Space dogs Belka & StrelkaSputnikThese two mixed-breed dogs went into space even before Yuri Gagarin. He confronts a criminal gang along with his friends and a robot dog named ‘Ressi’. Vladimir Bortko/Lenfilm, 1988As a result, the dog, named ‘Sharik’, turns into a hooligan and brawler man and takes the last name Sharikov, “inheriting” all the bad qualities of his donor. The Soviet Aibolit, like his British counterpart, has a faithful dog named ‘Avva’. The bronze figures have real-life prototypes: border guard Nikita Karatsupa and his dog named ‘Ingus’.