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Cheburashka (Russian: Чебурашка (help·info)), also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja. He is also the protagonist (voiced by Klara Rumyanova) of the stop-motion animated films by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio), the first film of which was made in 1969.
According to the story, Cheburashka is a funny little creature, unknown to science, who lives in the tropical forest. He accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats his fill, and falls asleep. The crate is eventually delivered to a grocery store in an unnamed Russian city (by some facts it may be Moscow) where the rest of the main story unfolds. Cheburashka is a name given to the character by the puzzled store manager who finds the creature in the crate when he opens it. The salesman takes the animal out and sits him on the table, but his paws are numb after the long time spent in the crate, and he tumbles down ("cheburakhnulsya" (чебурахнулся), a Russian colloquialism, "tumbled" in English) from the table onto the chair and then from the chair, where he could not sit, for the same reason, onto the floor. The store manager, who witnesses the scene, called him Cheburashka. Words with this root were archaic in Russian; Uspensky gave them a new lease on life. (The Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language of Vladimir Dahl gives the meaning of "cheburashka" as another name for the roly-poly toy.)
Actors: Ivan Okhlobystin (actor), Aleksandr Belyavskiy (actor), Viktor Pavlov (actor), Juozas Budraitis (actor), Ivan Okhlobystin (writer), Aleksey Panin (actor), Vladimir Shainskiy (actor), Natalya Kharakhorina (actress), Stanislav Duzhnikov (actor), Aleksandr Tyutin (actor), Vladimir Smirnov (actor), Pyotr Fyodorov (actor), Sergey Gabrielyan (actor), Sergey Artsibashev (actor), Sergey Galkin (actor),
Plot: The student, Rifle, has managed to seduce his professor's wife, Bomber, an average working guy, has bought a factory and Bullet, the casino lover, is hiding from creditors. They all share a common path and conscription. In the army they teach you that everything must be smart and in order - cockades, straps and all, otherwise you're not fit to call yourself a person, you're a maggot. For a real man, there's no better place than the army.
Keywords: acronym-in-title, army, discipline, military, russian-soldier, uniformActors: Georgiy Burkov (actor), Vasili Livanov (actor), Klara Rumyanova (actress), Natalya Abramova (miscellaneous crew), Vladimir Shainskiy (composer), Eduard Uspenskiy (writer), Roman Kachanov (director), Roman Kachanov (writer), Galina Filatova (editor), Yuri Andreyev (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Vasili Livanov (actor), Natalya Abramova (miscellaneous crew), Klara Rumyanova (actress), Vladimir Shainskiy (composer), Vladimir Ferapontov (actor), Eduard Uspenskiy (writer), Roman Kachanov (writer), Roman Kachanov (director), Nadezhda Treshchyova (editor), Irina Mazing (actress),
Genres: Animation, Family, Short,Actors: Klara Rumyanova (actress), Vasili Livanov (actor), Vladimir Shainskiy (composer), Vladimir Ferapontov (actor), Eduard Uspenskiy (writer), Roman Kachanov (director), Roman Kachanov (writer), Tamara Dmitrieva (actress),
Genres: Animation, Family, Short,Actors: Klara Rumyanova (actress), Vasili Livanov (actor), Natalya Abramova (miscellaneous crew), Mikhail Ziv (composer), Vladimir Kenigson (actor), Eduard Uspenskiy (writer), Roman Kachanov (writer), Roman Kachanov (director), Tamara Dmitrieva (actress), Lidiya Kyaksht (editor), Vladimir Rautbart (actor),
Genres: Animation, Family, Short,