A Soviet gnome teaches you to read in 9 minutes. Propaganda? Maybe. Adorable? Absolutely.
Kolya and the book gnome go looking for the letters that make up the boy's name. Continuation of the fairy tale about the alphabet.
Sound
Earworm alphabet song you'll hum for days.
Director
Yuri Prytkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a massive Soviet educational animation push—literacy was state policy, even in cartoons.
Director Yuri Prytkov made over 30 shorts; this gnome remains his most enduring character.
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