Crocodile Gena

Crocodile Gena

Crocodile Gena (Russian: Крокодил Гена, "Krokodil Gena") is a fictional, friendly crocodile in the series of "Cheburashka" books by Russian writer Eduard Uspenskiy. He also appears in the animated films based on the book series by Soyuzmultfilm studio.

The 50-year-old Gena works as a crocodile in a zoo. He plays the garmon and likes to sing. His two well-known songs are "Pust' begut neuklyushe..." (see below) and Goluboy vagon ("Blue Train").

Gena is best friends with Cheburashka, the title character in the series.

One rainy day, which happens to be his birthday, Gena sings the song "Пусть бегут неуклюже пешеходы по лужам..." ("In spite of the pedestrians running clumsily over the puddles..."), which contains the line: "such a pity that a birthday happens only once a year." This song, written by Vladimir Shainsky, has since become known as "Crocodile Gena's Song". It continues to be extremely popular among Russophones of various ages and generations.

He is voiced by Vasily Livanov in the animated films.


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