The directory «Plots»
«Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat»
«Äÿäÿ Ôåäîð, ïåñ è êîò»
Uspenskiy's first book about Uncle Fedya, «Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat», was first published in Russian in 1974. The main character is a six-year-old boy who is called Uncle Fedya because he is very serious. After his parents don't let him keep Mr. Matroskin, a talking cat, Uncle Fedya leaves his home. With the dog Sharik, the three set up a home in the country, a village called Prostokvaschino (from the Russian for buttermilk). After finding a treasure, Uncle Fedya can afford to buy a tractor that runs on soup and potatoes, and a portable sun to do the heating during the winter. The book was made into a successful animated film, «Three from Buttermilk Village» (and its two sequels). Uspenskiy continued with Uncle Fedya in other books which have not, however, been as successful.
USSR, 1988.12.14, 
Postman Pechkin and friends
