{"id":3687,"date":"2022-02-09T16:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2022-02-09T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:17:02","slug":"on-trial-krokodil-digital-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2022\/02\/09\/on-trial-krokodil-digital-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Krokodil Digital Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a request from a student in HCA the Library has trial access to Krokodil Digital Archive<\/strong> from East View. The complete archive of what was once the leading satirical publication of the Soviet Era.<\/p>\n

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You can access Krokodil Digital Archive<\/strong> via the E-resources trials page<\/strong><\/a>.
\nAccess is available on and off-campus.<\/p>\n

Trial access ends 4th March 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Krokodil\u00a0<\/em>(Crocodile) was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. It was first published as the illustrated Sunday supplement for\u00a0Rabochii<\/em>\u00a0(The Worker) newspaper on June 4, 1922. As circulation increased, the editors became convinced of the need for a regular independently numbered journal, and\u00a0Krokodil<\/em>\u00a0No.1 (13) was published for the first time on August 27, 1922.<\/p>\n

Published continuously until 2008, circulation of\u00a0Krokodil\u00a0<\/em>peaked at around 5.8 million (in 1980) and it was firmly established as one of the leading publications in the Soviet Union.\u00a0Krokodil<\/em> lampooned religion, alcoholism, foreign political figures and events. It ridiculed bureaucracy and excessive centralised control. The caricatures found in Krokodil<\/em>\u00a0can be studied as a gauge of the \u2018correct party line\u2019 of the time. During the height of the Cold War, cartoons criticizing Uncle Sam, the Pentagon, Western colonialism and German militarism were common in the pages of\u00a0Krokodil.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can access Krokodil Digital Archive<\/strong> via the E-resources trials page<\/strong><\/a>.
\nAccess is available on and off-campus.
\nTrial access ends 4th March 2022.
\nFeedback welcome<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please note, trial access to a resource is an opportunity for our staff and students to try a resource out and give feedback<\/a> on its quality and usefulness. However, if we trial a resource this is not an indication that we plan to or will be able to purchase or subscribe to the resource in the near future.<\/p>\n

Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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