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...

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

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 [uk] during the Russian retreat from the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The animal...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

To hang noodles on the ears (Russian: вешать лапшу на уши) is a Russian-language idiomatic expression that means to deceive or fool someone. According...

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

Redneck joke Ribaldry Riddle joke Roman jokes Romanian humour Running gag Russian jokes Russian political jokes Satire Sardarji joke Self-referential humor...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

animal was named Proshka (Russian: Прошка, diminutive from Prokhor), after Mikhail Prokhorov, another candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election...

English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian or origin. Some of them...