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Cheburashka
''Cheburashka'' (russian: links=no, Чебурашка, a=ru-Cheburashka.ogg, p=tɕɪbʊˈraʂkə), also known as ''Topple'' in earlier English translations, is a fictional character created by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky in his 1965 children's book ''Gena the Crocodile and His Friends''. The character subsequently appeared as the protagonist in a series of stop-motion animated films by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio), the first of which was made in 1969, with songs composed by Vladimir Shainsky. Story Cheburashka is an iconic Russian classic cartoon character who later became a popular character in Russian jokes (along with his friend, Gena the Crocodile). According to the creator of the character, Eduard Uspensky, Cheburashka is an "animal unknown to science", with large monkey-like ears and a body resembling that of a cub, who lives in a tropical forest. He accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats his fill, and falls asleep. The crate is eventually deliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Cheburashka'' (russian: links=no, Чебурашка, a=ru-Cheburashka.ogg, p=tɕɪbʊˈraʂkə), also known as ''Topple'' in earlier English translations, is a fictional character created by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky in his 1965 children's book ''Gena the Crocodile and His Friends''. The character subsequently appeared as the protagonist in a series of stop-motion animated films by Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio), the first of which was made in 1969, with songs composed by Vladimir Shainsky. Story Cheburashka is an iconic Russian classic cartoon character who later became a popular character in Russian jokes (along with his friend, Gena the Crocodile). According to the creator of the character, Eduard Uspensky, Cheburashka is an "animal unknown to science", with large monkey-like ears and a body resembling that of a cub, who lives in a tropical forest. He accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats his fill, and falls asleep. The cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Abelevich Kachanov
Roman Abelevich Kachanov (russian: link=no, Роман Абелевич Качанов; 25 February 19214 July 1993) was a Soviet animator who worked primarily in the stop-motion animation technique. He directed the popular series of films about Cheburashka: ''Gena the Crocodile'', ''Cheburashka'', ''Shapoklyak'' and ''Cheburashka Goes to School''. Life Early years Kachanov was born in 1921 in Smolensk. His mother was Haya Yakovlevna Kachanova; his father, Abel Mendelevich Kachanov, was a shoemaker. His mother died in 1932, when he was 11 years old. In spring 1939, Kachanov was called up for military service in the Red Army in the town of Chkalovsky, near Moscow. This deployment separated him permanently from his father and his only, older sister Maria (both were killed in Smolensk during the Holocaust). After attending flying school in Krasnoyarsk, Kachanov flew fighter planes as a tail gunner. In 1940, the plane Kachanov was flying crashed. The pilot was killed; Kachano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in June 10, 1936, the studio has produced more than 1,500 cartoons. Soyuzmultfilm specializes in the creation of animated TV series, feature films and short films. The studio has made animated films in a wide variety of genres and art techniques, including stop motion, hand-drawn, 2D and 3D techniques. The "Golden Collection" of Soyuzmultfilm, produced from the beginning of the 1950s and to the end of the 1980s, is considered to be the classics of the animation genre and the best works of world-renowned directors, production designers and animators. Among the studio's best-known films are '' Hedgehog in the Fog'' (1975), the '' Cheburashka'' series (1965?, 1969–1983, 1994-2009), the '' Well, Just You Wait!'' series (since 1969), ''Karls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheburashka Goes To School
''Cheburashka Goes to School'' (russian: Чебурашка идёт в школу, Cheburashka Idet v Shkolu) is a 1983 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov. Plot summary Gena the Crocodile finds out that Cheburashka is unable to read. Luckily, the next day is September 1, the first day of school, and Gena decides to take Cheburashka to school so he can learn. After failing to buy a school uniform, they go to the school anyway, only to find it is closed for repair. Shapoklyak uses Lariska to stimulate the workers to repair the school quickly. As the school also doesn't have enough teachers, Gena and Shapoklyak volunteer to be teachers. Creators *Director: Roman Kachanov *Screenwriters: Roman Kachanov, Eduard Uspensky *Art directors: Leonid Shvartsman, Olga Bogolyubova *Animators: Irina Sobinova-Kassil, Mikhail Pisman, Natalya Timofeeva, Natalia Dabizha *Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov *Director: Grigori Chmara *Composer: Vladimir Shainsky *Sound produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheburashka (film)
''Cheburashka'' (russian: link=no, Чебурашка) is a 1971 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov. Plot summary Cheburashka wishes Gena the Crocodile a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some pioneers, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers. Creators *Director: Roman Kachanov *Scriptwriters: Eduard Uspensky, Roman Kachanov *Artist: Leonid Shvartsman *Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov *Composer: Vladimir Shainsky *Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk *Animators: Yuri Norstein, Maya Buzinova, Natalya Dabizha Cast *Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka *Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile *Vladimir Ferapontov as ''Gena'' (singing voice) *Tamara Dmitrieva as ''Pioneers'' Soundtrack This film opens with a song called "Let Them Run Clumsily" (Пусть бегут неуклюже) of Vladimir Shainsky Vladimir Yakov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheburashka (1971 Film)
