Good characters of good Soviet cartoons cannot leave us indifferent to this day. These cartoons are enjoyed by both children and adults. Let's plunge into childhood and remember how we once sat carelessly at the TV, watching the adventures of our favorite heroes.
The Soviet classics of cinematography and animation have always carried bright and kind images.We fell in love with them so much that we can easily remember each hero by quotes, which, as they say, "gone to the people."
1.Cat Matroskin from Prostakvashino- a very original character, he does not go into his pocket for a word and, it seems, will not disappear in any situation ...
- Whiskers, paws and tail - these are my documents!
- Wrong you, Uncle Fyodor, eat a sandwich. You hold it with the sausage up, but you need to put the sausage on the tongue, it will turn out tastier.
2. Ball from Prostokvashino - A homeless, good-natured village dog who has found an owner - Uncle Fedor, friends and a roof over his head.
- Ball. I am from ordinary dogs, not from thoroughbreds.
- And I didn't ask to be pulled out. And I may not have drowned at all. And I can go scuba diving!
-Please pay attention! Make smart faces! I'm starting a photo hunt for you!
3. Cat Leopold- a kind cat, fundamentally incapable of harming anyone. But on the other hand, he is constantly pestered by two hooligan mice.
- How joyful it is to create miracles, to give people everything that is beautiful!
4. Cheburashka - a creature with huge ears, large eyes and brown hair that walks on its hind legs.
- Don't worry, Gen, we'll have a rest and redo it again.
- We built, built and finally built.
5. Brownie Kuzya - a small shaggy creature teaches modern children what can and cannot be done. Kuzya not only keeps order in the house, he keeps traditions and customs.
- Happiness is when you have everything at home.
- I'm not a goat - I don't eat grass.
- I don't have a home. I am a free bird. Wherever I want, I fly there.
6.
Carlson,
who lives on the roof, can fly, likes to eat a lot and play pranks. 
- I'm a man anywhere! In full bloom.
- But what about me? .. Baby, am I better? Better than dogs? A?
- And here, you know, we all indulge in buns ...
7. Piglet- a small and funny pig, the best and most devoted friend of Winnie the Pooh. He is always afraid of something and always gets into funny and ridiculous stories.
- It seems the rain is starting...
- What day is today?
- Today.
- My favorite day.
8. Winnie the Pooh -naive and good-natured teddy bear, very fond ofwrite poetry and eat honey.
- Who goes to visit in the morning, he acts wisely!
I thought and thought and finally understood everything. These are the wrong bees! Completely wrong! And they probably make the wrong honey...
- It seems the rain is starting...
9. monkey from the cartoon "38 parrots". The cartoon would obviously have lost a lot if it did not have such a groovy, cheerful and cheerful Monkey. Her irrepressible temperament in the cartoon does not give anyone rest. 
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Elephant is very smart. And the parrot is terribly smart too. They are both incredibly smart. Just one smarter than the other...
- I can't think about the same thing twice.
10. Boa from the same cartoon, a pensive philosopher. He can be a good friend and comrade, and even ready to patiently endure the very unceremonious attitude of his monkey friend to his own body.
- And in parrots, I'm a mountain-a-azdo longer!
- I don't want to be, excuse me, for example.
11. Wolf from the cartoon "Well, wait a minute" - a gallant petty hooligan, demonstratively cheeky. He gladly offends the weak, grovels before the strong, litters on the streets, rowdy in the museum.
- Hare, Hare, can you hear me?
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Do not be sad,
Whole life ahead,
Whole life ahead,
Well, Hare, wait!
12.Wolf from the cartoon "Once upon a time there was a dog" - aging, unfussy, wise with experience and knowledge of life, who is ready to help an enemy in trouble, not counting on gratitude. 
- What will happen to him?
- I'll sing! ..
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Shaw again?
Of course, this is not the whole list of favorite Soviet characters. And we will definitely remember more cartoons. But that will be another story!
"Wait for it". The wolf - drinks, smokes, hooligans. Judging by his reaction at the sight of the police, he was clearly involved, and more than once. Does not work. All his free time, it is not known why he pursues a completely respectable citizen - a hare. Although he is also negative. The hare, like the wolf, is a loafer - he does not work anywhere and does not do anything useful for society. Tries to appear better than it really is. So pedantic and sterile that it's disgusting.
