Four Centuries. Russian Poetry in Translation
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Four Centuries. Russian Poetry in Translation
by Ilya Perelmuter (editor)

Launched in 2012, “Four Centuries” is an international electronic magazine of Russian poetry in translation. Every issue contains poetic texts in foreign languages; Russian originals are not included. Languages include Bulgarian, Dutch, Estonian, French, Gaelic, German, Hungarian, Italian, English, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, etc.

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