The current publication started as two separate journals. The first publication,
Istorik-Marksist () was published from 1926 to 1941. The second publication, begun in 1931, was known as ''Bor'ba Klassov
(), but in 1937 changed its name to Istoricheskii Zhurnal
(). Istorik-Marksist
was merged into Istoricheskii Zhurnal'' in 1941. In 1945 the journal's name was changed to the current
Voprosy Istorii. At that time, it was one of just three journals available to Soviet historians, the others being
Istoricheskie Zapiski, which specialised in medieval and modern Russian history, and
Vestnik Drevnei Istorii which dealt with ancient history. In 2004, East View began to digitise the journal from its 200,000 pages in 950 issues. ==List of editors-in-chief==