"The Adventures of Cipollino" was created by Gianni Rodari in 1951. The tale began to enjoy great popularity among Soviet readers, who met it in 1953, when the Russian translation of the work was released. They say that the creation of the Italian communist writer gained fame in the USSR thanks to the efforts of Samuel Marshak, who in every possible way patronized Gianni Rodari. After all, it is he who owns the translations of Rodari's poems. So in this case: "The Adventures of Cipollino" in Russian was published under the editorship of the same Marshak.