Prazdnoe Vremya v Polzu Upotreblennoe, Leisure Time Spent with Benefit, journal

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PRAZDNOE VREMYA V POLZU UPOTREBLENNOE, (Leisure Time Spent with Benefit), a weekly literary journal published in 1759-60 within the Gentry Land Corps with contributions from both graduates and tutors (P. I. Pastukhov, N. S. Titov, А. А. Nartov et al.) and printed in the Corps's printing works with a circulation total up to 600 copies. Most of the published material consisted of translated satiric and moral and ethical works. In 1760 due to А. P. Sumarokov's active contribution, who after the suppression of the Trudolyubivaya Pchela led the journal to oppose the views of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna and her entourage. The publication of the Prazdnoe Vremya, as well as of the Trudolyubivaya Pchela, being Russia's first privately owned journals marked a new milestone in the development of Russian periodicals and fostered the emergence of new literary forms.

References: Берков П. Н. История русской журналистики XVIII века. М.; Л., 1952. С. 124-128; Стенник Ю. В. Русская сатира XVIII века. Л., 1985 (ук.).

V. A. Kuznetsov, D. N. Cherdakov. Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress
Nartov Andrey Andreevich
Pastukhov P.I.
Sumarokov Alexander Petrovich
Titov Nikolay Sergeevich
Берков П. Н. История русской журналистики XVIII века. М.; Л., 1952
Стенник Ю. В. Русская сатира XVIII века. Л., 1985 Trudolyubivaya Pchela (Industrious Bee), journal