''Cheburashka'' (russian: link=no, Чебурашка) is a 1971 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov. Plot summary Cheburashka wishes Gena the Crocodile a happy birthday and gives him a toy helicopter as a gift. After meeting some pioneers, they decide to be pioneers themselves. They build a playground for the local children and collect scrap metal, after which they become pioneers. Creators *Director: Roman Kachanov *Scriptwriters: Eduard Uspensky, Roman Kachanov *Artist: Leonid Shvartsman *Operator: Theodor Bunimovich, Vladimir Sidorov *Composer: Vladimir Shainsky *Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk *Animators: Yuri Norstein, Maya Buzinova, Natalya Dabizha Cast *Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka *Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile *Vladimir Ferapontov as ''Gena'' (singing voice) *Tamara Dmitrieva as ''Pioneers'' Soundtrack This film opens with a song called "Let Them Run Clumsily" (Пусть бегут неуклюже) of Vladimir Shainsky Vladimir Yakov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gena The Crocodile (film)
''Gena the Crocodile'' (russian: links=no, Крокодил Гена, Krokodil Gena) is a 1969 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov in studio. This film introduces the characters , |
Leonid Shvartsman
Leonid Aronovich Shvartsman (born Izrail Aronovich Shvartsman, russian: Израиль Аронович Шварцман; 30 August 1920 – 2 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian animator and visual artist. He spent most of his creative career at the Soyuzmultfilm, in Moscow, where he worked as an art director on ''Cheburashka'', '' 38 Parrots'', ''The Golden Antelope'', ''The Scarlet Flower'', ''The Snow Queen'', among others. Early life Shvartsman was born in Minsk, BSSR, and grew up in a Yiddish-speaking religious family in the old city. His father had a job as an accountant at a brick factory but he died prematurely when Shvartsman was just 13 years of age. His maternal grandparents immigrated to the US in 1924, which left the family in debt and he had to take care of his siblings. After his elementary education ended due to his interest in communist youth movements, he attended a gymnasium which today has been converted into a public school. In 1935, he attended a then new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Uspensky
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations. Among the characters he created are Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile, Uncle Fyodor and Kolobki brothers. He was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class in 1997. Biography Uspensky was born in Yegoryevsk, in Moscow Oblast into a Russian family. His father Nikolai Mikhailovich Uspensky came from the city of Yelets and was a distant relative of Tikhon Khrennikov. He served as a high-ranking official in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Eduard's mother Natalia Alekseyevna Uspenskaya (''nee'' Dzurova) was an engineering technologist from Vyshny Volochyok. She came from a merchantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gena The Crocodile
Gena the Crocodile (russian: links=no, Крокодил Гена, Krokodil Gena) is a fictional friendly crocodile in the series of animation films ''Gena the Crocodile'', ''Cheburashka'' and ''Shapoklyak'' by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). He debuted in the 1966 novel ''Gena the Crocodile and His Friends'' by Eduard Uspensky. The crocodile's name is a typical diminutive of the Russian male name Gennady. Gena and Cheburashka, also a title character in the series, are best friends. The 50-year-old Gena works in a zoo as an attraction (or, as the original novel's author Uspensky had put it, "Gena the Crocodile worked in a zoo as a crocodile"). In his spare time, he plays the garmon and likes to sing. His two best-known songs are "Pust' begut neuklyuzhe..." and "Goluboy vagon" ("The Blue Train Car"). One rainy day, which happens to be his birthday, Gena sings the song: "Let the pedestrians run clumsily over puddles..." ("Пусть бегут неуклюже пешехо ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapoklyak (film)
''Shapoklyak'' (russian: link=no, Шапокляк, from French '' chapeau claque'') is a 1974 Soviet Russian animated film by Roman Kachanov. Synopsis Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka decide to go to the sea on vacation. Shapoklyak steals their train tickets, so they are kicked off the train. On their way home, the duo, with Shapoklyak's help, stops hikers from poaching and a factory from polluting a river. Creators *Scriptwriters: Eduard Uspensky, Roman Kachanov *Director: Roman Kachanov *Art director: Leonid Shvartsman *Operators: Alexander Zhukovsky, Theodor Bunimovich *Composer: Vladimir Shainsky *Sound technician: Georgy Martynyuk *Animators: Maya Buzinova, Natalya Dabizha, Yuri Norstein, Pavel Petrov, Boris Savin *Editor: Natalya Abramova *Director: Nathan Bitman Cast *Vasily Livanov as Gena the Crocodile *Irina Mazing as Shapoklyak *Klara Rumyanova as Cheburashka *Vladimir Ferapontov as Gena (singing voice) Soundtrack This film contains a famous Russian song called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonov An-72 Cheburashka
Antonov State Enterprise ( uk, Державне підприємство «Антонов»), formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov (Antonov ASTC) ( uk, Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова, НТК ім. Антонова}), and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared runways. Antonov (model prefix "An-") has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries. Antonov StC is a state-owned commercial company. Its headquarters and main industrial grounds were originally located in Novosibirsk, and in 1952 were transferred to Kyiv. On 12 May 2015 it was transferred from the Ministry of Economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
