Soviet animation characters reinterpreted (hiero.ru)
Published: 02 August, 2007, 02:05
Cheburashka, Gena, and Shapoklyak in a 'The 5th Element' parody
Children short stories and animation character Cheburashka is now well-known around the world after being an official mascot for Russian team for 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. In Russia he is the subject of countless jokes, parodies, and
Online visual arts gallery “Hieroglyph” is hosting a five-year-running project named “Cheburgen” – a collection of pictures showing the favourite characters in humorous and unusual way. There you can see Gena the Crocodile, Old Lady Shapoklyak and Cheburashka himself…

…starring in a classical horror film…

…immortalized as Siegfried the dragon slayer…

…or taking on the guise of the Terminator.
To see more images from “Cheburgen” project, please, follow the link.
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