"Winnie the Pooh". Comrade Zakhoder distorted Milne's fairy tale so much that the Soviet Winnie the Pooh is nothing like the original prototype. It turned out pretty nice, but Winnie didn’t stop being negative (by the way, in the first translation into Russian, the bear’s name was Mishka-Pluh). He is rude and stupid. He sits idle all day, out of boredom he decides to rob the hive. His accomplice, Piglet, is also not an angel - he kept weapons at home and, on occasion, did not fail to use them. Among other things, Winnie the Pooh also rats - out of greed, he eats all the honey that he was going to give to a friend, but pretends that nothing happened and gives an empty container to an unsuspecting donkey.
"Kid and Carlson". The Swedish fairy tale has almost nothing in common with the Soviet cartoon. In the original, Carlson, like Winnie the Pooh, is a negative character, in which all human vices are collected. We tried to make a good and positive hero out of him. Did not work out. He is a bum who huddles in the attic. He gained confidence in the neighbor's boy and tricked him into stealing things from the house (it all started with a jar of jam, but where is the guarantee that this will not be followed by gold?). Instead of finding a job, Carlson spends all day lounging or hooligans. He pulls the Kid out onto the roof and throws him there - the boy has to be shot by firefighters. The kid is good too. He is an unsociable nurse. He sits at home all day long and sulks. He has no friends, his relatives also do not like him and do not take him anywhere with them. For brothers and sisters, he is an object of ridicule, and his parents even put a price tag on him - a little more than a hundred thousand million. A little expensive, but as in a joke - we have already found out whether you are for sale or not, it remains only to agree on a price. Freken Bok - an old hag was hired to keep an eye on the apartment and the Kid. Doesn't work with either one. Allows an unfamiliar peasant to enter the house, dances with him, arranges a mess together. She frankly hates the kid, although she, presumably, is well paid.
"Dog and Wolf". The dog is old and can no longer fulfill his duties - to guard the house. The house is being robbed. The owners, like all villagers, do not stand on ceremony with animals and drive out the useless dog. In the forest, he contacts a wolf, an extremely anti-social element, inciting him to help him return to the house. By deception, the dog succeeds. They take him back and he begins to live even better than before. But now - does not even try to guard the house. Here is her gratitude. On the day of the master's daughter's wedding, the dog lets a wolf into the house and steals food and booze from the table for him. He quickly gets drunk and begins to howl. Everyone is in a panic, the holiday is ruined, the dog again deceives the owners, supposedly driving away the wolf. In the end, he tells the one to come again. In return for kindness, instead of a guard, the owners receive an enemy in the house, from whom it is not known what to expect. The groom, by the way, is also good - a flayer, for the sake of entertainment, he steps on the cat's tail, so that he yells heart-rendingly.
"Kolobok". He left home from loving, though not native, parents. Old people might not survive this.
"Prostokvashino". Uncle Fyodor - left home from loving parents, illegally settled in an abandoned rural hut with a mongrel and a homeless cat. He doesn't work, he doesn't study, what he does for a living - it's not clear. When, apparently, there was absolutely nothing to eat, he goes to look for a treasure. From the state he hides what he has found - therefore, he violates the law. The postman Pechkin is, apparently, a stupid and unpacked worker. Or the state does not appreciate it. According to the plot, Pechkin is not long before retirement, and in his whole life he has not managed to save up even for a bicycle. Low salary, no prestigious job, no family, no friends. Due to dissatisfaction with material values, he often breaks down in public. For the sake of profit (bicycle) is ready to hand over the only friend. He behaves strangely - it is not clear why in the summer he walks in a raincoat and a hat with earflaps. Extremely dependent on TV - he refuses to celebrate the New Year without TV. It is surprising that such a person in the village did not take to drink.
py.sy. Of course, this is banter and nothing more. =) I grew up on Soviet cartoons and I still watch some with pleasure (for example, Treasure Island). By the way, Winnie the Pooh is my favorite character. Moreover, I took the nickname "Sanders" in his honor - this is the name of a fabulous bear.
