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Let's write new heading "Masha's fairytales" about spean-off of "Masha and the Bear". I have already tried found this one, but there were hardnesses with translating. Help me, please! Skelet of heading is in this link: ★. F.J.Pauld-Wikipedist 13:42, 22 April 2014 (UTC).[reply]

Is that a translation from Russian title? I created a Masha's Tales redirect, which is the title that is displaying in Canada for this. It redirects to a new section under the list of episodes. I added all I could find scheduled, some of which are reruns from back in October, with some new ones debuting in February. ScratchMarshall (talk) 20:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa (talk) 08:28, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Masha and the Bear → Masha and The BeaRMasha and The BeaR – letters T and R are clearly uppercased in the title image File:Masha_and_The_Bear_logo.png. If we don't move it there then this should at least redirect here with a mention of the stylization. Ranze (talk) 15:54, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Michka

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The french title of the show is Masha et Michka which I directed here. Google Translate doesn't appear to suggest that this is a French or Russian term though. Only that it is Bulgarian for "mice".

Is "Michka" much like "Medved" an actual given name for "The Bear", and he simply just isn't given a name (just called "Bear") in English releases? ScratchMarshall (talk) 20:56, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article explains it this way: In some episodes of the Russian-language version, Masha calls him "Mishka" (Russian: Мишка, English: Literally “Little Bear”), which is a traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. -- ThomasO. 21:42, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But mice or Maybe mouse and Also rat in russian is Mysh. Tutti Frutti New Old (talk) 16:04, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But the word Mysh or in Original (Мышь) was romanized and have very Versions for the name Mouse and Mice be mentioned but It have different forms of description. Tutti Frutti New Old (talk) 16:10, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Masha and Bear

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2014 41.121.42.156 (talk) 08:57, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2007 and IMDB

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Noticed while it says 2009 here it says 2007 over at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1884856 does anyone know why that is? JotsBank (talk) 09:08, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Numberjacks is a CBeebies TV show and is NOT related to Masha and the Bear, please delete in the See also section NOW! 82.77.77.96 (talk) 13:26, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done EvergreenFir (talk) 23:13, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Masha and the Bear
Masha and the Bear 2023 logo
Genre
Created byOleg Kuzovkov
Screenplay by
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Oleg Uzhinov
  • Natalya Rumiantseva
  • Denis Chervyatsov
  • Nikolai Kuzovkov
  • Joe Ksander
  • Kevin R. Adams
  • Ernest Kataev
  • Greg Nix
  • Marina Sycheva
  • Alex Budovsky
  • Hunter Cope
  • Aleksey Karanovich
  • Aleksandr Filyurin
  • Vadim Golovanov
  • Ekaterina Kozhushanaya
  • Ken Scarborough
  • Raye Lankford
  • Konstantin Naumochkin
  • Nikolay Soroka
  • Maria Bolshakova
  • Vladimir Stanishevsky
  • Sofia Lebedeva
Directed by
  • Denis Chervyatsov
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Oleg Uzhinov
  • Marina Nefedova
  • Olga Baulina
  • Roman Kozich
  • Georgiy Orlov
  • Vladislav Bayramgulov
  • Natalya Malgina
  • Andrey Belyaev
  • Ilya Trusov
  • Vasily Bogatyrev
  • Sergey Antonov
  • Alexander Goncharov
  • Vasily Bedoshvili
Voices of
  • Yulia Zunikova (Masha)
  • Alina Kukushkina (Dasha)
  • Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear)
  • Mark Kutnevich (Panda & Rabbit)
  • Eduard Nazarov (Santa Claus)
Music byVasily Bogatyrev
Opening themeMasha and the Bear Theme Song
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes169 + 2 Specials (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Andrey Dobrunov
  • Oleg Kuzovkov
  • Dmitry Loveyko
  • Marina Ratina
  • Maria Demina
  • Sergey Martynov
  • Vladimir Gorbulya
Animators
  • Darya Matreshina
  • Tatyana Bolotnova
  • Alexey Borzykh
  • Sergey Kuligin
  • Sergey Sharigin
  • Elena Saraeva
  • Vadim Smaga
  • Sergey Artyukh
  • Yana Zavyalova
  • Michael Milotvorskiy
  • Mihail Tarasov
  • Leon Estrin
  • Elena Tsvetova
Running time7–8 minutes
Production companyAnimaccord Animation Studio
Original release
Release7 January 2009 (2009-01-07) –
present

Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Másha i Medvéd', pronounced [ˈmaʂə ɪ mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]) is a Russian preschool comedy animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name. The series focuses on the adventures of a very young girl named Masha and a bear (whom she dubs "Mishka"), her caring friend who always keeps her safe from disasters.

Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (3–7) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig.[1][better source needed]

Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. In particular, the original Russian-language version of the episode "Recipe for Disaster" (Russian: Маша плюс каша, romanized: Masha plyus kasha) has over 4.6 billion views as of August 2025, making it the site's fifteenth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video.[2]

The show was first launched on 7 January 2009, and it was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K.[citation needed]

The show provides the basis for the Masha and The Bear Land of Laughter, an area with attractions aimed at younger children at the theme park The Land of Legends, near Antalya, Turkey.[3]

Plot

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Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest in an unspecified location in Russia (possibly in Tver Oblast) with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends.[4]

In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha's shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show's episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear's cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear's affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard.[5]

Characters

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Main characters

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Masha

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Masha is a 4-year-old girl who is portrayed as naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to the Bear's house. Masha loves the bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for him. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of her and Bear. Masha's character combines the characteristics of 4-year-old (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants, throwing tantrums) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar and speaking perfectly). In the episode "God Save the Queen", it is revealed that Masha has super strength, as she managed to pull a multi-ton train near her house just to give an elephant reception for the Lion King. She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina in Russian, and in English by Elsie Fisher.[6] In subsequent seasons, Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 28–39), Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52), Kaitlyn McCormick (53–78, Masha’s Songs S4 EP 1), Adriana Figuredo (79-84) and now dubbed by West Rubin and Sofia Calasso. She is usually shown wearing a white shirt under a reddish-magenta dress with a reddish-magenta kerchief covering her short blonde hair.

Bear

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The bear is a retired circus brown bear in Moscow who lives in a house hollowed out of a tree in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he's also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In the Russian-language version, Masha calls him "Mishka" (Russian: Мишка, or named Medved in the intro), a diminutive form of the name Mikhail (i.e. "Mikey"), which is also the traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha's father-like figure, as well as a friendly figure to her. He was voiced by Boris Kutnevich, Denis Naskarov and Irina Kukushkina. He became as pink as he is (a Barbie-styled Bear) with his hair flipped at the end of “Shower Power”.

Masha's pets

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A terrier (dog), a goat and a pig (and in the episode "How They Met", three chickens) who live outside Masha's house in her front yard (currently live in a well), but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode "Dance Fever" it is revealed that the pig's name is Rosie. In the episodes “Laundry Day”, “Growing Potion”, “New Kids on the Block” and other episodes, it is revealed that the pig (Rosie) is a baby.

The wild animals

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The wild animals are a bunny, red squirrels, hedgehogs and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare—in "One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree", Father Frost's list calls him 'Bunny' (he was also named Bunny in “Tracks of Unknown Animals” and “No Trespassing”), and in "Surprise! Surprise!" he delivers painted eggs—often play hockey (specifically ice hockey? if so, say that) together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone). Bunny is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear's garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill, often looking for something to eat, and act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses, though they sometimes fear Masha (living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun on the idiomatic expression, "wolves are orderlies of the woods").

Lady Bear

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The Lady Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear has a crush on her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to later realize how self-absorbed the Rival Bear is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear's classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music.[7] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

Dasha

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Dasha is Masha's cousin from Moscow, who looks exactly like Masha, but is more "ladylike", has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha's are green), wears boxy, blue-rimmed glasses and a red-orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him "Shaggy", "Monster" and "Beast".[8] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

Panda

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Panda is a panda cub and the Bear's young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.

