Ilf and Petrov
Soviet writing duo
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Through Soviet Union
The duo were arguably the most popular satirical writers in the Soviet period, representatives of the "Odessa School" of humorist writers, and some of the very prominent, mostly Jewish odessit (Odessa native) cultural figures along with Isaac Babel and Leonid Utesov, who moved to work in the Soviet capital after the abolition of restrictions on Jewish residence in the Pale of Settlement.
Script authors
- Woman-Sycophant – comic play (1930, “Подхалимка”)
- House-Barracks – screenplay (1931, “Барак”)
- Strong Feeling – vaudeville (1933, “Сильное чувство”)
- Under the Circus Dome – comic play (1934, with Valentin Kataev, “Под куполом цирка”)
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In culture
The minor planet 3668 Ilfpetrov, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina in 1982, is named after them.
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