Two centuries of the Russian classics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific philological journal dedicated to topical problems of studying the national specifics of Russian classical literature, publishing fundamental research on the history and theory of Russian literature of the 18th – 19th centuries, textual criticism and source study.

The journal Two centuries of the Russian classics is designed for an international audience, it presents the works of Russian and foreign scientists, containing innovative explanations, comments, readings of both widely known and little-studied, virtually forgotten works of Russian classical literature.

The journal publishes articles that reveal the still unexplored questions of the poetics of the works of Russian literature of the indicated centuries, the peculiarities of the worldview of the Russian classics, the specifics of the literary process of the era, closely connected with the whole life of Russia, the problems of trends, methods and styles in Russian literature, generic and genre originality works. Much attention in the publication is paid to comprehending the deep purpose of artistic creativity, spiritual and moral searches of writers.

The Founder of the journal Two centuries of the Russian classics is A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS)

The year of foundation: 2019

The journal Two Centuries of Russian Classics is indexed in Scopus (since December 11, 2023)

The journal Two Centuries of Russian Classics is included in the List of peer-reviewed scientific editions of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation (K1 Catecory) in the following specialties:

5.9.1. Russian literature and literature of the peoples of Russian Federation (Philological) 
5.9.3. Literary Studies (Philological)

Mass media registration certificates:  

Certificate / network media / El No. FS 77-76366 dated August 02, 2019

Registration in the International Standard Serial Number:

ISSN 2686-7494 (Online)

Form of distribution: the journal Two centuries of the Russian classics  is an online publication, on the website of the journal you can download its electronic version in PDF format, as well as view metadata and full-text versions of all articles.

Periodical frequency of the journal Two centuries of the Russian classics is 4 issues a year: March, June, September, December.

The articles are accepted and published in Russian and English.

Publication types:

Research Article, Review Article, Scientific Publications of Archival Materials and Documents, Reviews, Editorials, Conference Overviews.