Rodina is a Russian illustrated popular science

Popular science

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 historical

History

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 magazine

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 headquartered in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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. It was established in January 1989 as a continuation of the magazine with the same name established in the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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 in 1879. The founders of the magazine are the Government of the Russian Federation and the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation 

In July 2005 the Higher Attestation Commission

Higher Attestation Commission

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 of Russia included Rodina into its "List of Leading Peer-Reviewed Journals and Publications". (This list is for the journals where the major results from theses for the higher scientific degrees (kandidat

Kandidat

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and doktor) must be published.

In August 2007 the magazine was awarded with the state honorary badge "For Active Work on Patriotic Upbringing of the Citizens of the Russian Federation" ("За активную работу по патриотическому воспитанию граждан Российской Федерации").