Ivanushka

Ivanushka is a hypocoristic for the given name Ivan. It is commonly used in Russian fairy tales. Notable characters with the name include:

• Ivanushka-durachok, or Ivan the Fool, the protagonist in:
• How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
• Ivanushka, protagonist in:
• "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka", the Russian version of "Brother and Sister"
• Jack Frost (1964 film)
• Ivanushka in the Land of Tales, trilogy of books by Sergey Zagraevsky

Other uses

• "Ivanushka", a 2009 demo adapted into "Touch-Tone Telephone" by Lemon Demon in 2016
• "Ivanushka", a song performed in Where Has Love Gone? (film)
• "Ivanushka Durachok", a song on Real Life Hits, an album released in 1985

See also

• Ivanushki International, Russian boy band
• Ivanushkin, surname derived from the name
• Ivan the Fool (disambiguation)