Despite the fact that journals of Oriental studies in Russia have their own traditions, and a number of them are known not only here but also abroad, there have been no special journals of Islamic studies in our domestic tradition. The only exception was the “World of Islam” established in 1912 by V.V. Bartold, academician and “father” of the Russian scientific Islamic studies. After coming out for over a year, the journal was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and completely changed its character. Later in 1917, V.V. Bartold resumed publishing his journal entitled “The Muslim World” but its history, for obvious reasons, was short-lived. In the West, on the contrary, the number of periodicals is very large. Among them there are both specialized magazines with great history (Der Islam, Islamic Quarterly, The Muslim World, Revue des Etudes Islamiques, Revue du Monde Musulman) and editions which place the significant value on Islamic studies. At the present stage, establishment of a high-quality scientific journal of Islamic studies in Russian is already a historical necessity.