This is a review of Russian satirical journals for 1769-1774 by an outstanding Russian folklorist and historian of literature A.N. Afanas"ev (1826-1871). The review analyzes the topics of satire and arguments around them. (0.255 kg.). Also available on this subject: Satiricheskie Zhurnaly Pervoi Russkoi Revoliutsii 1905-1907 gg (1990).