Snowdrop (magazine)

Snowdrop is a Russian magazine for children and teenagers, published by Vl. N. Maykov in St. Petersburg in 1858-1862. Initially, the magazine came out weekly, then monthly. A total of 55 numbers were issued.

Snowdrop
Snowdrop magazine for April 1858
Specialization	children’s
Periodicity	weekly, then - once a month
Language	Russian
Editorial Address	St. Petersburg
Chief Editor	Vl. N. Maykov
A country	Russian empire
Publisher	Vl. N. Maykov Foreign Trade Department Printing House
Edition History	1858 - 1862
Established

The publisher determined the magazine’s goal for children and youth to be “... to deliver to an early age of both sexes a continuous, constantly filling and varied changing source of reading ...” .

The editors of Snowdrop were D. Grigorovich , N. A. Nekrasov , V. P. Avenarius , Ap. N. Maykov , I. A. Goncharov , V. I. Vodovozov , Gr. P. Danilevsky , I.S. Turgenev and others.

The bibliographic department was led by D. I. Pisarev . Since 1860, the main employee of Snowdrop was the writer M. F. Rostovskaya ; since 1864, she herself began to create the magazine Family Nights, which lasted 24 years.

The publication was a noticeable phenomenon in the children's periodicals of those years, especially since many children's magazines had already exhausted themselves by that time. "Snowdrop" widely printed by modern Russian authors of a realistic direction, published many translated works - Shakespeare , Andersen , Beecher Stow , Hoffmann , the Grimm brothers . The magazine published Russian and foreign tales, myths and legends, historical works, notes of travelers and descriptions of the countries of the world, translations of the best foreign literature for children and youth, etc.

In February 1859, in the "Journal of the Ministry of Education" was published the Order of the Minister of Education of Russia: "On the magazine approved for use in educational institutions of the Ministry of Education":

“The Minister of Education, recognizing the magazine published by Mr. Maykov, entitled“ Snowdrop ”, appointed for children and young people, by the nature and dignity of the articles placed in it, is very useful to have in the libraries of educational institutions, allowed their authorities to subscribe to this journal by least monetary means of institutions; Those who want to subscribe to this magazine contact the editor V.V. Maikov, who lives in St. Petersburg, on Ligovka, in the house of the merchant Zuev. The price of the magazine with the shipment is six rubles. ser., which can be paid during the year. "