Best Russian animation series

The aim of Masha and the Bear series is simple and urgent at the same time — the series tries to introduce eternal truths to a child in a clear and entertaining way, to present the world in its diversity and to reveal positive features of any situation. The series also tries to explain the logic of actions in various difficult situations and helps to struggle with your own weak points in an unobtrusive way.

Metal Family follows the daily lives of Glam and Victoria, two metal fans that fell in love and had two children together, Dee and Heavy.

The Smeshariki are stylized rounded animals. Each of the nine characters has a unique personality and a range of interests with no negative characters among them. Plots are built not on the battle of opposing forces but on the unexpected situations the animated characters stumble upon in their interactions deemed similar to the ones that children may encounter in their everyday lives. Many of the topics foreground the guidance that friendship and community provide to the individual making his or her way in the world. Complex themes and specific cultural references place this cartoon firmly within the Russian tradition of animation. Much attention was devoted to the humor in the series, some of which has attracted adults as well.

In Ancient Russia, where there are modern technologies — from cybernetic implants and plasma weapons to exoskeletons and giant robots — a half-breed hero named Cyberslav is trying to unravel a brutal crime in order to find out who was prevented by the princely family — angry people or evil spirits that infested the local forests.

Meet one big family: Father, Mommy, Sonny, Grandpa and Granny. They have a small entertainment show on YouTube. But when adventurous Grandpa signs a contract with A Big Streaming Service and their family life is to become a reality show, they find themselves entrapped. From now on, the terms of the contract prohibit them from growing old or dying, and they are obliged to live in the same apartment and answer all the questions Sonny asks them. And topics Sonny is interested in become more and more serious.

“The Fixies” follows the comical misadventures of Tom Thomas and his secret friendship with Simka and Nolik, the children of the Fixie family that lives in his apartment. There’s just no end to the troubles Tom Thomas and his Fixie friends get themselves into with all the gadgets and appliances around them! Luckily for Tom Thomas, the Fixies have the smarts, skills, and tools they need to figure out a problem and solve it before his parents find out.

Gogoriki is a Russian animated children's television series built around animals, each with unique character traits and interests. In each episode, the characters encounter an unexpected situation or conflict, similar to those that children may encounter. The series is also funny, making it a viewing pleasure for adults and children alike!

Leo & Tig are two young friends living in the wild nature of the Far East. They are always excited to discover something new in the world around them with its beauties, dangers, and legends.

"My student spirit" is a story about a student and a little afterlife. The series tells about the ghost of a student and his living friend, who are forced to help each other in order to achieve a common goal — to leave the institute.

Masyanya is an ordinary girl who does not particularly shine with talents and beauty, living the same ordinary life as all of us who have gathered in this country, and not only in it ... She drinks beer, hangs out in hot places, meets friends and trying in every possible way to get as much pleasure from life as possible ... The only thing that distinguishes her is her invincible indifference and love of life.

Alisa Selezneva is a 12-years-old schoolgirl living on the Earth in 2093. Together with her friends, she explores the world of the future, traveling in space and having incredible adventures.

The story is about the adventures of an ordinary schoolboy Petya and his friend Wolf, who connects the world of people with the world of fairy tales. Petya helps the magical heroes solve their magical problems that require a non-standard approach.

Saint Petersburg, present day. Four friends – Art, Kira, Phil, and Vic – are the coolest gamers at school. They find an unusual laptop at school, which turns out to be a portal to the world of the game “Heroes of Envell”, but unlike the computer one, the dangers and adventures of this game are real. The game world is a mixture of the Middle Ages, steampunk, and distant future technologies. You will never guess what awaits the players of "Heroes of Envell". Like the setting, the logic of the game is unpredictable. The quest that has begun here can easily turn into a race, a shooter, or a logical puzzle. But it will not be easy or boring.

The adventures of Smeshariki - spherical anthropomorphic animals that find themselves in various situations.