Recurring characters

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King Lion III

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A lion wearing a crown, who is a good friend of the bear. He sometimes visits the bear, to play together the game of chess or for collective outdoor adventures. He was always disturbed by Masha, sometimes being advised to him not to help bear as a king is not supposed to help anyone. Once the lion offered his crown to Masha, making her a queen for temporary basis.

Whiskers n' Stripes

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An Amur tiger or also known as a Siberian tiger who is Bear's best friend from their days performing together in the Moscow circus.

Rival Bear

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A Himalayan bear, who is Bear's worst enemy and Bear's chief rival for the attentions of the Lady Bear. The Rival Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear's biggest fear is if Black Bear and Lady Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.

Penguin

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An Adélie penguin that first appears in "The Foundling", as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health.[9] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

Santa Claus (Father Frost)

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Santa Claus appears in Christmas-themed episodes.

Four-eyed aliens

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A trio of alien specimens who accidentally crashed on Earth. They were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.

January and Winter

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They appeared in “The Legend of the Twelve Months”. January only appeared in one Season 7 episode.

Other Months

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They also appeared in “The Legend of the Twelve Months”. February and March only appeared in “Masha and the Bear Shorties” (April will appear in the 8th season of Masha and the Bear).

Tourists

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They appear in “Princess and the Beast” (as usual appearances, they only did one).

Bear Impostor and His Assistant

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They only appear in two episodes from Season 7.

Sources

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According to the project's director, Denis Chervyatsov,

Masha was based on a real person ... In the 1990s, the project's artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide from the girl – she was too active and intrusive.[10]

Production

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The series' production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008.[10] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters' dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.[11]

3D animation

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The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.[citation needed]

Rendering Manager

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Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear's fur, Masha's hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.[citation needed]

Compositing

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Compositing is the final stage of production, where the compositors review all shots of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, adding 2D/3D effects and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show's official YouTube channel 'Masha and the Bear - Official Channel' formerly 'MashaBearTV' before it can be shown on TV. [citation needed]

Actors

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Masha, her cousin Dasha, and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through gibberish or wordless sounds.

For the first two seasons, Masha's voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord animation studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show's sound designer, Boris Kutnevich and Denis Naskarov, provide voices of Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of Bunny.

For the English version, Elsie Fisher – the voice of Agnes Gru in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season. In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27-39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52), Kaitlyn McCormick (ep. 53-78), Adriana Figuredo (ep. 78-84) and now dubbed by West Rubin and Sofia Calasso.

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev.[citation needed] Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the film Circus, and in the episode "One-Hit Wonder" the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of "Laundry Day" and "The Grand Piano Lesson" episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.[citation needed]

Awards and achievements

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Masha and the Bear on 2019 stamps of Russia
  • In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of "TV Shows Destined to be Classics", which was compiled by the cartoon industry's periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.[citation needed]
  • In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent.[12]
  • In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.[citation needed]
  • In 2018, the cartoon was included in the Guinness World Records as the most-watched animated video on YouTube, with the episode "Recipe for Disaster" that today counts over 4.4 billion views.[13] The episode was included in the most viewed video of all time, together with such well-known artists as Ed Sheeran with "Shape of You" video and Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee with "Despacito".[citation needed]

According to the Associated Press, "Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia."[14] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that "It's a Muslim country, so we thought we're lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!"[14]

Mobile apps

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The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.[citation needed] In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.[citation needed]

Distribution

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Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each.[citation needed] Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels ("Маша и Медведь", "Get Movies" and "Masha and The Bear") so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined.[15][16][17]

