The aim of this article is to introduce the Russian speaking readers to the field of public service motivation studies and to briefly outline the history and modern developments of this field. Publications on PSM are numerous. Meanwhile the Russian speaking public administration scholars are relatively unfamiliar with this field. This is indicated by the fact that since very recently there has not been a full Russian translation of the PSM questionnaire. Globally, PSM scholarship has blended into mainstream public administration research, it has developed its own canon and classics. In this paper we introduce the Russian speaking readers to this literature and its main developments. We also include in our brief review the few Russian publications that did utilize the PSM scale. Finally, we include one of the most recent Russian translations of the PSM scale.