Fragments (Russian: Осколки) was a Russian humorous, literary and artistic weekly magazine published in St Petersburg from 1881 to 1916.
 Fragments cover, 1911. | |
| Editor | Nikolay Leykin Viktor Bilibin K. Mikhailov |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Final issue | 1916 |
| Based in | St Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
History
editFrom 1881 to 1906 Fragments was published by the popular writer Nikolay Leykin. From 1906 to 1908 it was run by the humorist Viktor Bilibin.[1]
In the 1880s Fragments was known as the most liberal of Russian humorous magazines. Fragments played an important part in the early career of Anton Chekhov. From 1882 to 1887 Fragments published more than 270 of Chekhov's works.
Contributors
editPoets and writers
edit- Alexander Amfiteatrov
- Anton Chekhov
- Vladimir Gilyarovsky
- Pyotr Gnedich
- Evgeny Kohn
- Nikolai Leskov
- Konstantin Lydov
- Vladimir Mazurkevich
- Liodor Palmin
- Nikolay Poznyakov
Artists
edit- Aleksey Afanas'ev
- Alexander I. Lebedev
- Nikolay Chekhov
References
edit- ^ Katayev, V.B. Chekhov and His Literary Friends // Чехов и его литературное окружение. Изд-во Моск. ун-та, 1982.