Russian political jokes

1923: 1820:. The Chairman gives a speech: "Dear comrades! Let's look at the amazing achievements of our Party after the revolution. For example, Maria here, who was she before the revolution? An illiterate peasant; she had but one dress and no shoes. And now? She is an exemplary milkmaid known throughout the entire region. Or look at Ivan Andreev, he was the poorest man in this village; he had no horse, no cow, and not even an ax. And now? He is a tractor driver with two pairs of shoes! Or Trofim Semenovich Alekseev--he was a nasty hooligan, a drunk, and a dirty gadabout. Nobody would trust him with as much as a snowdrift in wintertime, as he would steal anything he could get his hands on. And now he's Secretary of the 1725:

returns and joins the party. Five minutes later, he bends to a power outlet: "Comrade Major, some tea to Room 67, please." In a few minutes, there's a knock at the door, and in comes the lady concierge with a tea tray. The room falls silent; the party dies a sudden death, and the prankster finally gets to sleep. The next morning he wakes up alone in the room. Surprised, he runs downstairs and asks the concierge what happened to his companions. "You don't need to know!" she answers. "B-but...but what about me?" asks the terrified fellow. 'Oh, you...well...Comrade Major liked your tea gag a lot."

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second is the Soviet-style hell, where you can ALSO do anything you like, but only on condition of eating TWO bucketfuls of manure a day." The American chose the American-style Hell, and the Soviet man chose the Soviet-style one. A few months later, they met again. The Soviet man asked the American: "Hi, how are you getting on?" The American said: "I'm fine, but I can't stand the bucketful of manure every day. How about you?" The Soviet man replied: "Well, I'm fine, too, except that I don't know whether we had a shortage of manure, or if somebody stole all the buckets."

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mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations, they conclude that the rabbit does not exist. The GIGN (or FBI) goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and make no apologies: the rabbit had it coming. The KGB goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"

24: 167: 1082:(Concerning the omnipresent Lenin propaganda): A kindergarten group is on a walk in a park, and they see a baby hare. These are city kids who have never seen a hare. "Do you know who this is?" asks the teacher. No one knows. "Come on, kids", says the teacher, "He's a character in many of the stories, songs and poems we are always reading." Finally one kid works out the answer, pats the hare and says reverently, "So 1118: 1058:, the leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, typically made fun of characteristics popularized by propaganda: his supposed kindness, his love of children (Lenin never had children of his own), his sharing nature, his kind eyes, etc. Accordingly, in jokes Lenin is often depicted as sneaky and hypocritical. A popular joke set-up is Lenin interacting with the head of the secret police, 1285: 1005:). But the train doesn't start moving. Khrushchev then shouts, "Let's take the rails from behind the train and use them to lay the tracks in front" (an allusion to Khrushchev's various reorganizations). But still the train doesn't move. Then Brezhnev says, "Comrades, Comrades, let's draw the curtains, turn on the gramophone and pretend we're moving!" (an allusion to the 844:"He was sentenced to three years, served five, and then he got lucky and was released ahead of time." (The joke alludes to the common practice described by Solzhenitsyn of arbitrarily extending the term of a sentence or adding new charges.) In a similar vein, when someone asked for more of something, e.g. more boiled water in a cup, the typical retort was, " 1316:

afternoon, bright sun!" The sun replied, "Good afternoon, Leonid Il'ich! I congratulate you on becoming the newest Marshal of the Soviet Union!" As evening approached, Brezhnev stepped outside and saw the sun going down. He called out, "Good evening, golden sun!" The sun replied, "Go to hell, you old jackass! I'm in the West now!"

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In a prison, two inmates are comparing notes. "What did they arrest you for?" asks the first. "Was it a political or common crime?" "Of course it was political. I'm a plumber. They summoned me to the district Party committee to fix the sewage pipes. I looked and said, 'Hey, the entire system needs to

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and the modernization of the Russian industry and agriculture: "Communism is Soviet power plus electrification of the whole country!" The slogan was subjected to mathematical scrutiny by the people: "Consequently, Soviet power is communism minus electrification, and electrification is communism minus

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Khrushchev, surrounded by his aides and bodyguards, surveys an art exhibition. "What the hell is this green circle with yellow spots all over?" he asked. His aide answered, "This painting, comrade Khrushchev, depicts our heroic peasants fighting for the fulfillment of the plan to produce two hundred

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Khrushchev visited a pig farm and was photographed there. In the newspaper office, a discussion is underway about how to caption the picture. "Comrade Khrushchev among pigs," "Comrade Khrushchev and pigs," and "Pigs surround comrade Khrushchev" are all rejected as politically offensive. Finally, the