Episodes

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Season 1

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Season 1 (2009–2012)
No. Title Director Writer
1 How They Met Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov
2 Don't Wake Till Spring! Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Kuzovkov
3 One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree! Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
4 Tracks of Unknown Animals Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
5 Prances with Wolves Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Kuzovkov
6 Jam Day Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
7 Springtime for Bear Marina Nefedova Oleg Kuzovkov
8 Gone Fishing Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov
9 Call Me Please! Marina Nefedova Oleg Kuzovkov
10 Holiday on Ice Denis Chervyatsov, Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Kuzovkov
11 First Day of School Olga Baulina Oleg Kuzovkov
12 No Trespassing! Marina Nefedova Oleg Kuzovkov
13 Hide and Seek Is Not for the Weak Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
14 Watch Out! Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov
15 Little Cousin Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Kuzovkov
16 Get Well Soon! Olga Baulina Oleg Kuzovkov
17 Recipe for Disaster Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
18 Laundry Day Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
19 The Grand Piano Lesson Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Kuzovkov
20 Stripes and Whiskers Roman Kozich Oleg Kuzovkov
21 Home Alone Oleg Uzhinov Oleg Kuzovkov
22 Hold Your Breath Georgiy Orlov Oleg Kuzovkov
23 The Foundling Roman Kozich Oleg Kuzovkov
24 Bon Appétit! Vladislav Bayramgulov Oleg Kuzovkov
25 Hokus-Pokus Georgiy Orlov Oleg Kuzovkov
26 Home Improvement Natalya Malgina Oleg Uzhinov, Denis Chervyatsov

Season 2

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Season 2 (2012–2015)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
27 1 Picture Perfect 2.1.1 3. 54
28 2 Time to Ride My Pony 1.9.3 2. 71
29 3 One-Hit Wonder 1.9.1 2. 60
30 4 Growing Potion 2.1.3 3. 71
31 5 Swept Away 2.1.2 1. 22
32 6 All In the Family 2.3.3 3. 19
33 7 La Dolce Vita 2.2.1 9. 05
34 8 Just Shoot Me 3.7.3 2. 12
35 9 Kidding Around 2.2.2 1. 53
36 10 Two Much 2.4.3 5. 18
37 11 Bon Voyage 2.2.3 2. 03
38 12 Trading Places Day 2.3.2 2. 04
39 13 The Thriller Night 2.7.2 2. 09
40 14 Terrible Power 2.4.1 3. 19
41 15 Hat Trick 2.4.2 2. 67
42 16 And Action! 2.5.1 2. 05
43 17 Self-Made Hero 2.7.1 3. 23
44 18 Once In a Year 2.3.1 3. 09
45 19 The Puzzling Case 2.5.3 1. 67
46 20 Dance Fever 2.7.3 2. 36
47 21 Victory Cry 2.5.2 3. 93
48 22 Sabre-Toothed Bear 2.8.1 3. 02
49 23 Variety Show 2.6.3 3. 27
50 24 Happy Harvest 2.8.2 4. 64
51 25 Home-Grown Ninjas 2.6.1 5. 81
52 26 See You Later 2.8.3 4. 07

Season 3

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Season 3 (2015–2019)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
53 1 Coming Back Ain't Easy [18] 3.1.1 1. 98
54 2 The Very Fairy Tale 3.1.2 3. 16
55 3 Driving Lessons 3.2.1 3. 28
56 4 A Ghost Story 3.2.3 1. 47
57 5 Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! 3.3.2 1. 69
58 6 Like Cat and Mouse 3.2.2 2. 28
59 7 Game Over 3.4.2 1. 49
60 8 At Your Service 3.4.1 3. 10
61 9 Christmas Carol 3.4.3 1. 82
62 10 Rock-a-Bye, Baby! 3.1.3 3. 78
63 11 Surprise! Surprise! 3.3.1 6. 34
64 12 The Three Mashketeers 3.3.3 1. 14
65 13 We Come In Peace! 3.6.3 0. 96
66 14 Tee for Three 3.8.1 0. 85
67 15 Best Medicine 3.6.1 2. 12
68 16 Quartet Plus 3.6.4 0. 88
69 17 New Kids on the Block! 3.7.1 1. 34
70 18 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 3.5.1 3. 08
71 19 What a Wonderful Game 3.8.3 TBA
72 20 That's Your Cue! 3.6.2 0. 84
73 21 Fishy Story 3.7.2 1. 36
74 22 Monkey Business 3.7.4 1. 38
75 23 God Save the Queen! 3.5.3 0. 98
76 24 All the World's a Stage 3.5.2 0. 69
77 25 Around the World in One Day 3.8.2 0. 33
78 26 Who Am I? 3.8.4 0. 43

