Editing Cheburashka (section)

{{Short description|Russian character}}
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{{Infobox character
| name              = Cheburashka<br><small>{{langx|ru|Чебурашка}}</small>
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| image             = RR5015-0056R 25 рублей 2020 Крокодил Гена.png
| image_size        = 292px
| alt               = A celebratory 25-ruble coin of Cheburashka and [[Gena the Crocodile]], released in 2020
| caption           = A celebratory 25-ruble coin of Cheburashka and [[Gena the Crocodile]], released in 2020.
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| creator           = [[Eduard Uspensky]]
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| designer          = [[Eduard Uspensky]]<br>[[Roman Kachanov (animator)|Roman Kachanov]] & his companions<br>[[Makoto Nakamura]]<br>[[Dmitry Dyachenko]] & his equipes
| portrayer         = 
| voice             = [[Klara Rumyanova]] (1969–1983)<br>[[Nozomi Ohashi]] (2009–2010)<br>{{ill|Larisha Brokhman|ru|Брохман, Лариса Ефимовна}} (2012–2018)<br>[[Yelena Lomteva]] (2018–2019)<br>[[Anzhelika Varum]] (2020)<br>{{ill|Olga Kuzmina|ru|Кузьмина, Ольга Николаевна}} (2023)
| full_name         = Cheburashka
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| alias             = Somikmovska
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| occupation        = Himself<br>Pet<br>Pupil
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| family            = [[Gena the Crocodile]] (his comrade)
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| nationality       = {{URS}} → {{RUS}}
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'''Cheburashka''' ({{lang-rus|Чебурашка|a=ru-Cheburashka.ogg|p=t͡ɕɪbʊˈraʂkə}}), also known as '''''Topple''''' in earlier English translations, is a fictional character created by Soviet writer [[Eduard Uspensky]] in his 1965 children's book ''Gena the Crocodile and His Friends''. The character subsequently appeared as the protagonist in a series of [[stop-motion]] animated films directed by [[Roman Abelevich Kachanov|Roman Kachanov]] for [[Soyuzmultfilm]], the first of which was made in 1969,<ref>"[http://www.uspens.info/state/AC:-1.1600625533/AA:navID.87/AB:navID.87/ Список фильмов] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042059/http://www.uspens.info/state/AC:-1.1600625533/AA:navID.87/AB:navID.87/ |date=8 October 2011 }}" (in Russian). Official E. Uspensky website. Retrieved 2009-12-11.</ref><ref>MacFadyen, David (2005). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=dE-uF7HvcrIC&pg=PA236 Filmography – Krokodil Gena (1969)]". ''Yellow Crocodiles and Blue Oranges: Russian Animated Film since World War Two''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 236. {{ISBN|0-7735-2871-7}}</ref><ref>"[http://media.fwinc.jp/english/ Cheburashka Classics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512105252/http://media.fwinc.jp/english/ |date=2011-05-12}}". Frontier Works, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-11.</ref> with songs composed by [[Vladimir Shainsky]].<ref>[http://tass.com/society/983161 Soundtrack composer for legendary Soviet cartoon dies aged 92] TASS, 26 December</ref>

Even today Cheburashka is still renowned in the former Soviet Union, and has been called the "Soviet Mickey Mouse" by external observers. Although only four short animated films have been produced featuring Cheburashka, he is still a national symbol in the former USSR and Russia, and is famous outside of it. One reason for his popularity is the message of his stories, which stress that one's origin is not as important as one's kindness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/cheburashka-soviet-mickey-mouse/index.html|title=How Cheburashka, the 'Soviet Mickey Mouse', achieved international fame|last=Palumbo|first=Jacqui|date=2018-09-24|website=CNN|language=en|accessdate=2023-07-06}}</ref>