Sergey Mikhalkov
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Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was a Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems.
Mikhalkov in 1944
Mikhalkov in 1954
Mikhalkov with Vladimir Putin, March 2003
Uncle Styopa
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Uncle Styopa, also known as Dyadya Stepa, Uncle Steeple and Tom the Tower, is a series of poems written by Russian children's poet Sergey Mikhalkov. They were written in trochaic tetrameter. The poems
Sergey Mikhalkov
…rivaled Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak and Agniya Barto as the most popular poet writing for Russophone children. His poems about enormously tall "Uncle Styopa" ("Дядя Стёпа") enjoyed particular popularity. Uncle Styopa is a friendly policeman always ready to rescue cats stuck up trees, and to perform other…
Uncle Styopa in the 1939 Soviet animated film directed by Vladimir Suteev
Sergey Mikhalkov, creator of Styopa
Uncle Styopa walking down the street in the 1939 Soviet animated film