Along with full-length films, the animation genre always comes next. From year to year, a huge number of cartoons are created, which not only children enjoy watching. To say more - for every adult, animation, rooted in childhood, is nothing more than a stepping stone of growing up. The number of cartoon characters drawn and loved over the decades is truly impressive. In this article, we highlight the most famous of them.
Domestic heroes are the best
More than one generation grew up on them, our parents, grandparents remember them. All of them, painfully familiar to every Russian, are characters. Cartoon heroes of Soviet films rightfully occupy the first place. Agree, it is unlikely that there will be those who shrug their shoulders at the mention of “Well, wait a minute!”. In all twenty issues since 1969, the wolf is desperately trying to catch the hare, which, in turn, always cleverly runs away. Popular in the Soviet Union, the animated series in each series reflects the concept of friendship, and often the wolf and the hare go hand in hand together.
“Three from Prostokvashino” tells about a smart boy, Uncle Fyodor, who leaves his parents to live in the village. There he lives with the local dog Sharik and the household cat Matroskin. The characters also include a curious dreamer of getting a bicycle for the missing boy.
The screen adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's work, "Kid and Carlson" became the first Soviet cartoon, where the technique of electrography was used. The audience got acquainted with a bored boy and his new friend Carlson, who lives on the roof, as well as with the “housekeeper” Freken Bock.
Leopold the Cat came out in 1975. The popular cat, perhaps the kindest of all the pets shown on the screen, fights the pranks of two mice in each episode, urging young viewers to live together.
In addition, the classics of domestic animation include “Dunno”, who went to the moon, “Doctor Aibolit”, “Cheburashka” and his faithful friend “Funtik”, who escaped to the magician, and many others.
New era of Russian animation
Leaving the Soviet examples in the past, the capabilities of the current technology have earned their indispensability in modern times. With new works, new characters are also presented to the public - cartoon characters are no less colorful and memorable. The brightest among them are:
- the good boy Jacob, whom the evil sorceress turned into the “Dwarf Nose”;
- three heroes who received an independent cartoon each: Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets (“Knight’s Move” in 2015 brought the heroes together);
- “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” is a story filled with loyalty and courage, love and magical transformations;
- “Star Dogs: Belka and Strelka” - space adventures of true friends with little rat Venya;
- Luntik is an unusual creature with an incredibly kind character that fell from the sky.
Cartoon Characters: Disney
Disney cartoon characters occupy a special place, and the animation studio itself has a huge history. Over the course of a long painstaking work, wrapped in dozens of years, Disney has released a number of both classic and game projects. Famous cartoon characters:
- Aladdin, who lives in the eastern town of Agrabah, together with his beloved Jasmine, the Genie and the parrot Iago, he opposes various heroes of the forces of evil;
- funny ducklings Billy, Willy and Dilly, as well as their elderly uncle Scrooge McDuck, who became a minor hero, are familiar from DuckTales;
- the princess of the Atlantic, the little mermaid Ariel, who loves to explore human things that ended up at the bottom of the ocean, and her company is made up of her faithful friend Flounder and the stiff crab Sebastian;
- Black Cloak, abbreviated as PE, is a fighter for peace in the city of Saint-Canard; master of martial arts, lover of getting into trouble; his main assistant is mechanic Zigzag McCrack.
This list does not include all famous characters. Cartoon characters that have become prominent representatives of the Disney style are complemented by funny “Gummi Bears”, “Chip and Dale”, always in a hurry to help, “Winnie the Pooh” and a team of his friends, “Miracles on turns” about the courageous seaplane pilot Baloo, and many others .
Foreign heroes of our time
Hollywood production of animated films can be safely put on the conveyor. Over the past two decades, the largest dreamland studios, like Disney and Pixar, have presented the viewer with a huge list of new characters - kind, brave, funny. "Cars" in 2006 conquered the world audience not only with an interesting plot, but also with colorful graphics. The "Airplanes" created on their motives had a little less success. The green troll "Shrek" has become one of the most successful projects, each of its four parts has consistently become a masterpiece.
