Iskra (magazine)

*Iskra*
	Iskra 1865, No. 6, cover
Editor	Vasily Kurochkin (1859—1864); Nikolai Stepanov (1859—1864); Vladimir Kurochkin (1864-1873)
Frequency	Weekly
Circulation	10,000 (1862—1863)
Founded	1859
Final issue	1873
Based in	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Language	Russian

Iskra (Template:Lang-ru, Spark) was a Russian satirical weekly published in Saint Petersburg in 1859–1873.

The magazine, founded by the caricaturist Nikolai Stepanov and poet Vasily Kurochkin was a Socialist publication, targeting social inequality and the Tsarism. Yet, in its heyday it attracted a host of famous authors from diverse literary factions, including Alexey K. Tolstoy, Alexey Zhemchuzhnikov, Alexey Pleshcheyev, Lev Mei, Viktor Burenin, Liodor Palmin, Vladimir Shchiglev, Gleb and Nikolai Uspenskys, Alexander Levitov, Pavel Yakushkin, Fyodor Reshetnikov, Grigory Eliseev. Iskra became famous for its caricatures, made by the best Russian artists of the time, among them Nikolai Stepanov, Mikhail Mikeshin, Mikhail Znamensky.^[1]

Throughout its history Iskra suffered from severe censorship, and in 1865 was forced to part with Vasily Kurochkin. It was finally closed in 1873.^[2]

References

^ "Искра (журнал)". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
^ Iskra at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia in 11 volumes,1929—1939

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[gse-1] "Искра (журнал)". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

[2] Iskra at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia in 11 volumes,1929—1939

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