What is "krokodil"

n. (cx slang English) The drug desomorphine.

Krokodil (, " crocodile") was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1922, and named after Fyodor Dostoyevsky's satirical short story, The Crocodile. At that time, a large number of satirical magazines existed, such as Zanoza and Prozhektor. Nearly all of them eventually disappeared.

Although political satire was dangerous during much of the Soviet period, Krokodil was given considerable license to lampoon political figures and events. Typical and safe topics for lampooning in the Soviet era were the lack of initiative and imagination promoted by the style of an average Soviet middle-bureaucrat, and the problems produced by drinking on the job by Soviet workers. Krokodil also ridiculed capitalist countries and attacked various political, ethnic and religious groups that allegedly opposed the Soviet system. For example, at the time of the Doctors' plot it published a number of anti-semitic articles and cartoons.

Many notable persons contributed to the magazine, including Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kukriniksy, and Yuliy Ganf.

Similar magazines existed in all the Union republics, and in several ASSRs and in other states of the Soviet bloc, e.g. Starshel ("Wasp") in Bulgaria, Eulenspiegel in East Germany, Urzică ("The Nettle") in Romania and Dikobraz (" porcupine") in Czechoslovakia.

Among the vocal compositions of Dmitri Shostakovich, who is known for his satirical character, there are 5 Romances on texts from Krokodil Magazine (1965), taken from the section of magazine where were published real-life nonsense texts.

Republic

Title

Translation

Ukrainian SSR

Перець

Pepper

Belarusian SSR

Вожык

Hedgehog

Uzbek SSR

Муштум

Fist

Kazakh SSR

Ара

Bumblebee

Georgian SSR

ნიანგი

Crocodile

Azerbaijani SSR

Кирпи

Hedgehog

Lithuanian SSR

Šluota

Broom

Moldavian SSR

Кипэруш

Pepper

Latvian SSR

Dadzis

Bur

Kyrgyz SSR

Чалкан

Nettle

Tajik SSR

Хорпуштак

Hedgehog

Armenian SSR

Ոզնի

Hedgehog

Turkmen SSR

Токмак

Mallet

Estonian SSR

Pikker

Pikker

Bashkir ASSR

Хэнэк

Pitchfork

Chuvash ASSR

Капкан

Trap

Komi ASSR

Чушканзі

Wasp

Mari ASSR

Пачемыш

Wasp

Tatar ASSR

Чаян

Scorpion

Udmurt ASSR

Шӧкыч

Hornet

Krokodil was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union.

Krokodil may also refer to:

• Krokodil, the street name for desomorphine, a dangerous and illicit opioid
• Krokodil Literary Festival, an annual event in Belgrade, Serbia
• Krokodil, a 1970s Swiss band on the Nurse with Wound list
• Mil Mi-24, a helicopter, nicknamed Крокодил or Krokodil due to its camouflage scheme
• Krokodil (British band), a British metal supergroup formed in 2011
• "Krokodil", a non-LP single released by St. Vincent in 2012
• Krokodil is Russian game show on Muz-TV channel.

Krokodil ( Russian: Крокодил, lit. Crocodile, informal: Крокодил. Звёзды против, lit. Crocodile. Celebrities Versus) is a game show which was broadcast on Muz-TV from February 5, 2010 to March 18, 2012 based on an associative board game "Crocodile". The game are hosted by Olga Shelest and Timur Rodriguez. The judge is Sergey Melimuk, the President of The "Crocodile" Game Assotiation.

Krokodil is a British heavy metal supergroup formed in 2011, currently consisting of vocalist Simon Wright (Liber Necris, Canaya, Evisorax), guitarists Laurent Barnard ( Gallows), Daniel P. Carter ( A, Bloodhound Gang, Hexes) and Chris Binns (Liber Necris), bassist James Leach and drummer Dan Foord ( Sikth). After making their live debut at Download Festival in 2013, they released their debut album Nachash in 2014. Founding guitarist Alessandro Venturella (formerly of Cry for Silence) left the band that year to join Slipknot as their bassist, with Binns joining in his place.