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Pchyolka
also: Пчелка, Pchelka, The Little Bee
An illustrated Russian periodical whose issues carrying caricature portraits (of Valyano, of Pastukhov) reportedly sold out fast, cited by Chekhov as proof that Oskolki's art department should run more portrait caricatures.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 22 March 1885. Moscow. §9 Pchyolka
Pchyolka ("The Little Bee"), an illustrated periodical whose issues carrying caricature portraits reportedly sold out fast -- cited by Chekhov as proof that a good portrait caricature can drive sales.