A Russian early Soviet era illustrated childrens book, Mukhina Svadba, Flies Wedding, by Korney Chukovsky, illustrated by V. Konashevich. Publishing house Raduga, Moscow, 1927. In the publishers illustrated chromolithographed cover. Mukhins Wedding is the original title of the famous fairy tale by K.I. Chukovsky The Fly Tsokotukha. Its first editions were published in 1924. In 1925, Gublit banned the publication of Mukha for a number of ideological reasons. In 1925 the book was published under the title Mukhina Svadba, Flies Wedding, with illustrations by V. Konashevich. The artist considered this book one of his most successful books. Kornei Ivanovich Chukovskiy, 1882 to 1969, was a Russian Soviet poet, publicist, translator, and literary critic, childrens writer, journalist. The most published author of childrens literature in the Soviet Union and Russia. Russian Soviet Era Illustrations, Childrens Books and Magazines, Graphic Art Prints, and Collectibles.