About: Smena (magazine)

Smena (Russian: Смена) is a formerly Soviet, now Russian, illustrated magazine first published in January 1924 by Molodaya Gvardiya, the publisher of the Komsomol press, and subsequently by the publisher Pravda. It appeared twice monthly, including analytical and polemical journalism alongside fiction and poetry. Smena today continues to publish literary fiction and reporting. In its early years Smena was one of several magazines aimed explicitly at young people that was part of a rich early Soviet print culture designed both as propaganda, and to educate its readership and discuss their concerns.