Elementy

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Elementy
Editor Aleksandr Dugin
CategoriesPolitical magazine
Frequency
  • Biannual
  • Annual
FounderAleksandr Dugin
Founded1992
Final issue2000
CountryRussia
Based inMoscow
Language Russian

Elementy (Russian: Elements) was a political magazine which was started and published by Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin. Its subtitle was Evraziiskoe Obozrenie (Russian: Euroasian Review). [1] [2] It existed between 1992 and 2000 and was the mouthpiece of neo-Eurasianism in Russia. [3]

History and profile

Elementy was launched by Aleksandr Dugin in 1992. [4] [5] It was modeled on French new right publication Éléments . [4] Dugin himself described it as the Russian spin off of Éléments [5] which also had Italian and German versions, Elementi and Elemente, respectively. [2] Alain de Benoist, French journalist, briefly served as a board member of Elementy in 1992, but resigned from the post due his disagreement with Dugin. [4]

Elementy was started as a biannual publication, but later it came out annually. [1] Dugin edited it between 1992 and 1998. [5] The magazine covered articles on Eurasianism, philosophy, occultism, and religion. [6] The first issue featured articles by the Russian generals who were heading various departments at the Academy of the General Staff. [5] It attempted to clear the way for the acceptance of the traditionalism by Russians. [5] The magazine had a circulation of 5,000-10,000 copies. [1]

Elementy folded in 2000. [6]

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