Za Rulem was founded on 23 February 1928, and the first issue was published in April 1928. In 1978, the magazine was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour. The following artists performed design work for the magazine:
Boris Efimov and Alexander Zakharov (1976-1988).
Vladimir Mayakovsky also worked for the magazine. During
Soviet times, the magazine was a 30-leaf notebook of simple matte paper, but in the 1990s, they began to add more pages. In May 2008, the magazine updated the typeface of the logo, the old style of the journal logo having been used since the 1970s.
Za Rulem is published by a publishing company of the same name on a monthly basis. ==Other projects of the publishing house==