David Cherkassky
Soviet and Ukrainian animation director, screenwriter, animator (1931–2018)
David Yanovich Cherkassky (Russian: Давид Янович Черкасский; Ukrainian: Давид Янович Черкаський, romanized: Davyd Yanovych Cherkaskyi; 23 August 1931 – 30 October 2018) was a Soviet and Ukrainian animated film director and screenwriter. His work in the Kievnauchfilm studio include The Adventures of Captain Wrongel, Doctor Aybolit, and Treasure Island.
Biography
David Cherkassky was born in 1931 into a Jewish household in Shpola, Ukrainian SSR. Cherkassky graduated from the Kiev Construction Engineering Institute. He noted that Soviet parents anticipated that the Soviet Union will participate in war and so registered their children later to delay them to be drafted to army. Cherkassky in interview acknowledged, that he was born on 23 August 1932. During World War II, he and his mother were evacuated to a village near the Russian city of Chkalov (today Orenburg).
David Cherkassky was a member of the Ukrainian gymnast team. From his 50s into his 80s, Cherkassky enjoyed alpine skiing.
After the death of Stalin, Cherkassky found out that his family origin is a small city of Shpola in Central Ukraine and he has some extensive family in the United States. His father was a director of typography after the revolution and later he served as an assistant to People's Commissar of Justice.
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