Authors and animators try to saturate a number of characters - often they become a variety of animals, for example, birds, snails, ants, mice and other smaller brothers (“Rio”, “Turbo”, “Thunderstorm of ants”, “Wash away”, “Forest lads”, “Ice Age”, “Horton”, “Madagascar”, “Ratatouille”), epic creatures (“How to Train Your Dragon”), monsters (“Monster Family”, “Monsters on Vacation”), children's toys (“History toys”), all kinds of villains and superheroes (“Megamind”, “Ralph”, “Volt”), as well as ordinary people (“The Incredibles”) and other fictional creatures: “The Smurfs”, “Epic”, “Rango”, “Lorax ".
cartoon characters: girls for girls
Any animated film is intended for a wide range of viewers. But, despite this, cartoons for girls occupy a separate category. As a rule, the main characters are beautiful princesses who are always saved by the prince. These include Cinderella and Rapunzel. Charming Barbie will captivate with her many adventures, like the Fairies in Lost Treasure, and the Winx Club sorceresses will teach you how to be a determined warrior.
To the future only with the past
It remains to express the hope that the beloved characters will not be lost in the memory of the audience. And even more vivid and interesting were the new cartoon characters, whose names will take their place in the animated story.
And deya, image, script, pencil, film, voice. This set, with a skillful approach, gets screen life. The cartoon hero lives his cartoon life - he is upset and surprised, gets into trouble and comes out the winner. Everything is on the screen. But on the other side of the screen, the cartoon characters have a sea of love. Children's. When the child grows up, it is replaced by nostalgia, but remains in memory. And it pops up at the moment when your children meet the hero of your childhood. About heroes from Soviet childhood - Natalia Letnikova.
hedgehog in the fog. The best cartoon of all time according to a poll of 140 animators and film critics from different countries. 35 awards worldwide. Favorite cartoon of the famous Japanese animator Miyazaki. Slow story, shrouded in mist. Hedgehog-philosopher, Little Bear - a true friend, a mysterious horse, an owl as an element of surprise, tea with juniper twigs and stars...
Carlson. The man is in the prime of his life, although he did not come out tall, but there is more than enough prowess, and acting talent is evident. The skillful manipulator, the tamer of housekeepers, invented by Astrid Lindgren, became native to all Soviet children and one single Kid. After all, you can’t argue with the argument “I’m better than a dog”, especially when you fly to the roof.
Troubadour. The hippie minstrel is shaggy and charming. Yes, and with the voice of Muslim Magomayev in the main ballad. An unheard of thing: a Soviet cartoon with elements of a rock opera and Oleg Anofriev singing in all voices. And the main character is so informal and romantic that even a princess in a bold mini without hesitation exchanged the palace for a roof - “the sky is blue”.
Cat Matroskin. And embroider, and sew on a typewriter, and cook raspberry jam, and draw up a financial plan for the survival of a child with four-legged pets in the village. Unconditional authority for the parents of Uncle Fyodor and a reason for philosophical reasoning: "If I had such a cat, then maybe I would not have married." Dangerous for the institution of marriage.
Cheburashka. Topl in English, Plumps in German, Drutten in Swedish. Touching and once nameless, the toy gained worldwide fame after the release of the cartoon in 1969. The continuation of the story about the furry animal and his faithful friend the crocodile was filmed in Japan. And the Russian Olympic team several times made Cheburashka their symbol.
Winnie the Pooh. The bear is a poet, a lover of honey and "sit a little longer"... Unlike his Western counterpart, good-natured and touching, the Soviet one is a practitioner with elements of philosophy. The image created by director Fyodor Khitruk was considered inaccurate by Boris Zakhoder, the father of Russian Pooh. But the bright picture in the style of a children's drawing, wheezing and the funny bear itself appealed to the children.
Mowgli. The hero of the first "heroic epic" "Soyuzmultfilm". In Japan, it is included in the list of the best anime in the history of animation. A human cub who managed to tame a pack of wolves, tactically win a battle with an army of dogs and defeat an insidious tiger. This is what it means to grow up outdoors, learn from a real bear, and befriend a panther.
Wolf and Hare. A charming hooligan and a touching altruist. Animated series "Well, wait a minute!" - as unity and struggle of opposites. Where one character is impossible without the other. The wolf in each series tries to get to the Hare, violating public order along the way, and the Hare, a clever strategist, avoids danger from series to series. Charm heroes add voices
