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His best known directorial works are "Hitruka", "Winnie the Pooh", "the story of one crime", "film-film-a film" and "Kanikuly Bonifatsiya".

Winner of the National Prize of the GDR (1971).

Winner of two USSR State Prizes (1976, 1982).

He was vice-president of the International Association of Animated Films (ASIFA) (1980-1988).

From 1996 to 2000 he was Honorary President of the Association of Animated Film of Russia.

2006 - Nika Award - For Outstanding Contribution to Russian Cinema.