Season 4

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Season 4 (2019–2020) (Masha's Songs)
No. overall No. in season Title Director Writer 2D director
79 1 Where All Love to Sing Denis Chervyatsov Denis Chervyatsov Rinat Gazizov
80 2 Practice In Childhood - Das Ist Gut! Georgiy Orlov Denis Chervyatsov Vasily Volkov
81 3 Pink of Fashion Ilya Trusov Marina Sycheva Rinat Gazizov
82 4 No Work All Carnival Andrey Belyaev Denis Chervyatsov, Ernest Kataev Rinat Gazizov
83 5 The Secret of Mashuko Georgiy Orlov Hunter Cope Vasily Volkov
84 6 From England with Love Natalya Malgina Marina Sycheva Vasily Volkov, Irina Kovrigo
85 7 Happy New Year... Again! Roman Kozich Greg Nix Vasily Volkov
86 8 When Cacti Bloom Ilya Trusov Greg Nix Rinat Gazizov
87 9 Spanish Tunes Andrey Belyaev Marina Sycheva Rinat Gazizov
88 10 Once In the Wild West Vladislav Bayramgulov, Denis Chervyatsov Hunter Cope Rinat Gazizov
89 11 Tales from the East Georgiy Orlov Marina Sycheva Rinat Gazizov
90 12 Almost Ancient Greek Story Roman Kozich Alex Budovsky, Denis Chervyatsov Vasily Volkov
91 13 The Magic Flute Natalya Malgina Marina Sycheva Vasily Volkov, Artyom Kmet

Season 5

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Season 5 (2020–2022)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
92 1 Something Yummy 5.1.1 TBA
93 2 Big Hike 5.4.2 TBA
94 3 What's Inside? 5.1.3 TBA
95 4 The First Swallow 5.3.2 TBA
96 5 Honey Day 5.2.1 TBA
97 6 Mushroom Rain 5.2.2 TBA
98 7 Tour de Forest 5.4.3 TBA
99 8 Finders Keepers 5.2.3 TBA
100 9 Berry Naughty 5.3.1 TBA
101 10 Mind Your Manners 5.4.1 TBA
102 11 Treasure Island 5.3.3 TBA
103 12 Masha Knows Best 5.1.2 TBA
104 13 Who's the Boss? 5.3.4 TBA
105 14 Pasta La Vista 5.8.3 TBA
106 15 Love Is In the Bear 5.6.2 TBA
107 16 Wish Upon a Star 5.5.2 TBA
108 17 Firefighter of the Day 5.5.1 TBA
109 18 Awesome Blossoms 5.7.2 TBA
110 19 Sleeping Beauties 5.8.4 TBA
111 20 Try, Try Again 5.8.1 TBA
112 21 How to Train Your Plant? 5.5.3 TBA
113 22 The Mystery Guest 5.6.3 TBA
114 23 Unbearable Beach 5.7.1 TBA
115 24 Princess or Dragon? 5.6.1 TBA
116 25 Sudden Turn 5.8.2 TBA
117 26 Happily Feather After 5.7.3 TBA

