Best Russian children 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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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....

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.

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.

A competiting that tries to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 7 to 14, drawn from public auditions. With a panel of three coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Adventure television series based on first three novels of tetralogy "The waves of the Black Sea" by Valentin Kataev.

Follow the adventures of Moomintroll.

In turbulent times for France and herself, the first minister of the Kingdom of France, Cardinal Mazarin, asked Queen Anne of Austria to give him the names of four friends who successfully helped her in the fight against Cardinal Richelieu. Under pressure from Mazarin, Queen Anne calls the name D'Artagnan, lieutenant of the royal musketeers. Mazarin calls D'Artagnan and orders him to find Athos, Porthos and Aramis in order to attract them to his service...

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

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.

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.

Once upon a time there lived a Princess who did not want to eat. And everyone tried to feed her: both mother fed, and father, and even a dog. But everything is not the Princess, everything is tasteless! And she decided not to eat anything but sweets and chocolates. And what happens to those who eat a lot of sweets? Let's find out! Once upon a time there was a princess - a multi-part cartoon about a small charming and restless girl. In each series - an instructive story from her life. Although she is a princess, her desires are completely ordinary, like any child’s - more sweets and less moralizing!