ɪt wʌz ˈɪʃuːd ɪɹˈɛɡjʊlɚli fˈoːɹ tə twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ˈɪʃuːz pɜː jˈɪɹ, tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd tˈuː ˈɪʃuːz ɪn tˈoʊɾəl fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː, ðˈɛn mˈʌnθli fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks ʌntˈɪl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən wɛn ɪt bɪɡˈæn təbi pˈʌblɪʃt twˈaɪs ɐ mˈʌnθ baɪ ðə "kjˈuːdəʒˌɛstvənˌeɪə lˈɪɾɚɹˌætʃɚɹə"  pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ hˈaʊs.
It was issued irregularly (4 to 24 issues per year, 202 issues in total) from 1927 to 1942, then monthly from 1946 until 1957 when it began to be published twice a month by the "Khudozhestvennaya Literatura"  publishing house.