One of the world's largest scientific journals, an organ of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The publication publishes reports on major scientific research of a priority nature, and original, previously unpublished research in the field of mathematics, natural and technical sciences.

The journal's archive contains publications by members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as members of other academies and prominent scientists from foreign countries. Researchers from educational institutes, universities and research institutes of the country participate in the work of the publication.
The journal is intended for specialists in all areas of mathematics and natural science.