General Information about Vestnik

The most diversified Russian Language publication in the USA. Among the most readily recognizable features of Vestnik - the ones that put the magazine in a class of its own - are the impeccable professionalism of its authors, the integrity and non-partisanship of its editorial policy, the latitude of its topics and the diversity of the points of view, expressed on its pages, the much praised graphical design, etc. Such features make Vestnik attractive not only to the recent immigrants for whom the Russian language press is just about the only source of news and information, but also to those Russian-speaking Americans who have long overcome the cultural and language barriers. These features also help explain the fact that the average income of Vestnik readers exceeds that of other similar publications where most of the articles are either reprints from the Russian press or word-for-word translations from American publications

In Vestnik you will find highly professional pieces on world politics and economics covering everything from U.S. and the former Soviet Union to Western Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Among the most popular authors in this category are Stanislav Levchenko (one of the highest KGB defectors in history), Alexander Lazarev, Si Frumkin, Valery Lebedev, Rafail Kashlinsky, Victor Snitkovsky, Vladimir Levin.

A lot of readers interest is generated by another department - "True Stories" - lead by wonderful journalists Liudmilla Kafanova, Alexander Kharkovsky, etc.

Vestnik features the best short stories by emigre writers. In the most recent issues you will find works by Vassily Agafonov, Emil Draitser, Semen Viguchin, Yuri Bersan, Lyudmila Zheleznyak, V. Legeza, etc.

A lot of Articles in Vestnik are devoted to lives of interesting people, unusual places, art shows, festivals, etc. Among the names contributing to these departments are such well known authors and journalists as Mikhail Goldenberg, Bella Ezersky, Vladimir Klamantis, Alexander Naumov, etc.

In Vestnik you will find rare interviews with masters of various genre: performing artists, painters, writers... The recent issues of Vestnik featured interviews with Gary Kasparov, Alexander Yanov, Vasily Aksenov, Vycheslav Pyetsukh, Eugene Kissin, Vladimir Spivakov, Roman Kartsev and many others.

The hosts of immensely popular department "The Jurist Column" Washington attorney Mark Kotlasky and New York Attorney Alexander Dranov answer readers' questions concerning American Health Care System, immigration and citizenship low, taxes, private enterprises, unemployment benefits, etc.

The host of "An Automobile and We" Igor Stetkevich uses pages of his department to advise Vestnik readers on how to buy a car, how to care for it and what to do when it breaks down. He also regularly responds to readers' questions offering likely solutions to common problems.

Vestnik offers its pages to the most outstanding poets of Russia and beyond. In the recent issues of Vestnik you will find selections of poems by Boris Kushir, Anatoly Nayman, Leopold Epstein, Vladimir Gandelsman, the unknown works by Konstantin Balmont...

Obviously this list is far from complete. Among the departments we haven't mentioned the Popular Science Department featuring articles on most outstanding developments in science and medicine, humor, "woman's pages", "kids corner", "test your I.Q.", horoscope, crossword puzzles, chess problems and many others...

Today Vestnik is the most read Russian language magazine in the USA. We have subscribers in 48 states and in 6 Canadian provinces. Vestnik is very popular in Israel and in the former Soviet Union. With circulation about 10,000, it reaches over 100,000 Russian speaking readers only in the United States. The reason for such vas number of readers per issue is very simple - our subscriber polls reveal that it's not uncommon for a single issue to be read by 4-6 families. According to latest statistics most Russian immigrants are highly educated and motivated people with average incomes far exceeding the national average.

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