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Roma boy and his bear find themselves at the heart of Civil War. Being fearless and smart, they choose to side with the Red Army.

As in any country's own history books, here Russia is gloriously painted against all comers with the then-800-year-old Moscow, "The Great City of Lenin", as its beating heart. Notable leaders are traditionally honored while commonfolk and enemies are suggested through animals - dutiful horses in old wartime, meek puppies 'neath the Provisional Government and suffocative ravens at the dawn of WWII. A love letter to the capital indeed, To You Moscow also functions as a quickie review of Russian history.

Puppet animated film, an adaptation of the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. Dacha resident Vykhodtsev receives a note from a mysterious stranger inviting him to meet in the gazebo. Hesitant, he goes to the rendezvous, where he encounters student Mitya, who received the same invitation. A quarrel ensues. Vykhodtsev’s wife, who appears, explains that it was a joke designed to get the men out of the house while the floors were being washed.

An inexperienced reporter, Bob Sketch, is hired by the Strykoroba Corporation to cover Moscow, where his sensational and inaccurate reports lead to a series of misadventures and a reprimand from his boss upon returning to the US.

The cunning gypsy robs the crowd of gypsy bandits via gypsy aphorisms.

A satirical Soviet puppet animation film from 1959. Based on the poem of the same name (1926) by Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Old Ahmed with his grandson and dog goes to the market, having only four coins. But the tax collector and the rich take his money. Wanting to take revenge on them, Ahmed pretends to be a wizard and threatens to turn them into donkeys...