Captain of the 1st rank Ivan Anatolyevich Anfertyev was born in 1952 in the Kirov region, Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Lviv Higher Military-Political School in 1977, Served in the Northern Fleet in the editorial offices of the newspapers "Banner of the Motherland"and" On Guard of the Arctic". From 1983-1991 - Senior literary officer of the Department of Combat Training of the Navy, Deputy Executive Secretary of the editorial board of the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda".

1991-1997-Editor and Executive secretary of the editorial Board of the Military Historical Journal. 1997-1999-First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Marine Collection magazine. In 1999, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the Military History Journal. Author and compiler of 9 scientific and historical collections. Awarded the Order of Honor.

- Ivan Anatolyevich, our readers will be interested to learn about the specifics of the "Military History Journal".

- Our magazine is a popular science illustrated publication of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. We cover topical issues of domestic and foreign military history, national security, the construction of the Armed Forces, the development of military science, the strategy of operational art and tactics of military training and education, as well as other topical issues. We focus on professional military historians, specialists of research institutions, teaching staff, officers and cadets of military educational institutions, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the Armed Forces, as well as anyone interested in military history.

- What are the main concerns of your creative team? How is the editorial policy formed?

- The preservation and enhancement of the rich traditions of the "Military Historical Journal", the growth of its authority in the scientific world, and its popularity among readers is a constant concern of the editorial staff. The editorial board consists of prominent military leaders, heads of a number of departments and military-scientific institutions of the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff, archival Services, and editorial management. Each issue of the journal is the result of heated discussions at editorial board meetings.

The development and implementation of a balanced, scientifically based editorial policy would not have been possible without constant attention to the journal from the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. It is deeply symbolic that in 1939-1941, when the editorial board was taking its first steps, its daily activities were directly directed by the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army-Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, Commander of the 1st rank (since 1940 Marshal of the Soviet Union) B. M. Shaposhnikov, who was distinguished by the highest scientific culture, broad outlook and depth of thinking. He left a significant mark on the development of military history and the development of our magazine. This tradition continues today. The founder of the journal is the General Staff, headed by General of the Army A.V. Kvashnin, the editorial board includes First Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Colonel-General V. L. Manilov, and Deputy Head of the Military Scientific Department of the General Staff, Major-General E. G. Nikitenko.

- The real wealth of each publication is its authors. Tell us more about them.

- The authors are the most famous scientists in the field of military history, doctors and candidates of historical sciences, leading specialists of the military and state archives of the country, as well as archives of the Federal Security Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A vivid example of many years of fruitful cooperation with the editorial office is the work of a well-known scientist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V. A. Anfilov, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. So deeply as Viktor Alexandrovich, no one has so far explored the initial period of the Great Patriotic War. This topic, as well as many other topical problems of the Second World War, is the subject of scientific interests and research of Major Generals V. V. Gurkin, A. I. Kruglov, V. A. Nikolsky, Doctor of Historical Sciences Colonel V. V. Cherepanov. The editorial office is often contacted by close relatives of military leaders and commanders, offering interesting memoir materials for publication. So, Nina Ivanovna Eremenko provided a unique document - the diary of the husband of Marshal of the Soviet Union A. I. Eremenko, which he kept when he was commander of a number of fronts, and Vera Nikolaevna and Raisa Vasilyevna Kuznetsov-a manuscript belonging to the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N. G. Kuznetsov. Tamara Potapovna Novikova-investigative documents about the fate of her husband-Chief Marshal of Aviation A. A. Novikov.

Among the long-standing and active authors of the magazine is the head of the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Major General V. A. Zolotarev. Vladimir Antonovich has earned a reputation as one of the greatest specialists in the history of strategy and operational art. The articles of Marshal of the Soviet Union V. G. Kulikov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, General of the Army M. A. Gareev, General of the Army A. I. Gribkov, Admiral of the Fleet G. M. Yegorov, Colonel-Generals M. N. Tereshchenko, V. A. Merimsky, Lieutenant-Generals E. I. Malashenko, S. M. Zolotov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Colonel V. V. Yegorov are of constant interest. V. Popov, Candidate of Historical Sciences Colonel Yu. V. Rubtsov.

The magazine's subject matter is diverse.

