# RBG-Azimuth

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{{Short description|Quarterly Ukrainian science fiction magazine}}
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| editor = Yulia Gavrilenko
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| category = [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) short stories
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| founded = 2006
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| country = [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)
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| language = [Russian](/source/Russian_language) and [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language)
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'''''RBG-Azimuth''''' ('''''GDC-Azimuth''''') was a quarterly Ukrainian bilingual ([Russophone](/source/Russian_language) and [Ukrainophone](/source/Ukrainian_language)) [science fiction magazine](/source/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](/source/Russia),<ref name="ru_author"/> [Belarus](/source/Belarus), [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania),<ref name="lt_author"/> the [United States](/source/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](/source/Isaac_Asimov), [Clifford Simak](/source/Clifford_Simak), [Robert Sheckley](/source/Robert_Sheckley), [Boris and Arkady Strugatsky](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Rakitina_Nika),<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](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87), PhD (Israel)
* Y. Gavrilenko, PhD (Russia), general editor
* [S. Zhilevich](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA))  (Belarus)
* [V. Yatsenko](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%AF%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE) (Ukraine), president
* [I. Shlosberg](/source/Izya_Shlosberg) (USA)

==References==
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<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>

</references>

==External links==
*[http://rbg-azimut.com/ Official website]

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Category:Magazines established in 2006
Category:Ukrainian science fiction
Category:Science fiction magazines established in the 2000s
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