1 00:00:01,010 --> 00:00:02,450 Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography 2 00:00:04,650 --> 00:00:06,050 Pilot animation studio 3 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:07,609 Present 4 00:00:09,419 --> 00:00:11,089 We live in Russia. 5 00:00:11,529 --> 00:00:14,149 The state emblem of Russia is a golden double-headed eagle, 6 00:00:14,239 --> 00:00:15,809 powerful and majestic. 7 00:00:15,969 --> 00:00:18,169 On its chest is St.George 8 00:00:18,329 --> 00:00:21,609 slaying the evil dragon with a silver lance. 9 00:00:21,769 --> 00:00:23,839 The Russian flag has three colors: 10 00:00:23,950 --> 00:00:25,570 White is the color of peace and purity. 11 00:00:25,730 --> 00:00:27,410 Blue is the color of the sky and hope, 12 00:00:27,570 --> 00:00:29,449 and red is the color of glory and bravery. 13 00:00:29,809 --> 00:00:32,570 The capital of our country is Moscow. 14 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,050 Our country is the biggest in the world. 15 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:38,710 To cross it from one end to the other 16 00:00:38,809 --> 00:00:43,029 would take eight and a half days by train. 17 00:00:43,559 --> 00:00:47,149 There, on the banks of the deep Amur river 18 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:50,310 and farther, over the sea, on Sakhalin Island, 19 00:00:50,469 --> 00:00:53,629 live the Nivkh people, a small nation. 20 00:00:53,789 --> 00:00:56,770 The Nivkhs have lived in this area since ancient times. 21 00:00:56,879 --> 00:00:59,129 They are magnificent hunters and fishermen. 22 00:00:59,389 --> 00:01:02,050 They used to make their winter clothes from fur 23 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:04,810 and their summer clothes would even be made from fish scales. 24 00:01:05,119 --> 00:01:06,989 But the most fascinating thing 25 00:01:07,089 --> 00:01:10,249 is that the Nivkhs are the only nation in the world 26 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:14,049 who bred bears as if they were cows. 27 00:01:14,650 --> 00:01:19,160 Also, in those wild woods lives a very rare animal - 28 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,409 the Amur tiger. 29 00:01:22,069 --> 00:01:25,329 He is very strong and could defeat even a lion. 30 00:01:25,849 --> 00:01:28,089 In the wonderful Nivkh fairy tales, 31 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:30,249 all the animals are intelligent 32 00:01:30,409 --> 00:01:32,450 and behave just like people. 33 00:01:32,609 --> 00:01:37,119 And each of their fairy tales is like a precious gem. 34 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,320 Mountain of Gems 35 00:01:53,769 --> 00:01:59,449 How the Serpent Was Cheated 36 00:12:07,450 --> 00:12:12,150 screenwriter, art director, director Andrey Kuznetsov 37 00:12:13,351 --> 00:12:14,751 The film uses the compositions of Georgiy Andriyanov performed by the "Bugotak" band (from Novosibirsk) 38 00:12:14,852 --> 00:12:15,852 ...and Sasha Gusev sound director Vladislav Tarasov 39 00:12:15,953 --> 00:12:19,353 animators Andrey Kuznetsov, Yuriy Pronin, Aleksandra Yevseyeva, Yelena Spiridonova, Yekaterina Grushina 40 00:12:19,454 --> 00:12:21,754 assistant director Oksana Fomushkina 41 00:12:21,855 --> 00:12:24,755 tech department Aleksey Gankov production director Lyudmila Kopteva producer Irina Kaplichnaya 42 00:12:24,856 --> 00:12:25,856 plasticine intro crew: director Sergey Merinov 43 00:12:25,957 --> 00:12:26,957 text Georgiy Zakolodyazhnyy voice Aleksandr Lenkov 44 00:12:27,058 --> 00:12:28,058 art director Eduard Belyayev camera/montage Andrey Puchnin 45 00:12:28,159 --> 00:12:29,159 art director Galina Golubeva animators Natalya Akashkina, Natalya Sokolova 46 00:12:29,260 --> 00:12:30,260 artistic council of the project: Eduard Nazarov, Aleksandr Tatarskiy, 47 00:12:30,361 --> 00:12:31,361 Mihail Aldashin, Valentin Telegin, Georgiy Zakolodyazhnyy 48 00:12:31,462 --> 00:12:32,662 project executive producer Igor Gelashvili 49 00:12:32,763 --> 00:12:34,163 project supervisor Aleksandr Tatarskiy 50 00:12:34,264 --> 00:12:38,064 Filmed with the financial support of the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography 51 00:12:38,165 --> 00:12:40,365 The End 52 00:12:40,366 --> 00:12:41,716 subtitles by Mountain of Gems & Niffiwan (2024)