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and planned to create a Museum of Naval Glory there with a panoramic view, although this never happened. In addition he worked a lot as an artist and drew top-selling agitation posters.
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animation to tell short comedy stories that involved
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model equipped with a shooting range. In 1939, he was put in charge of the first exhibition dedicated to the Soviet Navy that took place in the
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on a balloon. It combined hand-drawn and cutout scenes with live action sequences, becoming one of the first Soviet films aimed at children along with
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and the current political situation that became very popular. In a year, they were hired by the Soviet government to produce
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conducted the complex cinematography. The film turned a huge success and supported
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rejected the idea of mixing live action with animation, the three founded their own experimental workshop under the
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