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leaves a meeting with Stalin, and he hears him muttering under his breath, "Murderous moustache!" He runs in to see Stalin and breathlessly reports, "I just heard Zhukov say 'Murderous moustache'!" Stalin dismisses the secretary and sends for Zhukov, who comes back in. "Who did you have in mind with

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or "Radio Yerevan" jokes have the format, "ask us whatever you want, we will answer you whatever we want". They supply snappy or ambiguous answers to questions on politics, commodities, the economy or other subjects that were taboo during the Communist era. Questions and answers from this fictitious

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An old crone had to wait for two hours to get on a bus. Bus after bus arrived filled with passengers, and she was unable to squeeze herself in as well. When she finally did manage to clamber aboard one of them, she wiped her forehead and exclaimed, "Finally, glory to God!" The driver said, "Mother,

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Stalin attends the premiere of a Soviet comedy movie. He laughs and grins throughout the film, but after it ends he says, "Well, I liked the comedy. But that clown had a moustache just like mine. Shoot him." Everyone is speechless, until someone sheepishly suggests, "Comrade Stalin, maybe the actor

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During the famine of the civil war, a delegation of starving peasants comes to the Smolny, wanting to file a petition. "We have even started eating grass like horses," says one peasant. "Soon we will start neighing like horses!" "Come now! Don't worry!" says Lenin reassuringly. "We are drinking tea

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Roosevelt and Stalin are at the meeting. Roosevelt says, "One beautiful thing about America is that we have freedom of speech. That means that anybody can stand in front of the White House and say, 'Roosevelt is a piece of shit' and nobody would pay any attention." Stalin says, "We have freedom of

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An American man and a Soviet man died on the same day and went to Hell together. The Devil told them: "You may choose to enter two different types of Hell: the first is the American-style one, where you can do anything you like, but only on condition of eating a bucketful of manure every day; the

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and proceed to get acquainted, then drunk, then noisy, singing, and telling political jokes. The fourth man desperately tries to get some sleep; finally, in frustration he surreptitiously leaves the room, goes downstairs, and asks the lady concierge to bring tea to Room 67 in ten minutes. Then he

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A Soviet man is waiting in line to purchase vodka from a liquor store, but due to restrictions imposed by Gorbachev, the line is very long. The man loses his composure and screams, "I can't take this waiting in line anymore, I HATE Gorbachev, I am going to the Kremlin right now, and I am going to

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are all trying to prove they are the best at catching criminals. The Secretary General of the UN decides to set them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest, and each of them has to catch it. The CIA people go in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and

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One morning at dawn, Brezhnev awoke to see the sun rising. He called out "Good morning, our red sun!" the sun replied, "Good morning, Leonid Il'ich, I wish you new successes for the good of the Motherland." At noon Brezhnev stepped outside and saw the sun high in the heavens. He called out "Good

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night watch spots a shadow trying to sneak by. "Stop! Who goes there? Documents!" The frightened person chaotically rummages through his pockets and drops a paper. The Guards chief picks it up and reads slowly, with difficulty: "U.ri.ne A.na.ly.sis"... "Hmm...a foreigner, sounds like..." "A spy,

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An aide says to Brezhnev, "Comrade General Secretary, you wear today one shoe black and the other brown." "Yes," Brezhnev answers, "I've noticed it myself." "Why didn't you change?" "See, I went to change, but when I looked in the closet, there was also one shoe brown and the other black." This

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Stalin reads his report to the Party Congress. Suddenly someone sneezes. "Who sneezed?" Silence. "First row! On your feet! Shoot them!" They are shot, and he asks again, "Who sneezed, Comrades?" No answer. "Second row! On your feet! Shoot them!" They are shot too. "Well, who sneezed?" At last a

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So one day, when he fell asleep at a lecture, Nikita tried telling a joke of his own in reply. He deliberately chose the shortest and most simple one, about an international violinists' competition in Paris. He almost got through it, but stumbled right at the very end and started talking about

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asked the guest, "What is your attitude to Churchill?" "Who is Churchill?" Brezhnev said. Back in the embassy, the Soviet envoy said, "Congratulations, comrade Brezhnev, you've put Thatcher in her place. She will not ask stupid questions any more." "And who is Thatcher?" Brezhnev

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million tons of grain." "Ah-h… And what is this black triangle with red strips?" "This painting shows our heroic industrial workers in a factory." "And what is this fat ass with ears?" "Comrade Khrushchev, this is not a painting, this is a mirror." (The joke alludes at the

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A military parade marches through Red Square. First pass army troops, then the equipment: tanks, artillery, missiles. Then, at the end, with a confident stride march a group of people in business suits with briefcases. President Yeltsin asks his KGB chief, "Are they your

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Boris Yeltsin is meeting with the communist faction of the parliament. Suddenly there is a bang. A squad of soldiers bursts into the room with machine guns. Everybody starts to panic. "Where is Yeltsin?" screams the leader of the soldiers. "Show us Yeltsin! Where is

