# ЕСЛИ (Esli)

> Tribute archive for «Если» («If»), the leading Russian science-fiction magazine published 1991–2017. Catalogs all 249 issues with full tables of contents, cover images, and reading statistics.

The magazine published translations of classic and contemporary Western SF alongside original Russian authors. This site is built by a fan and is not affiliated with the original publisher.

## Browsing issues

- [All issues](https://esli.space/issues/): Full list of all 249 issues grouped by year
- [Issue page pattern](https://esli.space/issues/1991_01/): Individual issue at `/issues/{year}_{issue}/` — cover image, metadata (publisher, circulation, page count), and full table of contents with author names, work titles, types, page numbers, and links to Fantlab

Double issues use an underscore-separated range: e.g. `/issues/1993_05_06/`

## Statistics

- [Stats overview](https://esli.space/stats/)
- [Works by year](https://esli.space/stats/works-by-year/)
- [Works per issue](https://esli.space/stats/works-per-issue/)
- [Authors](https://esli.space/stats/authors/) — most-published authors across all issues
- [Genres](https://esli.space/stats/genres/)
- [Circulation](https://esli.space/stats/circulation/) — print run over time
- [Quality by year](https://esli.space/stats/quality-by-year/) — average ratings by year
- [Top works](https://esli.space/stats/top-works/) — highest-rated works published in the magazine
- [Nominees](https://esli.space/stats/nominees/) — award nominees and winners
- [Works by origin](https://esli.space/stats/works-by-origin/) — Russian originals vs. translations
- [Author pool](https://esli.space/stats/author-pool/) — author diversity over time
- [Hidden gems](https://esli.space/stats/hidden-gems/) — high-rated but low-popularity works
- [Recommendations](https://esli.space/stats/recommendations/)
- [«Если» в МДС](https://esli.space/stats/mds/) — works from «Если» that were also performed on «Модель для сборки» (МДС), a cult Russian SF audio show; 242 entries with year breakdown and search

## Feeds and discovery / Machine-Readable Resources

- [Full catalog (llms-full.txt)](https://esli.space/llms-full.txt) — complete machine-readable table of contents for every issue in one file
- [RSS](https://esli.space/rss.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://esli.space/sitemap-index.xml)
- [Search](https://esli.space/search) — full-text search across all works and authors

## Data notes

- 249 issues spanning 1991–2017
- Content types: shortstory (рассказ), story (повесть), novel (роман)
- External IDs: each work and issue links to [Fantlab](https://fantlab.ru), the primary Russian SF database
- Ratings and genre data sourced from various data sources

## Questions This Archive Can Answer

* Which stories appeared in a specific issue of "Если"?
* Which authors were published most frequently?
* What are the highest-rated works in the magazine?
* Which foreign authors appeared in the magazine?
* How did the magazine's content evolve over time?
* Which genres were most popular during different periods?
* In which issue was a particular work published?