They are neither adults nor kids - somewhere in between, living in their separate boys and girls cozy dorms and doing whatever they love to do - inventors, artists, poets, mechanists, scientists and....just dreamers! These enthusiastic and creative folks enjoy their half-adult, half-childish lifestyles and entertain each other with the different tricks and practical jokes. The main hero stands out of the crowd - while the others try to live the normal life socializing as they can, he can never be rested, always coming up with the different unpredictable and unexpected moves, which always make viewers burst with laugh....

Adventures that develop interest in inventing, programming and science in children from 4 to 14 years of age.

Masha, it turns out, loves to tell stories! And she tells them, as would any child with creativity, a little in her own way - because children see the world, not as we, adults.

An epic animation about four 'average' girls who have superpowers. They get into endless adventures while trying to balance the world of fairies with the human one.

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

A story about everyday life, relationships and adventures of three little curious kittens. In their large family, life never stands still: together they learn to express emotions, support each other and find a way out of any situation, even difficult at first sight, with the help of imagination and parental advice.

Cookie, Pudding and Candy are kitten siblings whose favorite things are sweet treats and letting their curiosity lead them on adventures in learning.

BabyRiki characters are toys that have come to life in a children's bedroom. They explore and discover their world, making friends and learning new things along the way. Storylines are simple and related to familiar things for this age group, such as eating, activities, playing, sleeping and other daily routines.

Parrot, Monkey and Elephant are excited to understand how long their friend Boa is. They finally arrive to the result, though it is measured in quite a strange fashion.

It seemed that no storms of the outside world could shake the usual and measured course of village life in Prostokvashino. Time seemed to freeze. Still, every morning Matroskin tastes fresh milk obtained from his pet cow Murka. The Ball still spends time in the surrounding forests, "photo hunting" for rare game. However, now he has learned how to post photos of his prey on the Internet. And still, Uncle Fyodor visits them at every opportunity. And then they have fun and amicably spend time with their male company. And when it began to seem to them that this would always be the case, suddenly everything changed with the appearance of one little girl, Uncle Fyodor's own sister. And the name of this girl is Vera Pavlovna.

The world is full of unknown, incomprehensible and therefore very attractive things that children encounter every day. In order to give them the opportunity to learn about the world themselves, but at the same time to do so without risk to their health, "The ABCs of Safety" was created. In short, fascinating stories, young viewers, together with the Smesharikis, will get to know the basics of safety and learn different tricks, remember important and useful rules of conduct on the road, in transport, on the water and much more...

Cheburashka is a creature unknown to science. After the zoo rejects him, he becomes lonely and wants friends. Meanwhile, a crocodile named Gena is in the same boat and seeks friendship. The two meet and build a house for the lonely.

To save her life, the reckless selfish sorceress Merlin has to ask for help from her older brother Arthur, who lives an ordinary family life and has long forgotten about his sister's magical abilities. Together they will have to challenge the invincible magical power, but first — to deal with old grievances and become a real family.

The Russian training animation series for preschool children. This is the story of a little furry creatures Luntik,which born on the moon and fell down with her ​​back to Earth. The action takes place in a forest clearing near the pond. The main characters - children, especially Luntik wants to learn about the world and relationships in society.

It all happened in one of the safest Somniupolis of the planet, inside one of the best-equipped and reliable mega-complexes - "Xonasu Area." As in the very beginning, and in the last few decades, all the systems had operated in nominal mode until the satellite network transferred an array of unclassified data to the central analytical cluster. According to the guidelines, the data were immediately isolated and sent to be re-evaluated in order to classify the registered events and to develop further options for protective and preventive efforts. A few days later, the tranquility of the sleeping "Xonasu" was torn apart by sharp, blazing fragments of multiple meteors. The area around the "Xonasu" faltered - a wave of interruptions and failures rapidly swept through the heart of its systems ... and one of the errors launched the sequence to awake the Supreme Operator of Xonasu. A little later - all was quiet and still.

