Galina Lebedeva (Russian: Галина Лебедева) was a Russian children's writer, poetess and screenwriter. The cartoon of the same name was created in 1977 based on the fairy tale "How Masha Fought with the Pillow". In 1985, based on the fairy tale "The Adventures of the Cucumber Horse", the cartoon "Cucumber Horse" was filmed.
After graduating from the institute, Galina Lebedeva writes books "How Masha Fought with a Pillow" (was translated into 50 languages, and Galina's first daughter became the prototype of the heroine), "Bathhouse", "Ant Country", "Captain", "Happy Nest". Based on her fairy tales, the cartoons "How Masha Quarreled with the Pillow" , "Cucumber Horse" , "The Case of the Hippopotamus"...
