{"id":116944,"date":"2017-01-12T01:15:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T22:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/?p=116944"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:03:20","slug":"russian-cartoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/es\/russian-cartoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian cartoons that can help learn Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><style>.rc-legacy-title{margin:0!important;color:inherit!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-weight:inherit!important;font-size:56px!important;line-height:1.12!important;letter-spacing:0!important}@media(max-width:640px){.rc-legacy-title{font-size:36px!important;line-height:1.16!important}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"rc-legacy-title\">Russian cartoons that can help learn Russian<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"\/?tag=art\">#Art<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/?tag=culture\">#Culture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/?tag=russian\">#Russian<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/?tag=learning\">#Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Russian cartoons are loved all over the world. Some of the masterpieces of Russian animators noticeably influenced the works of modern masters of animation. Even Pope John Paul II advised to watch Soviet cartoons, since they bear kindness and teach compassion for all living things. In addition, watching Russian cartoons might be very useful for those who learn Russian, because animated films usually use much simpler language than movies and can be understood even without subs. So here is a little compilation of Russian cartoons that are known worldwide.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04411.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04411.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-116949\" title=\"russian cartoons\" alt=\"russian cartoons\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6>Just you wait!<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif\">Just you wait!<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">The series by Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin is a soviet version of Tom and Jerry. Russian response to the West was loved by the audience of the Soviet Union and the socialist countries. In 2010 the Mint of Poland even issued a commemorative collector coin with the image of the Rabbit and the Wolf. Initially the famous Soviet actor and singer Vladimir Vysotsky was chosen to voice the Wolf who is the main negative character of the cartoon, but the famous bard was in disgrace at the time, so the filmmakers involved another actor, Anatoly Papanov, whose hoarse voice became the hallmark of the cartoon, which doesn\u2019t come off screens for nearly half a century. This cartoon uses very little speech (except the title phrase \"Just you wait!\"), so even if you just begin to learn Russian, understanding the cartoon won\u2019t be a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">\"The greatest love for the figment of the imagination of the writer Eduard Uspensky was kindled by the Japanese.\u00a0\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04412.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04412.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-116950\" title=\"russian cartoons\" alt=\"russian cartoons\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04413.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04413.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-116951\" title=\"russian cartoons\" alt=\"russian cartoons\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6>F. Dostoevsky \"Crime and Punisment\"<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Crocodile Gena<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">It is unlikely that the creators of the cartoon could have predicted the fame that was awaiting their characters \u2014 Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka. True glory fell on charming \"odd animal\" with a strange and inexplicable name. The greatest love for the figment of the imagination of the writer Eduard Uspensky was kindled by the Japanese. In 2003, the company SP International acquired rights to redistribute this cartoon until 2023 from \"Soyuzmultfilm\", and in 2009 Japan started showing the animated series \"Cheburashka Arere?\", created by Director Susumu Kudo. Also a remake of \"Crocodile Gena\" was released in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">By the way, for those who learn Russian it might be interesting to know the origin of the name \u201cCheburaska\u201d. Eduard Uspensky says that the idea of a story about Cheburashka came to him when he was visiting friends. The little daughter of the hosts was walking around the house in a long coat, stumbling and falling. After another girl\u2019s fall, her father exclaimed, \"Oh, you cheburashed again !\" The writer remembered the word and then used it in the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Animated characters created by Roman Kachanov and art director Leonid Shvarzman, became popular in many other countries. In the 1970s in Sweden a series of children's television and radio broadcasts was created and the images of the Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka (whom the Swedes called Drutten, from Swedish drutta \u2014 \"to fall\", \"to stumble\") were used in it. In English and American theaters, the main character was named Topple, the German version is known as Plumps, and in Finland it is called Muskis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04414.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/\u04414.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-116952\" title=\"russian cartoons\" alt=\"russian cartoons\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6>Hedgehog in the fog<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Hedgehog in the fog<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">In 2003, according to a survey of 140 film critics and animators from different countries, \u201cHedgehog in the fog\u201d by Yuri Norshtein have been voted the best cartoon of all times. The Norstein creation, which was based on the story by Sergei Kozlov, has long crossed the bounds of children's animation and has become a philosophical parable for adults. It is sometimes called the most famousSoviet psychedelic cartoon. \u201cHedgehog in the fog\u201d is by all means a must-see for those who learn Russian and are interested in Russian culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">The artistic merits of \u00abHedgehog in the fog\u00bb were marked by many masters of world animation. A classic of Japanese animation, Hayao Miyazaki, mentioned the \"Hedgehog in the fog\" as one of his most beloved works. The popularity of this cartoon in the West is also proven by the fact that in 2009 it was parodied in the episode \"Spies Reminiscent of Us\" of the American animated sitcom \u201cFamily Guy\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Norstein himself usually gives quite discreet comments on the film: \"There is no intrigue in the action, there is no dynamics of the action. It is likely that in the \"Hedgehog in the fog\" there was a happy match of all the elements.\"<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Pope John Paul II advised to watch Soviet cartoons, since they bear kindness and teach compassion for all living things. In addition, watching Russian cartoons might be very useful for those who learn Russian, because animated films usually use much simpler language than movies and can be understood even without subs. 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