Artistic position of the journal "Illustrated Russia" (1926–1939)
Artistic position of the journal «Illustrated Russia» (1926–1939) is considered on the broad and insufficiently known material cover illustrations. It is shown that at first the leading role played by Ivan J. Bilibin, who claimed traditions of Association «World of art». New stages of evolution was associated with the appearance led the journal of Aleksandr I. Kuprin and Zinaida N. Gippius. The article discusses the influence of economic crisis and political conditions of the second half of the 1930's.