‘The Cossacs (animation series)’

(Soviet Union, 1967–1995, 80', without words)

How the Cossacks Cooked Their Kulesh; How the Cossacks Played Football; How the Cossacks Rescued Their Brides; How the Cossacks Became Olympic Heroes; How the Cossacks Met People from Another Planet.

This series recounts the adventures of three Ukrainian Cossacks who travel around the world and meet people from different countries and epochs, as well as gods and even extra-terrestrials.
Made up of short animated films, produced in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine by the Kievnauchfilm studies, the series has often been shown by Ukrainian television stations. Its characters have become iconic for several generations of Ukrainian television viewers.