Murzilka
 First Issue of Murzilka | |
| Tatyana Androsenko | Editor-in-Chief |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Anatoly Mityaev |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 75,000 |
| First issue | 16 May 1924 |
| Country |
 Soviet Union Russia |
| Based in | Moscow, Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Website | http://www.murzilka.org/ |
| ISSN | 0132-1943 |
Murzilka (Russian: Мурзилка) is a popular Soviet/Russian illustrated magazine for children 6–12 years old produced from May 1924 to present days.
History
At the end of 19th century Canadian illustrator and writer Palmer Cox created a cycle of poems about the little people brownie. Later Russian author Anna Hvolson on the grounds of his drawings had written stories about little forest men, where the main character dressed in white tie, with a walking stick and monocle was named "Murzilka" by her.
First issue came out on May 16, 1924 in the Soviet Union. Here Murzilka was a small white dog and appeared with his owner-boy Petya.
On 1927-1928 in the magazine was issued Murzilka Newspaper.
In 1937 an illustrator Aminadav Kanevsky created became known in the USSR image of Murzilka – yellow furry character in a red beret with a scarf and camera over his shoulder.
In Murzilka started creative way of such writers as Samuil Marshak, Sergey Mikhalkov, Elena Blaginina, Boris Zahoder, Agniya Barto, Nikolay Nosov, Marina Uspenskaya.
External links
- Official website (Russian)
- Old official website (Russian)
- Archive 1924-1991 (Russian)