"Crocodile" - Soviet and Russian literary and artistic illustrated satirical magazine was founded in 1922, at first - as an appendix to the "Rabochaya Gazeta" and was published once a week. Soon, the "Appendix" essentially turned into a real satirical magazine, which only did not have its own name. The name "Crocodile" was invented by a young employee of "Rabochaya Gazeta" Sergei Gessen