Ab Imperio

Ab Imperio: Studies of New Imperial History and Nationalism in the Post-Soviet Space – international scientific referable journal, which developing direction “New Imperial History”, devoted to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the history of nationalism, national movements in the post-Soviet space.

The idea to publish the magazine belonged to Alla Zeid, the name was suggested by Sergei Glebov.

In an interview with Logos Magazine Marina Mogilner and Sergei Glebov say that the preconditions for the appearance of the magazine were the lack of such quarterly scientific periodicals and the desire to study the history of the post-Soviet space through the prism of nationalism studies.

"In the autumn of 1999, the owner of the humanitarian holding Irina Prokhorova offered a franchise project in New York: the New Historical Review (NIO) magazine, built on principles similar to the one that later formed the basis for Ab Imperio, an international quarterly, thematic numbers, etc.

The proposal was accepted subject to the location of the editorial office in Moscow, under the direct control of the New Literature Review.