''Mushtum'' (

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in Uzbek) is an Uzbek

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and

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published since 1923. It was founded by

Abdulla Qodiriy Abdulla Qodiriy ( uz, Abdulla Qodiriy, Абдулла Қодирий; russian: link=no, Абдулла́ Кадыри́) (April 10, 1894 – October 4, 1938), also spelt Abdullah Qodiriy and Abdullah Kadiri in English, was an Uzbek playwright, p ...

. In 1927, the magazine began to cooperate with the ''

Krokodil ''Krokodil'' ( rus, Крокодил, p=krəkɐˈdʲil, a= Ru-крокодил.ogg, ) was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1922 as the satirical supplement to the '' Workers' Gazette'' (called simply «При� ...

'', a similar

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n magazine. ''Mushtum'' has been a starting point and an aegis of many Uzbek authors, including

Abdulla Qahhor Abdulla Qahhor (sometimes spelled Abdulla Kahhar in English) ( uz, Abdulla Qahhor, Абдулла Қаҳҳор) (September 17, 1907 – May 24, 1968) was a Soviet and Uzbek novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator. H ...

Erkin Vohidov Erkin Vohidov ( uz, Erkin Vohidov / Эркин Воҳидов; December 28, 1936 – May 30, 2016) was an Uzbek poet, playwright, literary translator, and statesman. In addition to writing his own poetry, Vohidov translated the works of many ...

, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Said Ahmad, Asqad Muxtor and

Mirmuhsin Mirmuhsin Mirsaidov (3 May 1921 – 3 February 2005) was a Soviet and Uzbek poet and prose writer.Writers of Soviet Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 1959 Nasriddinov F., Mirmuhsin, Toshkent, 1972 (Uzbek) Personal life Born into a poor potter's family, he b ...

. During the

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, ''Mushtum'' was published by printing house of the Central Committee. Since the Soviet dissolution, the magazine has been published by Sharq Publishing House.

References

External links

Sharq's ''Mushtum'' page
Humor magazines Magazines established in 1923 Mass media in Tashkent Magazines published in Uzbekistan 1923 establishments in the Soviet Union Magazines published in the Soviet Union {{Uzbekistan-stub