Wolf Well, Just You Wait

The Wolf can play the guitar (and the gusli, albeit only in his sleep) and sing in a hoarse voice in the style of Vysotsky. He's a decent dancer, skis, and skates skillfully. He's a poor driver of a car or motorcycle. He's much better at operating a truck crane, a combine harvester, and other similar machinery (perhaps the only thing he's somewhat proficient in). Judging by the Wolf's lifestyle (his clothes, the furnishings of his room, etc.), he doesn't have a permanent job, but occasionally earns a good income through odd jobs, allowing him to afford things that were quite expensive for the time (a beautiful new Jawa motorcycle), although there are also periods of hardship. For example, in Episode 10, he worked part-time at a construction site.

Wolf's signature attire is black flared trousers. In Episode 7 (set on a ship), Wolf is dressed entirely in a sailor's uniform. In Episode 4, Wolf wears a tracksuit, and in the prequel to Episode 8, he wears a ski suit, both of which highlight his slightly protruding belly. Wolf's thin arms and belly suggest a lack of regular exercise, which in the 1970s was a sign of a lazy lifestyle. Wolf's image is associated with the negative image of a hipster, thanks to his tasteless pink shirt, green striped cap (revised in Episode 5 during the watermelon scene), and yellow polka-dot tie, which he wears in certain scenes. In several episodes (3, 4, 8) throughout the film, he gradually loses all his clothes (symbolizing the accompanying revelation of the false role he has assumed: a tough biker, a champion athlete, a Snow Maiden), remaining in boxer shorts with a large flower print and a hole for his tail. Finally, in episode 6, he loses his underwear as well, donning a scarecrow's robe, hung with tin cans. In episode 19, he steals clothes from a pig (a hat, bras, a sarong with a goldfish) in order to catch a hare.

The Wolf is resourceful and cunning in his own way, always devising new ways to catch the Hare, which, however, he never succeeds. Each time he plots against the Hare, the Wolf finds himself in a foolish and comical situation. Unlike the evil, murderous Wolf of Russian folk tales, the Wolf's villainy is not particularly serious. The Wolf, of course, is also a villain here, a hooligan; however, he is not bloodthirsty or terrifying; rather, he is rather stupid. The Wolf is very agile, performing various acrobatic stunts, but all his efforts often fail.

Sometimes the Wolf smokes, but it is unlikely that he can be called a heavy smoker: in 5 episodes, namely the 4th, 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th, he is never shown smoking; in 6 episodes (3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 14th), the Wolf is shown smoking only in the prologue, but not in the main part of the episode; in another 7 episodes (1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 18th), he is shown smoking in separate episodes of the main part of the episode, but the Wolf's smoking takes up less than half of the screen time. There is not a single episode (except for "0") where he smokes constantly, throughout the entire episode. It seems that the Wolf's ICH is low. Finally, in episode 19, Wolf finally quits smoking.