Winnie-the-Pooh (Russian: Винни-Пух, romanized: Vinni-Pukh, IPA: [ˈvʲinʲːɪ ˈpux] ⓘ) is a 1969 Soviet animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk.

[1] Khitruk studied the original book by Milne first in English and only later in Russian, translated by Boris Zakhoder who became a co-writer of the first two parts of the trilogy.

[5] The main reason for the omission of the human Christopher Robin was to give all of the animal characters an equal power dynamic.

[8] The animation characters, as designed by Khitruk's team, are featured on the 1988 Soviet and 2012 Russian postal stamps; they are permanently painted on a public streetcar running through the Sokolniki Park, and their sculptures are installed in Ramenki District in Moscow.

[9] When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the director of Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked the Soviet version better than his own.