{"product_id":"polar-star-magazine-no-4-struve-1906-журнал-полярная-звезда-струве-4","title":"Struve, P. B. (Ed.) The Polar Star (Polyarnaya Zvezda), No. 4, January 5, 1906. Weekly Journal. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eПолярная Звезда : Еженедельный журнал. № 4, 5 января 1906 г. \/ Под редакцией Петра Струве.\u003cbr\u003eСанкт-Петербург : Издание М. В. Пирожкова, 1906.\u003cbr\u003eс. 243–310 + [реклама] ; Обычный формат. Мягкая издательская обложка.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eStruve, Pyotr (Ed.).\u003cbr\u003eThe Polar Star: A Weekly Journal. No. 4, January 5, 1906.\u003cbr\u003eSaint Petersburg : Published by M. V. Pirozhkov, 1906.\u003cbr\u003epp. 243–310 + [ads] ; Regular format. Original softcover. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rare 1906 issue of The Polar Star is a quintessential artifact of the \"First Russian Revolution,\" documenting the brief but intense period of journalistic freedom following the Manifesto of October 17. Edited by the prominent philosopher and economist Pyotr Struve, the journal was a critical ideological platform for the burgeoning Constitutional Democratic (Kadets) movement and the \"Right-Wing\" of Russian liberalism. Published by the renowned M. V. Pirozhkov, the magazine survived for only 14 issues between December 1905 and March 1906 before being suppressed by the authorities. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Russian liberation movement, including the arrangement of articles advocating for \"spiritual identity\" alongside radical calls for political emancipation, equality, and social justice.\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 4, dated January 5, 1906, captures the atmosphere of a nation in transition, balancing the high philosophical ideals of the intelligentsia with the practical necessities of establishing a constitutional order. Struve used the journal to articulate a vision where the political liberation of the motherland was inseparable from its spiritual renewal. Across its pages (numbered 243–310 in the continuous annual sequence), the journal features political commentary, cultural reviews, and characteristic advertisements of the Silver Age. For bibliophiles and historians of the 1905 Revolution, this publication is a significant primary source, representing a sophisticated attempt to anchor the Russian national identity in the principles of universal freedom and law. Its short lifespan and the prominence of its editor make any surviving copy a noteworthy rarity in the history of the pre-revolutionary press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963126120490,"sku":"EB-306373595601","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_50854e16-874f-4758-9a7a-670431c3dbee.jpg?v=1768161543","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/polar-star-magazine-no-4-struve-1906-%d0%b6%d1%83%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bb-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8f%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%b7%d0%b2%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b4%d0%b0-%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d1%83%d0%b2%d0%b5-4","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}