The magazine of satire "Crocodile". Moscow: Pravda newspaper Publishing House, issues 1978 (No. 1-36). Annual filing.

Krokodil is a Soviet and Russian satirical magazine. The symbol of the publication is a red crocodile with a pitchfork. Krokodil was founded in 1922, first as an appendix to the Rabochaya Gazeta, and was published once a week. Over time, it became the largest satirical publication in the USSR.

"Crocodile" is a unique phenomenon in the genre of statistical journalism, it has no analogues in this field of literary and artistic culture. His topical satirical drawings touched on international political topics, cartoons in the genre of everyday humor denounced the life of the country. At various times, the publication covered the events of Stalin's repressions, the Great Patriotic War, periods of stagnation, perestroika and modern history.

The creators of the legendary cartoons are world—famous artists, including members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR and the Russian Academy of Arts — Boris Efimov, Kukryniksy, Dmitry Moore, Ivan Malyutin and many others. The graphic works on the pages of the magazine were distinguished by an original look, the highest artistic professionalism and technical execution.