 First edition title page, 1861. | |
| Official editor | Mikhail Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | March 1861 |
| Final issue | 1863 |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Based in | St. Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
Vremya (Russian:Вре́мя) (English:Time) was a monthly magazine published byFyodor Dostoevsky under the editorship of his brotherMikhail Dostoevsky. Due to his status as a former convict, Fyodor himself was unable to be the official editor.[1]
The magazine began publication in March 1861. Dostoevsky's novelThe House of the Dead was first published inVremya. The monthly installments ofThe House of the Dead brought considerable popularity and financial success to the magazine.[1]
Three ofEdgar Allan Poe's short stories, "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", and "The Devil in the Belfry", were given their first Russian language publication inVremya. In the same issue, Dostoevsky anonymously published an autobiographical story, "St. Petersburg Dreams in Verse and Prose," that mimicked some elements of Poe's style. In his preface to Poe's stories, however, Dostoevsky suggested that Poe's poetry lacked the idealistic purity and beauty he found in the poetry of German romanticE. T. A. Hoffmann.[2][3]
Several of Fyodor Dostoevsky's other works were published inVremya, includingHumiliated and Insulted,A Nasty Story, andWinter Notes on Summer Impressions.[4]
The magazine was banned by the government in May 1863 because of an article byNikolay Strakhov concerning Russian/Polish problems, including the recentJanuary Uprising.[1][5]