''Mushtum'' (
fist
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in
Uzbek) is an
Uzbek satire
Satire is a genre of the visual arts, visual, literature, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently Nonfiction, non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ...
and
humor magazine
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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
Russia
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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 Soviet era
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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
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