A Volgográdi Állami Egyetem Történeti, Regionális Tudományi és Nemzetközi Kapcsolati Értesítőjének elmúlt évtizede (2010–2019) a számok tükrében

The present review article is an attempt to analyse a well-determined interval of an internationally accredited Russian regional periodical: Vestnik of Volgograd State University. Series 4. History, Regional Studies and International Relations. The history of the periodical, which is devoted to a broad range of social sciences, is remarkably can be divided into two stages: after 2013 it became a nation-wide journal. The periodical’s restructuring was initiated by former chief editor I. I. Kurilla, but it was finished by current chief editor I. O. Tyumentsev, who developed the journal to an international level inter alia with the help of thematic issues, such as the Byzantine project or the conference materials dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the Troubled Times. Despite the above-mentioned successes, the statistical analysis of the data denotes some structural characteristics of competing scientific life in Russia. E.g. the distribution of the authors’ gender indicates a more and more patriarchal pattern, while the scientific degree of them shows a growing elitization. Also the analysis of the authors’ affiliation (city) points to a quite centralised structure of science. The progression of the headings shows a massive shift toward historical sciences (Russian history, World history, archaeology) to the detriment of other social sciences (political science, regional studies, international relations), which indicates the most competitive fields of the periodical. The application of keywords represents a huge diversity, although they help us to determine main issues, or so called “hot topics”. In the field of Russian history this “hot topic” is the Great Patriotic War, since Volgograd (Stalingrad) was a main battlefield during these challenging years.