Russian humour gains much of its wit from the inflection of the Russian language, allowing for plays on words and unexpected associations. As with any...

Russian political jokes are a part of Russian humour and can be grouped into the major time periods: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia...

Russian jokes (Russian: анекдоты, romanized: anekdoty, lit. 'anecdotes') are short fictional stories or dialogs with a punch line, which commonly appear...

countries, a popular type of humour emerged in the 1950s and 1960s featuring the fictional broadcaster called the Armenian Radio (Russian: армянское радио,...

raccoons stolen from Kherson by Russian zookeeper Oleg Zubkov during the Russian retreat from the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The animal...

dying. Black humour can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics have associated black comedy and black humour with authors as...

Bald–hairy (Russian: лысый — волосатый) is a common joke in Russian political discourse, referring to the empirical rule of the state leaders' succession...

Chastushka (Russian: частушка, IPA: [tɕɪsˈtuʂkə], plural: chastushki) is a traditional type of short Russian humorous folk song with high beat frequency...

Heart of a Dog (Russian: Собачье сердце, romanized: Sobach'ye serdtse, IPA: [sɐˈbatɕjɪ ˈsʲertsə]) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting...

Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical...

a catchphrase in the Russian language. His exploits have been enjoyed by readers throughout the Soviet times and in modern Russia. In post-Soviet times...

Draitser, Emil. (1999). Making war, not love: gender and sexuality in Russian humour. The Breast Fetish (pg. 29). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-22129-0...

is a Soviet–Russian comedian of Armenian and Jewish descent. In 2005 he was named among the most influential figures in contemporary Russia, in a survey...

In modern Russian culture, "British scientists" (Russian: Британские учёные, Britanskiye uchyonyye) is a running joke used as an ironic reference to absurd...

Obid Asomov rahbarlik lavozimiga tayinlandi "Скончался Обид Асомов" (in Russian). Газета.uz. December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018. Указ Президента...

"Humorina 2019". omr.gov.ua (in Russian). 2019. "Parade "Humorina-2017 foto"". USI (in Russian). 2017. Humorina website (in Russian) Esperanto-Humorina Archived...

To hang noodles on the ears (Russian: вешать лапшу на уши, veshat' lapshu na ushi) is a Russian-language idiomatic expression that means to deceive or...

to Russian classical literature and to Soviet cliches. Literary critic Lev Oborin [ru] draws a parallel of the novel with another prominent Russian satirical...

Humour in translation can be caused by translation errors, because of irregularities and discrepancies between certain items that translators attempt to...

Krokodil (Russian: Крокодил, IPA: [krəkɐˈdʲil] , lit. 'crocodile') was a satirical magazine published in the Soviet Union. The first issue was published...

A rayok (Russian: раёк, IPA: [rɐˈjɵk], lit. "small paradise") was a Russian fairground peep show. Performed using a box with pictures viewed through magnifying...

The Children of Lieutenant Schmidt (Russian: Дети лейтенанта Шмидта), a fictional society of swindlers, appeared in the 1931 satirical novel The Little...

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oppression of non-Russian nations and non-Orthodox Christians within the Russian Empire. For much the same reason, many non-Russians, notably Latvians...

(Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrnɐˈmɨrdʲɪn]; 9 April 1938 – 3 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician...

Antiformalist Rayok (Russian: Антиформалистический раёк), also known as Learner's Manual, without opus number, is a satirical cantata for four voices...

Rupert Thomson's 2005 novel Divided Kingdom. Classical element Comedy of humours Three Doshas of Ayurveda Five temperaments Mitama Wu Xing (Five Principles...

See Russian jokes in general, or more specifically Rabinovich jokes, Russian Jewish jokes, Russian political jokes; also History of the Jews in Russia and...

S2CID 14068723. Berlyne, D. E. (1972). "Humour and its kin", in J. H. Goldstein & P. E. McGhee (Eds.), The Psychology of Humour (pp. 43–60). New York: Academic...

Stalin] (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018. "Russian Culture Ministry...