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Anna Narinskaya: Cheburashka could never be a symbol of war. He is an outsider, like me.

In recent months, members of the State Duma and prominent Russian conservatives have turned against one of the central figures of Soviet childhood — Cheburashka. This apparently ridiculous culture war ...
CNN

How Cheburashka, the ‘Soviet Mickey Mouse,’ achieved international fame

In America, the beloved cartoon character Mickey Mouse has had nearly a century of shows, books, films, amusement parks—and now an upcoming exhibition—to make a lasting impression across generations ...
Cartoon Brew

‘Cheburashka’ Feature Crushes Russian Box Office Records In Its First Month

Within nine days of its January 1 wide release, the live-action/animated hybrid feature Cheburashka became the highest-grossing local film in Russian box office history. A few days later, it passed ...
TASS

Cheburashka breaks domestic box office record for Russian movies

MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. Dmitry Dyachenko’s family comedy Cheburashka has become the highest grossing Russian film in the country's history, according to data from the Unified Federal Automated ...
The Washington Post

Cheburashka was the beloved misfit of Soviet animation. It’s now a missing treasure for Russia.

MOSCOW — The best-loved soundtrack of Soviet-era childhood rang with melancholy about the lost past and the unfortunate fact that birthdays come only once a year. Its star was an animated outsider — a ...
Moviefone

Cheburashka Goes to the Zoo

Poor Gena works as a crocodile at the zoo. When he catches a bad cold, he asks Cheburashka to go to the zoo for him and tell them that he's taking time off. This causes a problem because Gena is very ...