Yeralash is a Russia

Russia

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n (formerly Soviet

Soviet Union

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) children's comedy

Comedy

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 TV show and children's comedy magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word Eralash means "muddle, mess, or jungle" in the Russian language.

TV show

The Yeralash TV show is aired on the Channel One

Channel One (Russia)

Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...

 and features mostly child actors. Yeralash's first episode took place in 1974. As of August 2009, 221 episode

Episode

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s have been produced. A typical episode consists of two to four unrelated comedy scenes. The show featured numerous notable present-day Russian celebrities such as singer Yulia Volkova from the band t.A.T.u.

T.A.T.u.

t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...

, singer Vlad Topalov and singer Glyukoza.

Magazine

Yeralash also produces a children's comedy magazine; twelve issues had been published by October 2009. The magazines featured anecdote

Anecdote

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s and humorous stories. Each magazine consists of seven to thirteen articles. It is published by the Drofa publishing house.