Volodymyr Dakhno

National Prize of Ukraine (1988), and a People's Artist of Ukraine (1996).^[1] Dakhno was best known for the animation series Cossacks (Козаки) which featured characters who were Zaporozhian Cossacks. He worked at Kievnauchfilm, also translated Kyivnaukfilm

Kyiv Medical Institute but almost immediately, he transferred to the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute where he studied in the class of prominent Ukrainian architect Joseph Karakis.^[4][3] Relating his study of architecture to his work in animation, Dakhno said (translated):

"It is the ability to create an image and see it in the mind. It is the same as an architect, when drawing the plan of a house, must clearly imagine the whole structure. You can be a talented person, but you cannot create a cartoon without a special vision. The thought, first of all, must be visualized in the director's imagination, and then, if lucky, it will come to life on the screen, become clear to the viewer."^[3]

On March 7, 2013, Google released a Doodle in Dakhno's memory on his 81st birthday.^[3][5]