Roman Abelevich Kachanov
| Roman Abelevich Kachanov Роман Абелевич Качанов |
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| Born |
Ruvim Abelevich Kachanov February 25, 1921 Smolensk, R.S.F.S.R. (now Russia) |
| Died | July 4, 1993 (aged 72) Moscow, Russia |
| Other names | Roman Kachanov (I); Roman Kachanov Sr. |
| Occupation |
Film director Screenwriter Art director Animator |
| Years active | 1946-1989 |
| Spouse(s) | Gara Kachanova |
Roman Abelevich Kachanov (Russian: Роман Абелевич Качанов; 25 February 1921 – 4 July 1993) was a Soviet animator who worked primarily in the stop-motion animation technique. He directed the popular series of films about Cheburashka based on the fairy tales written by Eduard Uspensky: Gena the Crocodile, Cheburashka, Shapoklyak and Cheburashka Goes to School.
Kachanov was born in 1921 in Smolensk. His mother was Haya Y. Kachanov; his father, Abel Mendelevich Kachanov, was a shoemaker. His mother died in 1932, when he was 11 years old. In spring 1939, Kachanov was called up for military service in the Red Army in the town of Chkalovsky, near Moscow. This deployment separated him permanently from his father and his only, older sister Maria (both were killed in Smolensk during the Holocaust).
After attending flying school in Krasnoyarsk, Kachanov flew fighter planes as a tail gunner. In 1940, the plane Kachanov was flying crashed. The pilot was killed; Kachanov was hospitalized with serious injuries. In spring 1941, Kachanov entered the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering. From 1941 to 1945, he served in the airborne forces as a parachute instructor and took part in special operations behind enemy lines. In 1945, due to Kachanov's war service he was promoted to sergeant. Even before demobilization in 1946, he decided to work in cinema and transferred to service at the Ministry of Defence studio in the Bolshevo.
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