From the Institute of Modern Russian Culture at the University of Southern California comes this collection of satirical magazines published in Russia between 1905 and 1907 (and a few published after this time period). As historians of Russia will recognize, these years marked a tumultuous time in Russian history: the massacre of 500 unarmed protesters on "Bloody Sunday" in January of 1905, which ushered in the Russian Revolution of 1905. As noted in the introduction to this collection, the freedom of the press increased as a result of the revolution and enabled materials such as these satirical journals to be created. On this website, visitors can explore a select collection of these journals that have been digitized. While visitors with a reading knowledge of Russian will be able to enjoy these journals in full, all visitors can enjoy the many intricate illustrations and cartoons featured in these publications.