Kukryniksy

The **Kukryniksy** (Russian: Кукрыниксы) was three caricaturists/cartoonists in the USSR with a recognizable style.

"Kukryniksy" is a collective name, which is derived from the names of three caricaturists Mikhail **Ku**priyanov (Михаил Васильевич Куприянов, 1903–1991), Porfiri **Kry**lov (Порфирий Никитич Крылов, 1902–1990), and **Nik**olai **S**okolov (Николай Александрович Соколов, 1903–2000) who had met at VKhUTEMAS, a Moscow art school, in the early 1920s. The three began drawing caricatures under the joint signature in 1924.