Mushtum Explained

Mushtum
Category:Humor magazine
Founder:Abdulla Qodiriy
Founded:1923
Firstdate:18 February 1923
Publisher:Sharq Publishing House
Company:Sharq
Editor:Nosirjon Toshmatov
Country:Uzbekistan
Based:Tashkent
Circulation:22,000
Website:Website

Mushtum (fist in Uzbek) is an Uzbek satire and humor magazine published since 1923.[1] It was founded by Abdulla Qodiriy. In 1927, the magazine began to cooperate with the Krokodil, a similar Russian magazine.[1] Mushtum has been a starting point and an aegis of many Uzbek authors, including Abdulla Qahhor, Erkin Vohidov, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Said Ahmad, Asqad Muxtor and Mirmuhsin.

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

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Salvatore Attardo. Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. 11 October 2015. 25 March 2014. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4833-4617-5. 475.