History

1946, March 15

The All-Union Committee for Higher Education of the USSR Council of People's Commissars established the Editorial Board of the scientific journal "Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta": Academician S.I. Vavilov; Professor D.G. Vilensky; Professor V.V. Vinogradov; Academician I.M. Vinogradov (Executive Editor): Rector of Moscow University, Professor I.S. Galkin; Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences Kh.S. Koshtoyants, Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences A.A. Maksimov, Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences I.I. Mints, Professor S.D. Muraveisky, Academician A.N. Nesmeyanov, Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences K.V. Ostrovityanov, Professor M.V. Sergievsky, Associate Member of the Academy of Sciences D.V. Skobeltsyn, Professor M.N. Tikhomirov, Assistant Professor G.K. Tsvetkov (Executive Secretary). 25 November 1946: the first issue of the Journal was signed for press.

1949

Two series of the Journal were established :
1.   Social sciences
2.   Physico-mathematical sciences

1956

The Journal is published in the form of four series :
1.   Biology, soil science, geology, geography
2.   Mathematics, mechanics, astronomy, physics, chemistry
3.   Historico-philological series
4.   Economics, philosophy, law

1960

The Journal is published in the form of 10 series :
1.   Mathematics. Mechanics
2.   Chemistry
3.   Physics. Astronomy
4.   Geology
5.   Geography
6.   Biology. Soil science
7.   Economics
8.   Philosophy
9.   History
10. Philology. Journalism

At present, the journal "Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta" is published in 27 series. The serie 1 is "Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 1. Matematika. Mekhanika".