The plot of the animated series "Tsarevna" is based on the adventures of five girls, whose images are based on the heroines of Russian folk tales familiar from childhood. Each of them – Princess Varvara, the Beauty of the Long Braid, Vasilisa, the Frog Princess, Daria, the Princess Nesmeyana, Princess Elena the Beautiful and Sleeping Princess Sonya - has amazing magical power, but does not yet know how to control it. In order to learn how to use their abilities, they arrive on the magical island of Divnogorye, where they will be taught by the great wizard Koschei the Immortal.

Bear buddies Bucky and Bjorn play games, go on far-out adventures and learn about wondrous new things together.

The new boy has to find out the reason of quirkinesses of Nowhereland, find new friends and get cover treason of his father's

Mom, Dad ... and five puppies. At Barboskin family all as humans. Dad spends his spare time on the computer, the daughter addicted to fashion and listen to Joan Pussy and sons playing football and dream about the Nobel Prize.

Booba is cute and inquisitive, like a five-year-old kid. He explores the world without anger or resentment, only joy and wonder. He doesn't talk, although he does make sounds to express his emotions. Nobody knows where he came from, but he has obviously missed the last 100 years of human progress and explores modern locations with boundless energy and enthusiasm. His awkward movements, combined with a strong desire to learn more about the world around him, often have hilarious results! However, this doesn’t satisfy Booba’s curiosity, so his adventures will continue in the upcoming series.

The series tells the story of the lives of the round characters in the land of "Kikoriki". Each character has his own way of looking at things, his own hobbies and a bright character. Together with the Kikoriki there is no boredom - their world is filled with bright adventures! With undisguised curiosity they are interested in everything that happens around them. Every day heroes get into unexpected situations or create them themselves.

The film Break is intended for schoolchildren of younger age.

Follow the adventures of Moomintroll.

An elevator stops at five floors, each floor revealing a different animation sequence by a different director.

Alisa Selezneva is a 12-years-old schoolgirl living on the Earth in 2093. Together with her friends, she explores the world of the future, traveling in space and having incredible adventures.

Each letter has a funny story and a bright character. An animated series from the creator of the cycle "Lullabies of the world".

A musical series about the adventures of four Cubies from outer space.

The hosts of the TV show are Piggy and Stepashka, familiar from childhood to the inhabitants of the USSR, who have only grown up and gained life experience, turned into Piggy Morzhov and Stepan Kapusta. These are computer characters who, together with the presenter, broadcast from the kitchen of the Pig or from the studio about political news and everyday problems. Hryun and Stepan are assisted by a regular correspondent, Philip Sharikov, and Genka's neighbor.

The distant future... Russia continues to successfully overcome the ever-deepening crisis... In the heart of the Motherland, instead of a mausoleum, two unknown people built an Academy of Their Own Mistakes, where the whole country continues to go out of habit...

The leading Chef and Colleague — characters from A. Tatarsky's cartoons ("Kolobki are leading the Investigation") — hosted famous people. In the half-hour program, the guest stars talked about their childhood. Contests were organized in the program, as well as films ("cryptohistorical investigations") were shown.

A satirical film magazine produced by various film studios in the USSR from 1962 to 1991 and in the CIS from 1992 to 2003. The magazine's issues consisted of various stories: feature films, documentaries (with dubbed characters), and cartoons.

Animated series about a little pig and the world in which he lives.

A series of cartoons telling children about the benefits of reading.

BabyRiki characters are toys that have come to life in a children's bedroom. They explore and discover their world, making friends and learning new things along the way.

A series of cartoons about different regions, cities and nationalities of Russia.

The Magic Hills are a fairyland. It so happened that one day it was divided into four parts. Winter has remained forever on one Hill, spring on another, summer on the third, and autumn on the fourth. Funny little animals live on every Hill. But they don't know anything about each other.And then one day Vestochka — the Star Postman — decided to make friends with them all. To do this, she gave Elka the bear a magical dreamy telescope. Look into it at the place where you want to go, and you're already there.

In each episode Khoma and his friend Gopher meet different troubles and they manage it thanks to their friendship.