It develops more and more deeply the problems of Russia's geopolitical interests and national security. A great contribution to their coverage was made by the Head of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel - General L. G. Ivashov, and the head of the Public Relations Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Major-General A. A. Zdanovich. They own the first publications of a number of unique, recently declassified documents and detailed comments on them.

The editorial staff has a long-standing creative friendship with Lieutenant-General V. A. Kirpichenko. For many years, Vadim Alekseevich was the first deputy head of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, headed the Soviet illegal intelligence service. Today, he is the chief consultant of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, and at the same time the head of the author's team for the creation of "Essays on the History of Russian Foreign Intelligence".

The topic of national security is raised in the speeches of such authors as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Doctor of Historical Sciences V. S. Lavrov, retired Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. I. Divilkovsky, Doctor of Law, Professor Colonel V. M. Gilensen, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Colonel S. M. Nebrenchin, Doctor of Historical Sciences Lieutenant Colonel S. B. Belogurov, Candidate of Legal Sciences Colonel V. P. Yampolsky, candidates of Historical Sciences N.E. Eliseeva, V. I. Batyuk, M. A. Alekseev, in essays by B. D. Yurinov.

Readers are always interested in publications on the history of military reforms in Russia, problems of military construction and military science, little-known events of the First World War and many other wars. The fact that the journal is now recognized as a unique popular science publication is undoubtedly due to a large group of regular authors. Among them are Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V. I. Sheremet, Colonel-General Yu. V. Votintsev, Professor Rear Admiral G. G. Kostev, Doctor of Sociological Sciences Lieutenant Colonel I. V. Obraztsov, Candidate of Historical Sciences Colonel V. I. Ivkin, Associate Professor Colonel P. N. Bobylev, Candidate of Historical Sciences Captain 1 rank M. V. Moskovenko Professor Captain of the 1st rank A.V. Shishov, Candidate of Economic Sciences Colonel A.M. Batkovsky, Candidate of Military Sciences Colonel S. L. Pechurov and many others.

Of course, it is impossible to name the entire editorial team's copyright asset. It is too numerous. However, we remember all our authors and thank them for their attention to the magazine and cooperation.

- Traditional question: what is in the portfolio of the Military History Magazine?

- The editorial staff intends to continue to do everything possible to ensure that the publications are truthful and objective, characterized by novelty and instructiveness.

The article of the Candidate of Military Sciences, Colonel M. V. Yumashev, prepared for publication, is devoted to the military-historical analysis of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces. Candidate of Historical Sciences Colonel A. V. Nedelin reviewed the topic of nuclear confrontation between the world's leading powers in a new way, compiling a detailed chronology of the main events of the nuclear era and including previously unreported facts. Little-known details of the first Balkan crisis will be reflected in the article of Candidate of Historical Sciences Ya. V. Vishnyakov. Under the heading "Through the pages of rare publications", the now completely forgotten study of V. V. Chernavin "Russian Officers in the First World War"will be published. The collection of archival documents prepared by S. A. Solntseva, an employee of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, describes how the February Revolution of 1917 was reflected in the names, uniforms and other symbols of the Russian Army. Pension provision of officers of the pre-revolutionary Russian army is devoted to the material of Candidate of Historical Sciences Major S. A. Chinenny "Pension is not alms, but a duty of the state".

Readers will find interesting materials from the permanent columns of the magazine "Military Chronicle of the Fatherland", "Military Reform", "From the collections of military archives", "Chronicle of Russian Regiments", "Epoch in Documents" and others.

Our journal will continue to strive to write the truth and only the truth, based on a comprehensive study of archival documents, accompanied by their objective scientific comments. Sometimes the documents found by our authors burn the reader's heart with an abundance of dramatic facts. But this is our history, and society should know the whole truth, no matter how bitter it may be. We understand that this task is extremely difficult to achieve by the editorial board and editorial staff alone. We will continue to rely on the author's asset, attract to cooperation fans of the military history of the Fatherland, who are able to provide information and financial support to our publication. In this regard, our management recently approved a proposal to create an editorial board of the "Military Historical Journal", which in essence should perform guardianship functions, take care of improving printing performance, decent encouragement of the most active authors, reducing the cost of subscription prices and increasing the frequency of publication of the journal.

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