Playboy is an erotic magazine for men, published since 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his colleagues, which grew into the Playboy Enterprises publishing house, whose activities extend into many areas of the adult media business . In addition to the magazine in the United States, magazines are published in various languages around the world. The Russian version of the magazine has been published since 1995. Among the photographs of naked women placed in it, there are often sensational photographs of celebrities. Stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Cindy Crawford, Pamela Anderson, Dannii Minogue and others posed for the magazine.
Also in the magazine there are articles about fashion, sports, various goods and public figures, politicians. In addition, the magazine published short stories by writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Stanislav Lem and many others. In addition, anecdotes and articles on various topics are published. The magazine is known for its liberal stance towards political trends. Playboy uses "tasty" nude photos, often referred to as softcore, as opposed to the hardcore pornographic magazines that began to be published in the 1970s, which include, for example, Hustler, Penthouse, Screw.