{{Short description|Quarterly Ukrainian science fiction magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = | image_size = | image_caption = | editor = Yulia Gavrilenko | editor_title = | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = | category = science fiction short stories | company = | publisher = | founded = 2006 | lastdate = 2021 | country = Ukraine | based = | language = Russian and Ukrainian | website = | issn = }}
'''''RBG-Azimuth''''' ('''''GDC-Azimuth''''') was a quarterly Ukrainian bilingual (Russophone and Ukrainophone) science fiction magazine, published since 2006.<ref name="first_issue"/> Its stories were written in the Russian language by authors living around the world. This included authors from Ukraine,<ref name="ua_author"/> Russia,<ref name="ru_author"/> Belarus, Lithuania,<ref name="lt_author"/> the United States,<ref name="us_author"/> and others. The magazine name is an abbreviation that means “guidelines for damage control” in Russian “Руководство по Борьбе за Живучесть" (РБЖ).
RBG-Azimuth exclusively published one type of material - short stories. Each issue contained 10-13 stories. It claimed to revive traditions of the classic science fiction of the 1970-1980s (like Isaac Asimov, Clifford Simak, Robert Sheckley, Boris and Arkady Strugatsky). Its aim was to publish stories that help people live a better life. Since 2010 RBG-Azimuth and Hanna Concern Publishing issued books with set of the best sci-fi stories of the year.<ref name="set_of_stories"/><ref name="set_of_stories1"/>
The magazine was nominated on Eurocon from Ukraine as the Best Magazine in 2010<ref>[https://worldsf.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/ European SF Award Nominations 2010 Announced]</ref> and 2011<ref>[http://starfort.in.ua/page/wolf-news-2-2011 ВОЛФ-ньюс N2, 2011 (2), Ukrainian language]</ref> years. One of the authors is Nika Rakitina,<ref name="Rakitina"/>{{Who|date=March 2010}} who had received the ESFS encouragement award (Belarus) in Eurocon-2008.<ref name="Eurocon"/><ref name="Eurocon2"/>{{Clarify|date=March 2010}}
==Editors== * P. Amnuel, PhD (Israel) * Y. Gavrilenko, PhD (Russia), general editor * S. Zhilevich (Belarus) * V. Yatsenko (Ukraine), president * I. Shlosberg (USA)
==References== <references>
<ref name="first_issue">{{cite web|url=http://archivsf.narod.ru/2006/rbg_azimut/index.htm |title=Архив фантастики|publisher=Archivsf|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="ua_author">{{cite web|url=http://www.convent.ru/roscon/2010/spisok2010.html#2|title=eg., The nomination list of Roscon-2010, Stories, #51 |publisher=Convent|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="ru_author">{{cite web|url=http://www.convent.ru/roscon/2010/spisok2010.html#2 |title=eg., The nomination list of Roscon-2010, Stories, #145 |publisher=Convent|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="lt_author">{{cite web|url=http://www.convent.ru/roscon/2010/spisok2010.html#2 |title=eg., The nomination list of Roscon-2010, Stories, #583 |publisher=Convent|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="us_author">{{cite web|url=http://www.convent.ru/roscon/2010/spisok2010.html#2 |title=eg., The nomination list of Roscon-2010, Stories, #197 |publisher=Convent|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Rakitina">{{cite book|url=http://www.fantlab.ru/edition44995 |title=РБЖ-Азимут 5/08 |publisher=Fantlab|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Eurocon">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurocon2008.ru/|title=Eurocon-2008|publisher=Eurocon2008|accessdate=3 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210174928/http://www.eurocon2008.ru/|archivedate=10 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Eurocon2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvr.by/eng/culture.asp?id=3150|title=Triumph of Belarusian literature. Nika Rakitina from Gomel is acknowledged best young science fiction author in Europe at "Eurocon-2008" - science fiction festival|publisher=Tvr|date=29 May 2008|accessdate=3 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222015322/http://www.tvr.by/eng/culture.asp?id=3150|archivedate=22 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name="set_of_stories">{{cite book|title=RBG-Azimut 2010 (Russian Edition) (9781456413019): Izya Shlosberg, Vladimir Yatsenko, Julia Gavrilenko PhD, Pavel Amnuel PhD: Books |isbn=1456413015 }}</ref> <ref name="set_of_stories1">{{cite book|title=Door, which does not exist (Russian Edition) (9781468110555): Izya Shlosberg, Aleksander Albov, Pavel Amnuel PhD, Natalia Aniskova, Marina Artlegis, Andrey Asmu PhD, Julia Gavrilenko PhD, Irina Lezhava, Vladimir Yatsenko: Books|isbn=978-1468110555 |last1=Shlosberg |first1=Izya |last2=Albov |first2=Aleksander |last3=Amnuel |first3=Pavel |last4=Aniskova |first4=Natalia |last5=Artlegis |first5=Marina |last6=Asmu |first6=Andrey |last7=Yatsenko |first7=Vladimir |date=27 December 2011 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://rbg-azimut.com/ Official website]
Category:2006 establishments in Ukraine Category:Magazines established in 2006 Category:Ukrainian science fiction Category:Science fiction magazines established in the 2000s Category:Russian-language magazines Category:Magazines published in Ukraine