Murzilka

Murzilka (Russian: Мурзилка) is a popular Soviet/Russian illustrated magazine for 6–12 year olds. It has been published since May 1924.[3]

Murzilka
First Issue of Murzilka
Editor-in-ChiefTatyana Androsenko
Former editorsAnatoly Mityaev
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation75,000
First issue16 May 1924
CountrySoviet Union[1][2]
Russia
Based inMoscow[1][2]
LanguageRussian
WebsiteMurzilka
ISSN0132-1943

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 Anna Hvolson 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 16 May 1924.[1] 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 Aminadav Kanevsky created the new design of Murzilka – now a yellow furry character in a red beret with a scarf and a camera over his shoulder.

Several famous writers have published their work here (Korney Chukovsky,[1] M. M. Prishvin,[1] V. V. Lebedev[1]).

Murzilka started the creative careers of writers such as Samuil Marshak,[1] Sergey Mikhalkov, Elena Blaginina, Boris Zahoder, Agniya Barto, Nikolay Nosov, Marina Uspenskaya, and of artist and writer Georgy Kovenchuk.

In 1974, the magazine was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.[2] The circulation of the magazine in 1974 was 5.6 mln copies.[1]

In 2011 the magazine was listed by the Guinness World Records as the longest running children's magazine in the world.[4]

References
  1. Мурзилка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. Т.17. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974. стр.124
  2. "Мурзилка" // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.851
  3. Lesley D. Clement, Leyli Jamali, Global Perspectives on Death in Children’s Literature Routledge, 2015, ISBN 9781317599487, 282 p.
  4. "Longest-running children's magazine". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 13 June 2015.


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