Murzilka
{{short description|Russian illustrated children's magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = Murzilka
| image_file = Murzilka 1924-01 cover.png
| image_caption = First Issue of Murzilka
| editor = Tatyana Androsenko
| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
| previous_editor = Anatoly Mityaev
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 10,500 (2024)
| firstdate = 16 May 1924
| country = Soviet UnionМурзилка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. Т.17. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1974. стр.124"Мурзилка" // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.851
Russia
| based = Moscow
| language = Russian
| website = Murzilkahttp://www.murzilka.org/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
| issn = 0132-1943
}}
Murzilka ({{langx|ru|Мурзилка}}) is a popular Soviet/Russian illustrated magazine for 7-13 year old children. It has been published since May 1924.[https://books.google.com/books?id=IqhGCgAAQBAJ&dq=monthly+magazine+Murzilka&pg=PT172 Lesley D. Clement, Leyli Jamali, Global Perspectives on Death in Children's Literature] Routledge, 2015, {{ISBN|9781317599487}}, 282 p.
History and profile
File:Murzilka 2024 stamp of Russia.png
At the end of the 19th century, the Canadian illustrator and writer Palmer Cox created a cycle of poems about little people from Scottish folklore known as brownies. 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. There 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 there (Korney Chukovsky, M. M. Prishvin, V. V. Lebedev).
Murzilka started the creative careers of writers such as Samuil Marshak, 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. The circulation of the magazine in 1974 was 5.6 mln copies.
In 1982, the magazine's circulation was 6 million per month, the price of one magazine was 15 kopecks.журнал "Мурзилка", № 11, 1982 3-я стр. обложки
In 2011, the magazine was listed by the Guinness World Records as the longest running children's magazine in the world.{{cite web |title=Longest-running children's magazine |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-running-childrens-magazine |work=Guinness World Records |access-date=13 June 2015}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
- [http://www.murzilka.org/ Official website] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301061420/http://murzilka.km.ru/ Old official website] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://journal-club.ru/?q=image/tid/102 Archive 1924-1991] {{in lang|ru}}
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