Childhood favorites: animals that aroused affection throughout the Soviet Union

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Every day, Internet users upload a myriad of pictures of their cats, dogs and other pets to social networks, collecting thousands of likes. In the Soviet Union, the concept of a global network did not exist, but this does not mean that there were no favorite animals either. This review contains photographs of animals that aroused affection throughout the country.

1. Belka and Strelka

Perhaps the first favorites of the allied scale were two dogs - Belka and Strelka. Animals returning from space alive were actively shown on television, printed on postcards, and taken to all kinds of scientific exhibitions.

Arrow then gave birth to offspring and gave birth to four puppies, one of whom, named Pushinka, settled in the White House. Nikita Khrushchev gave it to the Kennedy family.

2. Little lion Kunak

In the early 1970s, the film "The Path of Unselfish Love" was released. In the story, the forester picks up the remaining one lynx cub in the forest and raises it in his house. The animal grows up, and a friendship is struck between them. A funny and playful little lynx could not fail to evoke universal emotion. The film even received three sequels.

3. Kuklachev's cats

Today, social media users post photos of their cats at every opportunity. And if the fluffy pet also gives a paw on command, then there is no price for it. Yuri Kuklachev's cats conquered the entire Soviet Union. He became the first to use these wayward animals in the circus arena. Well, how can you not be touched when, on command, the cat stands on its front paws or dances in a suit to the tune of the trainer.

4 White Bim Black Ear

The film "White Bim Black Ear" in 1977 was watched by 20 million viewers. People shed tears, sympathizing with the hero on the screen. The dog immediately became a popular favorite, and in every second yard one could find a dog named Bim.

5. Mukhtar

Today, a police dog is unlikely to be called cute, but in the Soviet Union, the movie dog Mukhtar was adored by everyone. He fearlessly grappled with criminals and looked for hidden things. For a long time, after the release of this film, people willingly took German shepherd puppies.

6. Olympic mascot

Not only live animals were objects of adoration of Soviet citizens. The mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, the bear Mikhail Potapovich Toptygin, received truly nationwide love. The image was incredibly popular over the years, and it was called nothing but "Affectionate Misha".

Well, today's animals keep up with the times and collect tens of thousands of likes. They are especially affectionate animals that take selfies of themselves.