Victor Chizhikov

Victor Alexandrovich Chizhikov (Russian: Виктор Александрович Чижиков; 26 September 1935 – 20 July 2020[1]) was a Russian children's book illustrator and the designer of the Olympic mascot, Misha, of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics).[2]

Victor Chizhikov, 2011

Chizhikov illustrated more than 100 children's books. He worked closely with writers Eduard Uspensky and Andrei Usachev.

Selected books
  • Юбилейный альбом «Виктор Чижиков. Мои истории о художниках книги и о себе». Издательский Дом Мещерякова. (2015)
  • 333 Kота (2005)
  • Доктор Айболит (2003)
  • Петя и Потап (2002)
  • Аля, Кляксич и буква `А` (2002)
  • Площадь картонных часов (2001)
  • Винни-Пух и все-все-все (2001)
  • Было у бабушки сорок внучат (2001)
  • Приключения Чиполлино. Сказка (2001)
  • Забытый день рождения (2001)
  • Вниз по волшебной реке (1979)
  • Приключения волшебного лебедя (1978)
gollark: How can you just not spell with all the convenient autospellcheck mechanisms around today?
gollark: This is NOT permissible.
gollark: Legally.
gollark: Pizzas are permitted. However, if my appearance was that of a pizza, which it is not, you would not be able to know what they looked like.
gollark: Due to copyright law, it's illegal to know what I look like anyway.

References
  1. "С грустью сообщаем, что сегодня 20 июля 2020 года ушел из жизни Виктор Александрович Чижиков" (in Russian). AST. 20 July 2020.
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