Almanac (fromArabic. ألمناخ—astronomicalcalendar) is a typeof serialpublication, an ongoingcollection of literary-artistic and/or popularscience works, unitedon anybasis ( thematic, genre, ideological and artistic, etc. p.). Unlike a journal, it is usually published once a year, not always with the same periodicity or even isanon-periodiccollection containing information from various areasof social activity, usually indicating literary novelties, scientific achievements, legislative...