:Smekh i gore u Bela morya) is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio.

In the evening, several Pomor men have brought in their boats for the day and are relaxing in a fishermen's hut by the light of a kerosene lamp.

A tale by Stepan Pisakhov of how the villagers of the Arkhangelsk Governorate (along with the polar bears who work for them) sell "eternal icebergs", which they use in place of boats.

This is a tale about a brown bear who finds some baking powder, makes himself white, and attempts to sneak into a village.

This tale is about how a German merchant buys frozen songs from the people and shows them to a packed concert hall in Germany.

In an attempt to make some money for a living, Ivan decides to sell first his hat, then his shirt and finally, his fancy blazer.

Now living rich, he impresses the Tsar with a brand-new crystal bridge built for him overnight and demands one of his daughters' hand in marriage.

Left on the island with no hope of escape or rescue, and knowing that they are going to die, they come to the conclusion the nobody is going to have anything to remember them by and so decide to carve their story on the piece of wood which they used for cutting fish.

The third short film, which featured The Sawess and The Orange stories, was released under the name Novels of Arkhangelsk (Архангельские новеллы).

By God's judgement or by our own dumb error Our boat was lost with our fishing gear and provisions, And we, brothers, were forced on this barren rock To wait for the hour of death.

To distract our minds from timeless boredom To this whole board we applied our determined hands... Ondriyan graced this frame with carvings for mirth, Ivan wrote the chronicle for disclosing That we are of Lichutin kin, sons of Grigoriy, Mezen townsmen.

Чтоб ум отманить от безвременной скуки, К сей доске приложили мы старательны руки.