Glamour Snezhik as a Symbol of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games

By Angel | November 14, 2007 4:26 am |

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The Sochi 2014 Winter Games is a chance for the Russians and the Russian Federation, to prove - they are able of achieving great successes in both economic situation and sport. But, let’s keep our eye single, Russian sportsmen are not bad, and their school of figure skating is a legendary one.

So, the symbol of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games is still unknown. Some people claim it to be a Cheburashka or a Mammoth, others believe in Olympic Misha triumphal return. But, I want you to get acquainted with one more competitor - a glamour Snezhik. A father of this creature is Andrey Chesnokov, Snezhik is a non-official symbol of city Snezhinsk.

snezhik_picture Snezhik is a close relative of a Snowman and a Big-foot. It was born in 1997 and occupied the 2nd place in the contest for the holiday symbol of Snezhinsk-city. But, this small funny white creature from snow, turned to be a very popular guy in Russia, so Andrey made cartoons about it and people even made a monument to Snezhik - people adore it. Snezhik is a happy small boy with an irresistable smile. He makes people laugh and their mood definitely goes up. This small boy even has 2 own sites, the 1st one is devoted to Snezhik - his life, adventures and friends. Also, there everybody concerned can find cartoons about Snezhik. And the 2nd one is about Snezhik promotion. Many people want it to be the official symbol of Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

The official contest are reported to be announced late in November. According to Andrey, Mammoth advertising campaign is tough and covers almost of all mass-media means. But, the founder still believes he and Snezhik has some chances. Andrey has no money and no VIP-friends, but, Internet-voting is already opened, so choose, please!

Olympic Mammoth - Will be Cartoon Hero

By Angel | September 28, 2007 5:41 am |

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On the 26the of October was announced, that in Russia will be released a brand-new cartoon about Olympic Mammoth, though, the symbol of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is not officially announced, some people predict it to be a Mammoth. 22nd Olympic games mascot - Olympic Mammoth

This cartoon will be made because of the Organizational Committee request. Mammoth will be an official mascot of the Russian Olympic Games. The authors of the cartoon are sure, that it will help to make the image of mammoth popular and tell to rest of the world, that mammoths didn’t die, they just fallen asleep. Plot of the cartoon has strong connection to sport. “Even if our mammoth flies from St. Petersburg to Sochi on board the plane, he will be wearing skis, for instance”, said Ilkovskij (one of cartoon makers).

Animators are going to create more than 100 short series. The first cartoon is going to hit Russian TV screens in the middle of November. It will tell about mammoths in Russia and their sport preferences. Various music will be used it the cartoon and composer Oleg Popkov is going to write main song to it.