Masyanya

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Masyanya (Мася́ня) is a popular and relatively new Russian online cartoon made with Macromedia Flash animation. The title character is a woman in her twenties who lives in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Masyanya has an oval-shaped head and always wears a miniskirt and a shirt with a bare midriff. Aside from Masyanya, the main recurring character in the series is her rather dense overall-clad boyfriend Hryundel' (Хрю́ндель).

A typical Masyanya episode is only a few minutes long and consists mainly of sarcastic (and frequently absurd) commentary on contemporary Russian life. Some of the most popular episodes include one in which Masyanya and Hryundel' smoke marijuana while Hryundel' is working on live radio, one involving a sexual encounter made impossible by the lack of "shtuchki" ("thingie"), and one in which the two main characters exchange a series of increasingly awful gifts, such as a horse-shaped piñata or a bag of flying green cats.

Masyanya's popularity is rapidly growing on both sides of the Atlantic. In Russia, she made a move from the internet to television, featuring several cartoons and talk show appearances, although her popularity is mainly ailmented by internet. In Germany, translations are being made of some of the more popular episodes. In the United States, Masyanya has become an integral feature of the Middlebury College Summer Russian Language Program in Vermont.

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