Mushtum
EditorNosirjon Toshmatov
CategoriesHumor magazine
Circulation22,000
PublisherSharq Publishing House
FounderAbdulla Qodiriy
Founded1923
First issue18 February 1923
CompanySharq
CountryUzbekistan
Based inTashkent
WebsiteWebsite

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Salvatore Attardo (25 March 2014). Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 475. ISBN 978-1-4833-4617-5. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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