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This article deals with the attitude of Russian periodic issues to Illyrian movement. The first stage of Croatian national revival was an object of attention in Russian society during the 1830-1850th. The Russian magazines of different orientations published the articles about literary and political activities of the Illyrians. However the collecting of information about the Illyrian movement in Croatia was realized by the narrow circle of specialists. The most important role in this process played M. P. Pogodin who was closely connected with his colleagues from Slav countries, for example, with Pavol Jozef Šafárik. But the efforts of Russian Slavists who broadened the information of Illyrism became the base for further development of Russian Slavic and Croatian studies.