At the Back of the Class
На задней парте
Na zadney partye (ru)
Description:
Olga Znaykina, an excellent student, and Boris Leykin, a bad student, sit next to each other in the back row. Olya dreams of turning Leykin into an excellent student, but (at least at first) he continues to be a loser and mischievous.
The series was meant for school children and introduced a number of subjects in an engaging, imaginative manner. More information can be found on the Russian Wikipedia.
A note about the nicknames that the kids call each other: Boris's nickname for Olga is "Zaznaykina" - a combination of her actual surname and "zaznayka", a school-yard insult similar to the English "Poindexter". Olga's nickname for Boris is "Barmaleykin", a combination of his actual surname and the character "Barmaley" from Chukovskiy's children's poem, a wicked buccaneer who steals and eats children (see, for example, this 1941 cartoon).
Entries in this series:
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At the Back of the Class (1)
На задней парте (1)
Na zadney parte (1)
1978 – 00:10:00 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Ugarov Valeriy
Comedy, Domestic life, History, Sci-fi & space, Surrealism/dream-logic – cutout, drawn (cel), mixed
8.41 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Cynir, Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by ?)
Olga Znaykina, an excellent student, and Boris Leykin, a bad student, sit next to each other in the back row. Olya dreams of turning Leykin into an excellent student, but he continues to be a loser and mischievous.2024-04-042024-03-26 -
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At the Back of the Class (2)
На задней парте (2)
Na zadney partye (2)
1980 – 00:09:42 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Ugarov Valeriy
Comedy, Domestic life – drawn (cel)
14.32 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Cynir, Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by ?, Niffiwan₃)
Forced to take a make-up exam, Boris instead uses a time-machine to try and make his rival, Olga, fail her exam.2024-04-062024-03-26 -
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At the Back of the Class (3)
На задней парте (3)
Na zadney partye (3)
1984 – 00:08:58 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Ugarov Valeriy
Comedy, Domestic life, Misc., Surrealism/dream-logic – drawn (cel)
6.35 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Cynir, Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by ?), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)
The bad student Boris lets star pupil Olga help him study physics for a make-up exam.2024-04-072024-03-26 -
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At the Back of the Class (4)
На задней парте (4)
Na zadney partye (4)
1985 – 00:10:15 – Russian – Soyuzmultfilm – Ugarov Valeriy
Comedy, Domestic life, History, Misc., Surrealism/dream-logic – drawn (cel)
6.88 ws – Subtitles: English (good⭳ – by Cynir, Niffiwan), Estonian (unknown⭳ – by Pastella), Russian (unknown⭳ – by ?, Niffiwan₃), Vietnamese (unknown⭳ – by Cynir)
The bad student Leykin gets lessons in geography and history. The final episode.2024-04-072024-03-26
