Literary, scientific and political magazine published in 1906-1918 in Saint-Petersburg / Petrograd. Before No. 8, 1906 it was entitled "God's World", from No. 1 (October), 1906 - "Modern World". From April 1913 to 1915 the second edition of the "Modern World" was published instead of the "New Life" magazine which repeated the content of the first edition except for the "Criticism and Bibliography" section. Publication frequency: No. 1 (October) - 3 (December) in 1906, from 1907 - monthly. The magazine was not published in 1914 (No. 7, 8) and in 1915 (No. 7). In 1918, No. 1 was issued instead of No. 10/12 for 1917. Editors: A. I. Bogdanovich, V. P. Kranichfeld (No. 4, 1907), L. E. Watson (No. 6, 1907), N. I. Iordansky (No. 5, 1909), V. P. Kranichfeld (No. 11, 1911), N. I. Iordansky (No. 3, 1913). Publishers: A. I. Bogdanovich (No. 1, 1906), L. E. Watson (No. 2, 1906 - No. 4, 1909), M. K. Kuprina-Davydova (No. 5, 1909 - No. 6, 1910), M. K. Iordansky (No. 7, 1910 - 1918). The magazine published articles by G. V. Plekhanov, F. Dan, L. Martov, N. G. Garin-Mikhailovsky, A. I. Kuprin, V. V. Veresaev, D. Bedny, M. Gorky, A. Chapygin, and other authors. Magazine's indexes for 1906-1910 is available in publications: Ulyanov N. A. Index of magazine literature (Alphabetical, subject, systematic). Vol. 1. Five Years 1906-1910. Moscow: Nauka, 1911. 103, 16 p. ; Kudryavtsev V. Index of Historical Articles Published in Magazines: "Herald of Europe", "Russian Thought", "Russian Wealth", "God's World", "Modern World", "Education" for 1885-1908. N.-Novgorod, 1910. 39 p.
Presented issues: 1917.