Victor Alexandrovich Chizhikov (russian: Виктор Александрович Чижиков; 26 September 1935 – 20 July 2020) was a Russian children's book illustrator and the designer of the Olympic

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, of the 1980

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(the XXII Summer Olympics). Chizhikov illustrated more than 100 children's books. He worked closely with writers

Eduard Uspensky Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwri ...

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)

References

External links

Victor Chizhikov biography in Russian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chizhikov, Victor 1935 births 2020 deaths Russian children's writers Soviet children's writers Soviet male writers 20th-century Russian male writers