Season 6

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Season 6 (2022–2024)
No. overall No. in season Title Netflix sequence Russia viewers (millions)
118 1 When a Pig Flies TBA TBA
119 2 All You Need Is a Goal TBA TBA
120 3 Soup Pursuit TBA TBA
121 4 Tricky Tricks TBA TBA
122 5 Think Outside the Box TBA TBA
123 6 Well-Beeing TBA TBA
124 7 Knock-Knock-Knock TBA TBA
125 8 Unfriended? TBA TBA
126 9 Shower Power TBA TBA
127 10 Fisherman's Luck TBA TBA
128 11 Like Mother, Like Daughter TBA TBA
129 12 Blown Away TBA TBA
130 13 Who's Gifted? TBA TBA
131 14 Who's the Better Leader? TBA TBA
132 15 A Little Magic TBA TBA
133 16 Fluffy Dessert TBA TBA
134 17 Dasha's Purple Song TBA TBA
135 18 Rosie's Back Tower TBA TBA
136 19 A Pineapple of Discord TBA TBA
137 20 Where Did It Goat? TBA TBA
138 21 It's No Slice of Heaven TBA TBA
139 22 Lilac Picnic TBA TBA
140 23 Welcome Out of Here TBA TBA
141 24 Rosie Alone TBA TBA
142 25 La-La-Lamb TBA TBA
143 26 Candy Masha TBA TBA

Season 7

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Season 7 (2023–2025)
No. overall No. in season Title Date release Year
144 1 The Princess and the Beast September 7 2023
145 2 Cardboard Rescuers October 5 2023
146 3 Good Luck! November 2 2023
147 4 Creativity Day November 16 2023
148 5 Much Ado and Nothing January 11 2024
149 6 You're My Darling March 15 2024
150 7 It's better with a dog April 18 2024
151 8 Welcome to "grand comfort"! May 30 2024
152 9 Lemon fever July 11 2024
153 10 Be careful, the doors are closing! August 22 2024
154 11 Here comes the horned goat October 3 2024
155 12 It happened in January November 28 2024
156 13 The Sound of Music January 23 2025
157 14 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not February 13 2025
158 15 Fear Has Big Eyes February 27 2025
159 16 Barbell! Barbell! March 13 2025
160 17 April 1st - I Don't Trust Anyone! March 27 2025
161 18 The Flying Ship April 10 2025
162 19 Jump-Jump Dog April 24 2025
163 20 The Lost World May 8 2025
164 21 A Misty Story May 22 2025
165 22 The Headless Horseman June 5 2025
166 23 The Frog Book June 19 2025
167 24 Slippery type July 3 2025
168 25 I bet! July 17 2025
169 26 A smart guy won't get anywhere August 7 2025

Shorties

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Shorties (2023)
No. Title Netflix sequence Russian viewers (millions)
1 Amusement Rides TBA TBA
2 Toy Store TBA TBA
3 Superpizza TBA TBA
4 Airport TBA TBA
5 Fashion TBA TBA
6 Cinema TBA TBA

Specials

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Specials (2022–2023)
No. Title Netflix sequence Russian viewers (millions)
1 The Legend of the 12 Months TBA TBA
2 Say Cheese! TBA TBA

International versions

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Masha and the Bear left Universal Kids in the US on 1 January 2023, but cable TV providers like Charter Spectrum and DirecTV state that it is still there, and also streaming services like FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV, and DirecTV Stream. The show returned to Universal Kids in the US on 4 August 2023 after seven months of being off the air.[24][better source needed]

Spin-offs

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Masha's Tales

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Logo of Masha's Tales

A spin-off series to the show titled Masha's Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms' Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she is telling her toys. Masha's Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK's sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito, on 20 June 2016.[25]

Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:

