The May-fairy
The Caddis Fly
Spring-song
Веснянка
Vesnyanka (ru)
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The Caddis Fly
Spring-song
Веснянка
Vesnyanka (ru)
| Year | 1961 |
| Director(s) | Vasilenko Nina |
| Studio(s) | Kievnauchfilm |
| Language(s) | Russian Ukrainian |
| Genre(s) | Folklore & myth (Rus./East Slavic) Musical/Opera |
| Animation Type(s) | Drawn (cel) |
| Length | 00:09:59 |
| Wordiness | 8.84 |
| Animator.ru profile | Ru, En |
Subtitles:
⭳ Vesnyanka.1961.en.1.25fps.1764894930.srt
Date: December 05 2025 00:35:30
Language: English
Quality: ok
Upload notes: 347 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Eus, Niffiwan, Chapaev₂, Gennady Zakharov₃
⭳ Vesnyanka.1961.ru.1.25fps.1609257134.srt
Date: December 29 2020 15:52:14
Language: Russian
Quality: needs_work
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Creator(s): Chapaev, Eus₂
⭳ Vesnyanka.1961.en.1.25fps.1764894930.srt
Date: December 05 2025 00:35:30
Language: English
Quality: ok
Upload notes: 347 characters long (view)
Creator(s): Eus, Niffiwan, Chapaev₂, Gennady Zakharov₃
⭳ Vesnyanka.1961.ru.1.25fps.1609257134.srt
Date: December 29 2020 15:52:14
Language: Russian
Quality: needs_work
Upload notes:
Creator(s): Chapaev, Eus₂
Description:
A tale about the trials and tribulations of a spring fairy.
The second animation of the Kievnauchfilm animation makers association and Vasilenko's debut. The dialogue is Russian, while some of the songs are Ukrainian.
At the end of the 1950s/early 1960, the Khrushchyov regime, after the Stalin regime concentrated (almost) all animation making at Soyuzmultfilm in Moscow, permitted the republics of the USSR to again start their own animation studios. After the Estonian Tallinfilm in 1959, the Ukrainian Kievnauchfilm started in 1960. With 336 productions in total it became the third most productive animation studio in the USSR.
The word "Vesnyanka" has several meanings in Russian, all related to spring - these include May-fairy, may-song, may-flower, mayfly. Animator.ru lists the English title of the film as "The Caddis Fly", but that is obviously wrong.
The first video above has slightly more of the picture in the frame.
DISCUSSION
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They're some errors, first the voice artist could be Georgy Babenko and not Galina. The composer was Yudif Rozhavskaya. A. Vadov is Anatoly Vadov, A. Lavrov was Aleksandr Lavrov, etc.
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Fixed. You're right, it can't be Galina - all the film databases have it wrong.