Vladimir Dakhno

Born in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] on March 7, 1932 — died July 28, 2006 (aged 74)

Volodymyr Dakhno was a Ukrainian animator, animation film director and scriptwriter. Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (1988), People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). Best known for the animation series Cossacks ("Як козаки..."). Worked at Kyivnaukfilm (currently, Ukranimafilm).