Murzilka

Murzilka

First Issue of Murzilka
Editor-in-Chief	Tatyana Androsenko
Former editors	Anatoly Mityaev
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	75,000
First issue	16 May 1924
Country	Soviet Union Russia
Based in	Moscow
Language	Russian
Website	Murzilka
ISSN	0132-1943

Murzilka (Russian: Мурзилка) is a popular Soviet/Russian illustrated magazine for 6–12 year olds. It has been published since May 1924.^[1]

History and profile[]

At the end of the 19th century the Canadian illustrator and writer Palmer Cox created a cycle of poems about little people brownie. Later the Russian author started writing stories based on his drawings about little forest men. She called the main character who wore a white tie, had a walking stick and a monocle "Murzilka".

The first issue of the magazine came out on the 16th of May 1924 in the Soviet Union.^{[citation needed]} Here Murzilka was a small white dog and appeared with his owner Petya. The magazine is still published on a monthly basis.

In 1937 the illustrator created the new design of Murzilka – now a yellow furry character in a red beret with a scarf and a camera over his shoulder.

Murzilka started the creative careers of writers such as Samuil Marshak, Sergey Mikhalkov, , Boris Zahoder, Agniya Barto, Nikolay Nosov, Marina Uspenskaya, and of artist and writer Georgy Kovenchuk.

In 2011 the magazine was listed by the Guinness World Records as the longest running children's magazine in the world.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Russian)
• Old official website (in Russian)
• Archive 1924-1991 (in Russian)

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