After the October Revolution, on June 1, 1918, a journal with similar content began to be published in the Soviet Republic under the title "Military Affairs".

The authors of articles in the journal were and are the leading members of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the General Staff, military districts, groups of forces and fleets, generals, admirals and officers of the armed forces and combat arms, scientists from military academies and research institutions.

[1] During the years of the Cold War, the intelligence of Western countries attached great importance to the content of the issues of Military Thought.

A large number of issues of the magazine were transferred by Oleg Penkovsky to agents of the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1960s.

In view of the value of the information contained in the magazine, beginning in 1962, by order of the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Directorate Richard Helms, the study of the issues of Military Thought was declared secret and the circle of officials was limited to access to its translation.