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One day Lenin is shaving outside his dacha with an old-fashioned razor when a small child approaches him. "Grandfather Lenin," the child begins eagerly. "Buzz off!" replies the father of the Russian revolution. What a kind man: after all, he could have cut the kid's

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A judge walks out of his chambers laughing his head off. A colleague approaches him and asks why he is laughing. "I just heard the funniest joke in the world!" "Well, go ahead, tell me!" says the other judge. "I can't – I just gave someone ten years for

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This is another joke about how disastrous the consequences of collectivisation were on Russia's food supply, how Trotsky wanted to treat peasants harshly to uplift workers, Bukharin vice versa, and how capitalist countries were still faring well in spite of this.

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of the period of transition to communism: the authorities pretend they are paying wages, workers pretend they are working. Alternatively, "So long as the bosses pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work." This joke persisted essentially unchanged through the

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A: Yes. In the USA, you can stand in front of the White House in Washington, DC, and yell, "Down with Ronald Reagan," and you will not be punished. Equally, you can also stand in Red Square in Moscow and yell, "Down with Ronald Reagan," and you will not be

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violin, and cannot stop bragging about it. The violinist who came in last grunts: "What's so special about that?" The first one thinks for a minute: "Let me put it to you this way: just imagine that you were given the chance to fire a couple of shots from

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A frightened man came to the KGB. "My talking parrot has disappeared." "That's not the kind of case we handle. Go to the criminal police." 'Excuse me, of course I know that I must go to them. I am here just to tell you officially that I disagree with the

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Brezhnev is dying; a doctor and some politburo are present in the room. With his last breath, Brezhnev demands "Get me a priest!" and expires. Only the doctor hears this clearly. A Politburo member asks the doctor what Brezhnev said. The doctor replies

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kill him!" After 40 minutes the man returns and elbows his way back to his place in line. The crowd begin to ask if he has succeeded in killing Gorbachev. "No, I got to the Kremlin all right, but the line to kill Gorbachev was even longer than here!"

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announcement: "Today, due to bad health and without regaining consciousness, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko took up the duties of Secretary General." (The first element in the sentence is the customary form of words at the beginning of state leaders'

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and under socialism?" "Under the tsarist regime, power was transferred from father to son, and under socialism – from grandfather to grandfather." (A play on words: in Russian, 'grandfather' is traditionally used in the sense of 'old

1335:, Brezhnev begins his speech: "O!"–applause. "O!"–more applause. "O!"–yet more applause. "O!"–an ovation. "O!!!"–a standing ovation from the whole audience. An aide comes running to the podium and whispers, "Leonid Ilyich, those are the 1847:

A man walks into a shop and asks, "You wouldn't happen to have any fish, would you?" The shop assistant replies, "You've got it wrong – ours is a butcher's shop. We don't have any meat. You're looking for the fish shop across the road.

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has died, but his body lives on". (An allusion to Brezhnev's mental feebleness coupled with the medically assisted staving off of his death. Additional comedic effect in the second variant is produced by the fact that the words 'cause'

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includes "(1) classics of Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism on elephants; (2) Russia, the elephants' homeland, (3) the Soviet elephant, the world's best elephant (4) the Belorussian elephant, the Russian elephant's little brother."

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An artist is commissioned to create a painting celebrating Soviet–Polish friendship, to be called "Lenin in Poland." When the painting is unveiled at the Kremlin, there is a gasp from the invited guests; the painting depicts

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are excellent?" Armenian Radio answers: "It is true. Five years ago a listener of ours raised the same question and was sent to one, reportedly to investigate the issue. He hasn't returned yet; we are told that he liked it

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A newspaper account of a Russian tsar's coronation had, instead of "korona" (crown), the misprint "vorona" (crow), and when next day this was apologetically ‘corrected,’ it got misprinted a second time as "korova"

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Stalin appears to Putin in a dream and says: "I have two bits of advice for you: kill off all your opponents and paint the Kremlin blue." Putin asks, "Why blue?" Stalin: "I knew you would not object to the first

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A new arrival to Gulag is asked: "What were you given ten years for?" – "For nothing!" – "Don't lie to us here, now! Everybody knows 'for nothing' is three years." (This joke was reported from the

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leans toward the president and whispers, "Those people are my economists. They don't look like much. But they have horrifying powers of destruction. Within a couple of weeks they can destabilize any economy."

784:"Comrade Brezhnev, is it true that you collect political jokes?" – "Yes" – "And how many have you collected so far?" – "Three and a half labor camps." (Compare with a similar 326:

In Imperial Russia, most political jokes were of the polite variety that circulated in educated society. Few of the political jokes of the time are recorded, but some were printed in a 1904 German anthology.

