Title:

Sten-Gazeta Soiuza Dukhovnykh Obshchin Khrista (Newspaper of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ)

AMICUS No:

4529171 Serial

Published:

February 28, 1943 - February 11, 1945

Publisher:

Soiuz Dukhovnykh Obshchin Khrista: Brilliant, B.C.

Frequency:

Weekly

Editor:

Unknown

Language:

Russian

Notes:

Followed by Iskra,

AMICUS No:

120272
Should be available for viewing by June 2005

Content:

Unknown

Title:

Toronto I My (Toronto and Us)

AMICUS No:

10709470 Serial

Published:

March 21, 1991 - unknown

Publisher:

Toronto I My Publishing Co: Willowdale, Ont.

Frequency:

Weekly

Editor:

Dmitri Donskoy

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

Three issues available: March 21, 1991; April 4, 1991 and June 21, 1991

Content:

• Entertainment
• Information for new immigrants
• Advertisements
• Classifieds
• Literary section
• Interviews with Russian celebrities
• Jokes and anecdotes

Title:

Vestnik: edinstvennaia v Kanade gazeta russkoi obshchestvennosti (Herald: the only Russian community newspaper in Canada)

AMICUS No:

7727460 Serial

AMICUS No:

9589588 Serial/Microfilm

Published:

November 6, 1941 - June 1998

Publisher:

Vestnik Publishing Company Ltd: Toronto, Ont.

Frequency:

Varies

Editor:

Editorial Committee

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

Follows Kanadskii Gudok (1931-1940), AMICUS No. 8351126 and Gudok (October 1949 to June 1941)
Until perestroika the publication displayed unwavering support and praise for USSR - its military victories during WWII; its domestic policies of economic development through collective farms, rapid industrialization and five-year plans; and its foreign policy of playing the savior in the Third World
Becomes a very mainstream publication in the last ten years in print

Content:

• Until 1945 everything is about WWII, including works of literature such as short stories and poems
• Photographs of the front, soldiers, Soviet cities under siege (some photographs include the photographers' names)
• Lists of Russian immigrants in Canada included in a wide variety of sources such as donors to the war effort and the paper, advertisements
• Occasional editorials by Soviet luminaries
• Canadian, Russian and world news
• Lists of places with significant Russian émigré population
• Occasional "Women's Section"
• Illustrations, caricatures
• Health section
• Advertising
• Obituaries
• Literary section: short stories, poems, novels
• Youth section in English called "Panorama" in some early 1960s issues
• Issues for 1997 - 1998 are fully bilingual - every article is printed in both Russian and English

Title:

Vestnik Dukhovnoi Svovody (The Herald of the Free Spirit)

AMICUS No:

28938278 Serial

Published:

April 1979 - July 1979

Publisher:

Rassledovatelnii simpozium khristianskoi obchshiny i Bratstva Reformirovannyhk Doukhobortsev (Investigative symposium of the Christian community and Brotherhood of Reformed Doukhobors): Krestova, B.C.

Frequency:

Monthly

Language:

Russian

Notes:

Magazine format

Content:

• Each publication consists of only one editorial dealing with an internal dispute within the Doukhobor community

Title:

Vremia (The Times)

AMICUS No:

1463487 Serial

Published:

1940 - June 1941

Publisher:

Kamsack, Sask.

Frequency:

Monthly

Editor:

F. F. Konkin

Language:

Russian

Notes:

Two issues available: May 1941 and June 1941
Magazine format, published by members of the Doukhobor community
The paper was suspended on security grounds due to its discussion of pacifism as a valid position during the war effort

Content:

• Canadian and world news
• News for farmers, prices for produce
• Local politics, community events, economy
• Some signed editorials
• Literary section: short stories, poetry
• Obituaries
• Articles on the controversy surrounding draft refusal among pacifist religious communities (Doukhobors and Mennonites)

Title:

The Yonge Street Review

AMICUS No:

18263612 Serial

Published:

December 10, 1996 -

Publisher:

YSR Company Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Frequency:

Irregular

Editor:

Gennady Dertkin

Language:

Russian, some English

Notes:

Issues available: January 1997 - August 2000; May 24, 2002 (only issue for that year)
On-line version at www.newcanada.com

Content:

• Canadian, Russian, Israeli and world news
• Editorials
• Information on immigrant integration programs
• Interviews with prominent Russian émigrés
• Humour
• Letters to the editor
• Advertisements
• Health section

Title:

Zhizn' Very (Life of Faith)

AMICUS No:

2347990 Serial

Published:

1948 - unknown

Publisher:

Union of Slavic Evangelical Churches and Baptists in Canada
Place of publishing varies:
Toronto, Ont. 1970
Islington, Ont. 1966 - 1967
Toronto, Ont. 1965
Scarboro, Ont. 1964
St. Catherines, Ont. 1963
Montreal, Que. 1962
Toronto, Ont. 1960

Frequency:

Every two months

Editor:

Komitet Soiuza (editorial committee)

Language:

Russian, some Ukrainian

Notes:

First issue available: October/December 1960
Last issue available: January/June 1970
Only sporadic issues available

Content:

• Editorials on religious themes
• Short stories and poems on religious themes
• Chronicles of important events for the world Christian community
• Advice on social, cultural and religious matters
• Biblical parables