The brief history of the fanzine “humpty-dumpty”

The history of creation and functioning of the Volgograd fanzine “Humpty-Dumpty” (1995-2012), that is one of the most famous Russian amateur magazine, having won the international recognition, is described. The magazine, on whose pages the works of the Volgograd fantasts and critics were published, became the symbol of the whole epoch in the development of both the Volgograd and native fandom, fantasy and critic. The excerpts from the records of the proceedings of the editorial staff “Humpty-Dumpty”, provided by I. Shakhin, are firstly published.