sep 29, 1985 - Soviet animated short by Eduard Nazarov, released c. 1985. Adapted after the epynomous verse by Eduard Uspensky. In some strange way it works both as a propaganda piece about the Red Army that straightens up any young fellow and makes a man out of him and at the same time shows how The Army is just as prone to Soviet bureaucracy and ineffectuality as many other departments of state. Also, it's funny. Can be watched on Youtube with English subtitles.
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Russian Animation - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Animation/AboutSidorovVovaAdded to timeline:
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sep 29, 1985
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~ 40 years ago