A monument to the main hero of legendary cartoon “Hedgehog in Fog” has appeared in center of Kyiv, at a crossroads of Zolotovoritska, Reytarska, and Heorhiyivska streets.

The monument is made of wood and represents a hedgehog sitting with a sack on a high stump. The author of the sculpture is the Kyiv Landscape Initiative.

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“Hedgehog in Fog” cartoon was produced in 1975 by Yuri Norstein (director), Francheska Yarbuzova (production designer), Serhy Kozlov (script writer).

In the year 2003, basing on results of a survey of 140 cinema critics and animators from different countries, “Hedgehog in Fog” was declared the best cartoon in the history of animation.