No. Title Director
1 The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids Denis Chervyatsov [26]
2 The Magic Swan Geese Denis Chervyatsov
3 The Fox and the Rabbit 23 October 2017[27]
4 Red Riding Hood 24 October 2017
5 Father Frost 25 October 2017[28]
6 The Wolf and the Fox 26 October 2017
7 The Tops and the Roots 27 October 2017[29]
8 The Frog Princess 28 October 2017
9 The Snow Maiden 28 October 2017[28]
10 Tom Thumb 29 October 2017
11 Wee Little Havroshechka 29 October 2017[30]
12 The Straw Bull-Calf 30 October 2017
13 Three Little Pigs 30 October 2017[31]
14 The Valiant Little Taylor 11:27 7 February 2018
15 Ali Baba 26 November 2017[32]
16 Cinderella 1 November 2017
17 Caliph Stork 11:20 am 9 February 2018[33]
18 Jack and the Beanstalk 2 November 2017
(reruns 9 February 2018 at 11:27 am)
19 The Swineherd 11:20 am 11 February 2018[34]
20 Bluebeard 11:27 am 11 February 2018
21 By the Pike's Wish 11:20 am 12 February 2018[35]
22 The Fox and the Rolling Pin 11:27 am 12 February 2018
23 Axe Porridge 11:20 am 13 February 2018[36]
24 Go I Know Not Whither
(TV guides misspell "Whither" as "Wither")		 11:27 am 13 February 2018
25 The Golden Cockerel 11:20 am 14 February 2018[37]
26 The Humpbacked Horse 11:27 am 14 February 2018

Masha's Spooky Stories

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Masha's Spooky Stories premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix on Halloween 2016.[25]

Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:

No. Title Original release date
1 Soul Freezing Tale of Grim Forest and Tiny Timid Bug 11:20 am 15 February 2018[38]
2 Super Scary Story of a Little Boy Who Was Afraid of Washing 11:27 am 15 February 2018
3 Terrifying True Story About Monsters and Those Who Fear Them 11:20 am 16 February 2018[39]
4 Troubled Fable About a Kitten Who Was Lost But Found 11:27 am 16 February 2018
5 Nightmarish Kids Belief About Christmas Rhymes
(aka "A ghastly belief about New Year verselet")		 11:20 am 17 February 2018[40]
6 Grim Parable About Superstitious Girl
(aka "A gloomy parable of a superstitious girl")		 11:27 am 17 February 2018
7 Grim Testament About One Snotty Boy
(aka "A gloomy covenant about a snotty boy")		 11:20 am 18 February 2018[41]
8 Grim Tale About One Girl Who Was Afraid of Animals 11:27 am 18 February 2018
9 Horrifying Story of Grandmother and Grandson
(aka "A horrific story about a Grandma and her Grandson")		 11:20 am 20 February 2018[42]
10 A Myth Full of Grief and Despair About One Historical Error
(aka "A full of despair myth about a historical mistake")		 11:27 am 20 February 2018
11 Panic Unbearable Legend About the Insects 11:20 am 21 February 2018
12 Troubled Story About Baba-yaga 11:27 am 21 February 2018
13 Sinister Saga of a Sick Tummy and a Girl Who Was Afraid of Doctors 11:20 am 22 February 2018
14 Fantastic Story About a Hedgehog, a Boy and Green Humanoids 11:27 am 22 February 2018
15 Horrible True Story of How a Boy Was Transferred to Another School 11:20 am 23 February 2018
16 A Terrible Tale About a Cow Herder on a Stump 11:27 am 23 February 2018
17 A Ghost Bike Saga Which Makes You Shiver 11:20 am 24 February 2018
18 Scary Story About Spooky Stories
(A classic spooky story.)		 11:27 am 24 February 2018
19 Creepy Tale About Useful Inventions
(A spooky story about useful inventions.)		 11:20 am 25 February 2018
20 Gloomy Story About the Darkest Dreams
(Computer games with monsters.)		 11:27 am 25 February 2018
21 Terrible Legend About Thunder and Lightning
(A story about thunder and lightning.)		 11:20 am 26 February 2018
22 Terrible Truth About Those Who Are Afraid to Be Little
(A story about being little.)		 11:27 am 27 February 2018
23 Bloodcurdling Saga about Joyful Event
(Hearing news about joyful events.)		 11:20 am 27 February 2018
24 Monstrous Tale about Tall and Short
(Masha discovers a strange law of nature.)		 11:27 am 27 February 2018
25 Frightening Incident at the Circus
(A scary story about a strange clown.)		 11:20 am 28 February 2018
26 Shocking Story About a Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything
(A story about a girl who is afraid of everything.)		 11:27 am 28 February 2018

See also

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References

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