Organ of the Leningrad branch of the Soviet Union of Writers. A bimonthly magazine with socio-political, literary and artistic
contents. The magazine was 1925-1939 published under the title 'Rezets' (Chisel). In August 1946
the magazine was banned by decree of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party because of the publications by Akhmatova and Zoshchenko.
This decree was nullified in October 1988. In total 83 issues (in 116
numbers) were
published. The LS Collection holds 36 issues (52
numbers).
Reference:
Moscow
2000, p. 118.
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