Vladimir Dakhno

Vladymyr Dakhno (Russian: Владимир Авксентеевич Дахно; March 7, 1932, Zaporizhia — July 28, 2006, Kiev, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian animator, animation film director and scriptwriter. Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (1988), People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). Best known for the animation series Cossacks (Казаки). Worked at Kievnauchfilm (currently, Ukranimafilm).

On March 7, 2013 Google released a Doodle in his memory.