Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta (Proceedings of Kazan University) is one of the oldest Russian academic journals founded in 1834 as an initiative of N.I. Lobachevsky, the rector of the Kazan University and the outstanding mathematician. In the first issue of the Journal, the scientist explained how this periodical differed from other social, political, and artistic journals describing "passions and feelings": Uchenye Zapiski is for those "who are meant to work for science and expect reward in fame and academic glory". The words of the famous scientist sound quite up-to-date. Science continues to strengthen its position throughout authoritative periodicals, which present not only the newest achievements in various fields of sciences that develop under the University roof, but also promote the formation and development of the research and educational community, as well as scientific schools and trends.

During the entire decade, Lobachevsky himself worked on Uchenye Zapiski, ran the publishing committee, and reviewed scientific papers. In the following 25 years, the Journal was managed by O.M. Kovalevsky, a renowned philologist. He was the rector of the University in the 1850s. Within the next ten years, the Journal was split into two series according to the division of sciences – natural sciences series and humanities series.

Uchenye Zapiski stopped publishing in the revolutionary era and was not resumed until 1925, though at irregular intervals. In 1972, after the release of the 130th volume, the Journal ceased to exist again. The first attempts to restore it were made between 1995 and 2005; 19 volumes were published on irregular basis.

From 2005, Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta began publishing regular issues. At that time, in place of two, it had three series: Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki (Humanities Series), Seriya Estestvennye Nauki (Natural Sciences Series), and Seriya Fiziko-Matematicheskie Nauki (Physics and Mathematics Series).

Each series is a separate scientific journal with general continuous numbering of the issues of Uchenye Zapiski. By tradition, the issues of Uchenye Zapiski are called "books". Each book has its own number within one volume.

Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta publishes six issues a year within the "Humanities Series" and four issues a year in both "Natural Sciences Series" and "Physics and Mathematics Series". The Journal has always attracted submissions from leading scientists and scholars of the Kazan University, as well as prominent specialists from other universities and foreign countries.

Throughout the long history of the Journal, numerous eminent scientists published their works here, such as N.I. Lobachevsky, N.N. Zinin, K.K. Klaus, I.N. Berezin, E.A. Eversman, A.M. Butlerov, V.V. Markovnikov, A.M. Zaitsev, N.F. Katanov, V.M. Bekhterev, N.A. Vasiliev, N.A. Livanov, A.E. Arbuzov, B.A. Arbuzov, N.G. Chebotarev, E.K. Zavoisky, S.A. Altshuler, A.Z. Petrov, V.K. Piskorsky, M.M. Khvostov, I.N. Smirnov, N.N. Firsov, and many others. The current generation of scientists has a fine example set before them.

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