罗曼·加查诺夫，Roman Kachanov was born on February 25, 1921 in Smolensk, Smolensk uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, RSFSR as Roman Abelevich Kachanov. He was a director and writer, known for Cheburashka (1972), Krokodil Gena (1969) and Shapoklyak (1974). He died on March 4, 1993 in Moscow, Russia.