Vyacheslav Nazaruk, director of cartoons about the cat Leopold and baby Raccoon, died

2023-01-29T17:08:02.456Z

Soviet and Russian cartoon director Vyacheslav Nazaruk has died at the age of 81. He worked on such films beloved by the audience as "The Adventures of Leopold the Cat", "Mother for a Mammoth", "Baby Raccoon", and many others. Nazaruk is also known as a painter. He painted a number of paintings dedicated to significant events in the history of Rus'. His works are also in the collections of the State Historical Museum and the State Museum of the History of Religion.