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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 ...
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 ...