This article provides statistics of publications in contemporary literary journals related to Russian literature in the last two centuries. Although such publications as Zvezda, Znamya, Novyi Mir and some others are clearly aimed at introducing the Russian reader to the novelties of the literary process, the majority of their issues are devoted to scholarly articles, critical or creative essays, and other materials devoted to writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The author analyses which authors and works are the subject of the articles, what is the genre of the articles, what is the specific character of the object of research. The article shows which writers are the leaders in scholarly and critical interest and which works and genres attract the most attention. It concludes with a summary list of the names of the writers whose works were published in 2022.
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