One of the earthquakes is mentioned in the novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov.
The asteroid is named for Ilf and Petrov, two collaborative Soviet satirists best known for their novel, The Twelve Chairs.
It was written by Lakis Mihailides and was based on the 1969 Russian film Twelve Chairs, which was also made into the 1970 American film The Twelve Chairs directed by Mel Brooks.
Especially popular was the last page of each issue, which contained a variety of satirical articles and cartoons under the rubric "Twelve Chairs Club" (an allusion to the well-known comic novel by Ilf and Petrov).
Mel Brooks later made a film, more closely based on the novel, titled The Twelve Chairs (1970), but with a sanitized "happier" ending; the story also served as the basis for the film The Thirteen Chairs (1969) starring Sharon Tate.
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Shortly after, two adaptations were made in the USSR: a film in 1971 by Leonid Gaidai and a miniseries in 1976 by Mark Zakharov, featuring Andrei Mironov as Bender.
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