Volodymyr Dakhno (; March 7, 1932,

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— July 28, 2006,

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, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian animator, animation film director and scriptwriter. He was a laureate of the

Shevchenko Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ua , Шевченко), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word ''shvets'' ( uk, швець), " cobbler/shoemaker", and ...

National Prize of Ukraine (1988), and a

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(1996). Dakhno was best known for the animation series ''

Cossacks The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

'' (Козаки) which featured characters who were

Zaporozhian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

. He worked at

Kievnauchfilm Kievnauchfilm (russian: Киевнаучфильм), also Kyivnaukfilm ( uk, Київнаукфільм, translit=Kyïvnaukfil′m), translated as Kyiv Science Film, was a film studio in the former Soviet Union located in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. A ...

, also translated Kyivnaukfilm, which has since been renamed Ukranimafilm. Volodymyr Dakhno was born on March 7, 1932, in

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

(now Ukraine). His father was a colonel and his mother was a librarian; he was described as a "bookish" child who enjoyed drawing. In an interview, he speculated that his upbringing in

contributed to his love of humor. After school he entered the Kyiv Medical Institute but almost immediately, he transferred to the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute where he studied in the class of prominent Ukrainian architect Joseph Karakis. Relating his study of architecture to his work in animation, Dakhno said (translated):

"It is the ability to create an image and see it in the mind. It is the same as an architect, when drawing the plan of a house, must clearly imagine the whole structure. You can be a talented person, but you cannot create a cartoon without a special vision. The thought, first of all, must be visualized in the director's imagination, and then, if lucky, it will come to life on the screen, become clear to the viewer."

On March 7, 2013, Google released a

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in Dakhno's memory on his 81st birthday.

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Volodymyr Dakhno
at animator.ru
Ukranimafilm official site
*https://www.youtube.com/ukranima *https://www.linkedin.com/company/-ukranimafilm 1932 births 2006 deaths People from Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian film directors Ukrainian animators Ukrainian animated film directors {{Ukraine-film-director-stub