Life of the Earth in Geo-Scientific Russian-Language Periodicals (On the Anniversaries of the Periodicals “Earth Science” and “Life of the Earth”)

The article analyzes the history of the periodicals “Earth Science” and “Life of the Earth” as an important direction in the development of Russian geographical thought, which has led to the emergence of a number of prominent scholars in the fields of Russian academic geography, anthropology, ethnography, and beyond. In the longer than 130-year history of Russian-language geoscientific periodicals, these publications can be positioned as key ones. In their development, a number of stages are distinguished separately and synchronously in time, each being determined by the complex action of a number of factors (peculiarities of the situation in the country, restructuring of scientific societies in Russia, and biographical features of some outstanding scientists). The new data and original archival documents revealed during our research are valuable not only in terms of scientific novelty, but also as material for the development of scientific and educational museum and library activities.