In 1930s caricaturists stopped drawing caricatures of politicians, and began to ridicule people of art. M. Gorky helped young talented "trio" Kukriniksi, then the great writer became one of the most favourite figure of caricaturists. Numerous friendly caricatures were published in almost every Soviet magazine on the eve of his 60th birthday. Ironic poems usually accompanied caricatures; a poet and an artist worked together.

During the Soviet epoch family albums were not approved. Unique "Chukkokala" is a pleasant exception. For fifty years K. Chukovsky collected humorous poems and drawings of writers, poets, artists, and caricaturists, as well: Y. Annenkov, N. Radlov, Re-Mi, and others. In 1920 V. Mayakovski drew a funny caricature of Chukovsky with a humorous epigram. The "Chukkokola" album was preserved only thanks to Chukovsky's deep love of literature and humour. By the way, the name of this almanac was invented by I. Repin.

Soviet caricaturists ridiculed activities of different literary groups, like "Serapion Brothers", "LEF". It had become a tradition to draw caricatures of writers during the work of writers' congresses and meetings.