context: Cheburashka is a character invented by the writer Eduard Uspensky in 1966 as one of the main characters in the book “Crocodile Gena and His Friends” and its sequels. After the release of the cartoon by Roman Kachanov, “Crocodile Gene”, filmed from this book in 1969, the character became widely known.
question: Who invented Cheburashka?
answers.text: Eduard Uspensky