Name of clay animation Russian folk tale seen on PBS in 80s?

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Does anyone know the name of a clay animated Russian? folk tale that was shown on PBS ~20-25 years ago? I believe there was a blimp of some sort but most memorable were the heros who all had unique abilities. One guy had stilt legs, another could run fast, a woman who could tolerate being inside an oven, etc. (Almost like 5 Chinese Brothers)

I seem to remember they were trying to fight an evil czar. I would love to try and find a copy of it somewhere.

Additionally, or another possible way to find it:
It was shown in shorter segments on a weekly PBS Sunday morning program. Any ideas for what program/show the clay animation might have been on?

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Maybe The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship?

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Awesome, that’s it. Thanks, ElvisL1ves!

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Whoa, I remember seeing that as a kid too. What a wonderful bit of nostalgia! I did some looking around and found it on YouTube; I thoroughly enjoyed watching that again for the first time in nearly twenty years. You have my thanks as well, Elvis!

(And a round of applause for PBS, too; their programming of the late eighties and early nineties was an unforgettable part of my childhood. Brilliant stuff, almost all of it!)

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Yep, this one was an old favorite of mine as a kid, too.

(Kinda figures that a Russian fairy tale would figure a way to work in a sniper, somehow. :wink: )