelovecheskoi zhizni i sredstvah k priobreteniyu onago. Ch. I-III [A Guide to True Human Happiness, or The Experience of Didactic and Partly Philosophical Reasoning About the Well-Being of Human Life and Ways to Obtain It. Parts 1-3]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1792) Istoricheskoe obozrenie vsego proishodivshego v svete v techenie minuvshego 1792 g. [A Historical Review of What Happened All Over the World During the Past Year of 1792. Research Department of Manuscripts, Russian State Library. F. 475 A.T. Bolotov. Cart. 1. Item 7]. (In. Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1871–1873) Zhizn’ i priklyucheniya Andreya Bolotova, opisannye samim im dlya svoih potomkov. T. I–IV. Predislovie M.P. Semevskogo [Life and Adventures of Andrei Bolotov Described by Himself for his Offspring. Vol. 1–4. Foreword by M.P. Semevsky]. Saint Petersburg. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1887) Sovremennik, ili zapiski dlya potomstva [A Contemporary, or Some Notes for Descendants]. In N. V. Guberti (ed.) Istoriko-literaturnye i bibliograficheskie materialy [Historical and Literary Bibliographic Materials]. Saint Petersburg. Pp. 19–32. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1952) Izbrannye sochineniya po agronomii, plodovodstvu, lesovodstvu, botanike. Red. st. i komm. I.M. Polyakova, A.P. Berdysheva [Selected Works in Agronomy, Fruit Growing, Forestry and Botany. Editorial and comments by I.M. Polyakov and A.P. Berdyshev]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Bolotov A. T. (1988) Izbrannye trudy. Sostaviteli A. P. Berdyshev, V.G. Pozdnyakov [Selected Works. Compiled by A.P. Berdyshev and V.G. Pozdnyakov]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Dement’ev A. G.., Zapadov A. V., Cherepahov M. S. (eds.) (1959) Russkaya periodicheskaya pechat’: 1702–1894. Spravochnik [Russian Periodical Press: 1702-1894. Reference book]. Moscow. (In Russian)

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Glagoleva O. E. (1987) Biblioteka A. T. Bolotova [A.T. Bolotov’s Library]. In Kniga v Rossii XVI – serediny XIX veka: knigorasprostranenie, biblioteki, chitatel’  [Books in Russia of the 16^th – Mid 19^th Century: Distribution, Libraries, Readers]. Leningrad. Pp. 79–95. (In Russian)

Glagoleva O. E. (1988) A.T. Bolotov kak chitatel’ [A.T. Bolotov as a Reader]. In Rukopisnaya i pechatnaya kniga v Rossii: Problemy sozdaniya i rasprostraneniya [The Manuscript and Printed Book in Russia: Production and Distribution Challenges]. Leningrad. Pp. 140–158. (In Russian)

Lazarchuk R. M. (1988) Bolotov Andrei Timofeevich [Bolotov Andrei Timofeevich]. In Slovar’ russkih pisatelei XVIII veka. Vyp. 1 [Dictionary of the 18^th Century Russian Writers, Issue 1]. Leningrad. Pp. 114–117. (In Russian)

Levshin V. A. (1785) Sadovodstvo polnoe... [Complete Gardening…]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Lisovskii N. M. (1915) Bibliografiya russkoi periodicheskoi pechati: 1703–1900 [Bibliography of Russian Periodical Press: 1703–1900]. Petrograd. (In Russian)

Lyubchenko O. N. (1984) Est’ v Bogorodicke park [There is a Park in Bogoroditsk]. Tula. (In Russian)

Martynov I. F. (1979) Peterburgskii knigotorgovec i knigoizdatel’ XVIII veka Iogann Yakob Veitbreht [St. Petersburg Book Seller and Book Publisher of the 18^th Century Johann Jacob Weitbrecht]. In Knigopechatanie i knizhnye sobraniya v Rossii dol serediny XIX v. [Book Printing and Book Collections in Russia before the Mid-19^th Century]. Leningrad. Pp. 39–58. (In Russian)

Maslov A. S. (1838) Biografiya Andreya Timofeevicha Bolotova [Biography of Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov]. Zemledel’cheskii zhurnal 5: 183–197. (In Russian)

Puhov V. V. (1999) Levshin V. A. [Levshin V.A. ]. In Slovar’ russkih pisatelei XVIII v. Vyp. 2 [Dictionary of the 18^th Century Russian Writers. Issue 2]. Saint Petersburg. Pp. 198–201. (In Russian)

Sheblygina I. V. (2003) A.T. Bolotov: garmoniya mira i dushi. Cennostnye orientacii i tvorcheskie interesy [A.T. Bolotov: the Harmony of the World and the Soul. Value Orientations and Creative Interests]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Svodny katalog russkoj knigi grazhdanskoj pechati XVIII veka. 1725–1800. T. IV (1966) [Joint Catalogue of Russian Books of Civil Print of the 18^th Century. 1725–1800. Vol. 4. (1966)]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Veselova Yu. (2012) Pis’ma A. T. Bolotova k N. E. Tulub’evu (1760–1761) [A. T. Bolotov’s Letters to N.E. Tulubyev (1760–1761)]. In Ezhegodnik Rukopisnogo otdela pushkinskogo Doma [Yearbook of the Manuscript Department of the Pushkin House]. Saint Petersburg. (In Russian)

Zapadov A. V. (ed.) (1963) Istoriya russkoi zhurnalistiki XVIII–XIX vekov [History of Russian Journalism of the 18^th-19^th Century]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Zdobnov N. V. (1955) Istoriya russkoi bibliografii do nachala XX veka [History of Russian Bibliography until the Early 20^th Century]. Moscow. (In Russian)

Zheleznov V. Ya. (2015) Ekonomicheskie vozzreniya pervyh russkih agronomov (XVIII-nachalo XIX vv.) [Economic Views of the First Russian Agronomists (the 18^th – the Early 19^th Century)]. Moscow. (In Russian)