the magazine. An issue of Molla Nasraddin would often contain the following articles and columns: Anecdotes Cartoons, caricatures, and illustrations Discussions Facetiae (short witty pieces of writing) Feuilletons (journalistic and literary commentary) Humorous advertisements Humorous poems Humorous telegrams Personal advertisements Postbox Satirical stories Popularity Managing to speak to the intelligentsia as well as the masses, the magazine was an instant success and was read across the Muslim world from Morocco to India. Roughly half of each eight-page issue featured illustrations making the magazine accessible to the large numbers of people who were illiterate. Its written articles were polyphonic, self-contradictory, and staunchly in favor of the creolization that resulted from multiple languages (it drew on three alphabets). Ideas, and identities (its editorial offices were itinerant between Tbilisi, Baku, and Tabriz). Demise During Molla Nasreddin's two and a half decade run, the country at the heart of its polemics and caricatures – Azerbaijan – changed hands and names three or four times. By 1920, the Soviets had invaded Baku affecting the quality of the magazine's editorial and art direction because it was forced to toe the Bolshevik party line. From 1922 to 1933, the magazine was a periodical of the Central and Baku Soviet of the League of Militant Atheists. Starting from the 2nd issue of 1931, the magazine was renamed and until 1933 was published under the title «Allahsyz» (; ; ; translation of the name: "Godless")). Only three issues came out in 1933 and shortly afterwards the magazine closed down. Nevertheless, its legacy cannot be underestimated. Molla Nasreddin offered inspiration to similar pamphleteers from the Balkans to the Middle East and Serbia. The Azeri newspaper Irshad coined the term "Molla Nasreddinism" to describe the ability to tell things as they are. See also Burhani-Hagigat Further reading References External links By Slavs and Tatars Elements of Humor: Molla Nasreddin in Azerbaijan (1988) BBC World Service Language Unity of Azerbaijan, Molla Nasreddin in Tabriz (1920-1921) 1906 establishments in the Russian Empire 1933 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Magazines published in Azerbaijan Azerbaijani-language magazines Magazines published in the Soviet Union Magazines established in 1906 Magazines disestablished in 1933 Satirical magazines published in Russia Mass media in Baku Mass media in Tabriz Mass media in Tbilisi Nasreddin