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A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.

During the celebration of Midsummer's Day, a peasant introduces the village children to ancient Slavic pagan rituals.

The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города) is a ten-part stop-motion adaptation of the first book in Alexander Volkov's Magic Land series. Produced by Ekran, it is believed to have aired monthly from around December 1973 to September 1974. Because of the wicked Gingema, a young girl named Ellie and her little dog Totoshka are swept away to the Magic Country, where incredible adventures await.

Based on the tales of the English writer Donald Bisset.

Kind boy Alyosha saves a black hen from a bird of prey. The black chicken takes on a human form and takes Alyosha to a magical underground kingdom.

The sea is raging near the shore. Fishes are merrily circling in the water. Meanwhile, numerous shells were sleeping peacefully at the bottom. Suddenly a ray of sunlight comes through the sea. One shell woke up and, seeing a glowing (as it seemed to her) fish, was very surprised by this. The fish explains that this is the reflection of the sun on its scales. Intrigued, the shell asks the fish to bring her some sun, but fish says that this is impossible.

This story is about how the ability to read books helped rescue a friend from trouble. So, one day Drakosha lit lanterns in the city, and the evil Trapper caught him and put him in an iron cage. Girl, Owlet and Cat decided to free their friend.

One morning, the Girl, the Cat and Drakosha wanted to go to the sea, but they noticed that something strange is happening in the city: bright colors disappear everywhere, birds stop singing, posters fade. Friends decided to deal with Wreck, who stole the rainbow and wants to deprive the world of joy.

Every evening night came to one small town, and with it - peace and sleep. Only the lamplighter did not sleep - he lit up the city. A little owlet helped him light the lanterns - all the same, owls do not sleep at night. And in the morning, the main person in the city - the mayor - made sure that the lamplighter put out all the lights on time - after all, it was already light during the day. In the morning the lamplighter was resting, and the owlet flew to sleep on the roof, and every time he woke Drakosha up. Drakosha was a dragon and lived in a garbage can.

About how the Maestro toured cities with concerts, and Drakoshi’s grandmother recalled the music of her childhood and shared her impressions with her grandson and his friends.

The Merry Master arrived in the enchanted city and defeated the evil witch Tosca.

Based on the episodes about Gavroche from Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables.

Once Drakosha forgot to close the refrigerator, snow formed, from which he and his friends molded the Snowman. When the Snowman began to melt, they threw him to the moon, where, in their opinion, it is always cold. Cartoon based on the tales of the English writer Donald Bisset.

Based on Russian folk tales about the adventures of a boy who rescued Vesna-Krasna from captivity. About seeing off the Russian winter - Maslenitsa, an ancient Slavic holiday that has survived to this day since the times of pagan culture. This is a fun holiday with games, songs, round dances and plentiful treats, and pancakes - a symbol of the sun - are one of the main attributes of Maslenitsa.

That will happen, if to forget about such important holiday as Birthday.