What is Victor Chizhikov?
[[File:Victor Chizhikov 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Chizhikov in 2011]] '''Victor Alexandrovich Chizhikov''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Александрович Чижиков}}; 26 September 1935 – 20 July 2020) was a [[Russia]]n [[children's book]] [[illustrator]]. He was the designer of the Olympic [[mascot]], [[Misha (mascot)|Misha]], for the [[1980 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Moscow]]. He illustrated more than 100 children's books. He worked closely with writers [[Eduard Uspensky]] and Andrei Usachev. Chizhikov died on 20 July 2020 at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Reuters]]|title=Creator of Misha, mascot of 1980 Moscow Olympics, dies at 84|work=WKZO|url=https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jul/20/creator-of-misha-mascot-of-1980-moscow-olympics-dies-at-84/1041222|date=20 July 2020|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720223503/https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jul/20/creator-of-misha-mascot-of-1980-moscow-olympics-dies-at-84/1041222/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|Victor Chizhikov}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chizhikov, Victor}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Children's writers]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Moscow]] {{bio-stub}}