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is a moron!" and was arrested by a policeman. "No, sir, I meant not our respected Tzar, but another Nikolay!" - "Don't try to trick me: if you say 'moron', you are obviously referring to our Tsar!"

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Why was Khrushchev defeated? Because of the Seven "C"s: Cult of personality, Communism, China, Cuban Crisis, Corn, and Cuzka's mother. (In Russian, this is the seven "K"s. To "show somebody

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commonly revolved around the economic shocks caused by privatisation, the rapid democratisation of the Russian political scene, and corruption and authoritarianism by Yeltsin's government.

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parade, a very old Jew carries a placard that reads, "Thank you, comrade Stalin, for my happy childhood!" A Party representative approaches the old man. "What's that? Are you mocking our

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After a speech, Brezhnev confronts his speechwriter. "I asked for a 15-minute speech, but the one you gave me lasted 45 minutes!" The speechwriter replies: "I gave you three copies...."

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says to another: "No, my friend, we will not live long enough to see communism, but our children...our poor children!" (An allusion to the slogan "Our children will live in Communism!")

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calls Stalin: "Have you found your pipe?" "Yes," replies Stalin. "I found it under the sofa." "This is impossible!" exclaims Beria. "Three people have already confessed to this crime!"

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Dora Shturman, Sergei Tiktin (1985) "Sovetskii Soiuz v zerkale politicheskogo anekdota" ("Soviet Union in the Mirror of the Political Joke"), Overseas Publications Interchange Ltd.,

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What are the new requirements for joining the Politburo? You must now be able to walk six steps without the assistance of a cane, and say three words without the assistance of paper.

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said he did not have to buy tickets to the funerals, as he had a subscription to these events. As Andropov's bad health became common knowledge (he was eventually attached to a

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to step outside with him. "Listen," says Yeltsin, "yesterday, you said to parliament that all politicians in this country are for sale. Does that mean that I am for sale, too?"

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At a meeting of the State Duma, a deputy shows up wearing shorts and a tee shirt. "Who allowed you to show up at a parliamentary session looking like that?" demands Yeltsin.

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Somebody knocks at the door of Brezhnev's office. Brezhnev walks to the door, sets glasses on his nose, fetches a piece of paper from his pocket and reads, "Who's there?"

945:("Red Star"). All three were controlled and censored by the government, leading Soviet citizens to joke: 'There's no news in "Truth", and there's no truth in "News".' ( 1784:

in a TV. (Variation: "You can't wipe your ass with a TV" – a reference to the shortage of toilet paper in USSR, which forced people to use newspapers instead.)

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refers to Brezhnev's senility. Another variation is that his response is "Why yes, what is so strange about that? We have another pair back at home just like these"

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in the original Russian), wants to change his surname, and asks the Tsar for permission. The Tsar gives his decision in writing: "Permitted to subtract two asses".

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Another TASS announcement: "Dear comrades, of course you're going to laugh, but the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the entire Soviet nation, has

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Mikhail Gorbachev was occasionally mocked for his poor grammar, but perestroika-era jokes usually made fun of his slogans and ineffective actions, his

748:.' The third one says: 'I got to work right on time, and they charged me with harming the Soviet economy by acquiring a watch in a capitalist country. 1181:? Everyone can see that when you were a child, comrade Stalin hadn't yet been born!" The old man replies, "That's precisely why I'm grateful to him!" 620:

A: As you know, under communism, the state will be abolished, together with its means of suppression. People will know how to self-arrest themselves.

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Jokes about Stalin usually refer to his paranoia and contempt for human life. Stalin's words are typically pronounced with a heavy Georgian accent.

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Three mothers chat while taking a stroll with their babies. "I'm sure my boy is going to be a doctor. Look how carefully he examines his pinkie!?"

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This joke is in reference to Russia's numerous political and economic crises under Yeltsin, and the government's refusal to take responsibility.

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speech in the Soviet Union, too. Anybody can stand in front of the Kremlin and say, 'Roosevelt is a piece of shit' and no one would bat an eye."

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was a humour-producing machine. Its economic theories and system of repression created inherently amusing situations. There were jokes under

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Ben Lewis claims that the political conditions in the Soviet Union were responsible for the unique humour produced there; according to him, "

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President Vladimir Putin has released a new programme for reform. Its first goal: To make people rich and happy. (List of people attached.)

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A voice asks a lawmaker at a national parliamentary congress, "Excuse me, deputy, but would you please move. We cannot see the Presidium."

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publications, to have invented the airplane, steam engine, radio, and lightbulb, and promoted the pseudoscientific agricultural claims of

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as a Nation", which is a mock ethnographic essay intended to "prove" that the inhabitants of the Gulag Archipelago constitute a separate

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He comments on the uncanny linguistic parallelism between the English-language "crown-crow-cow" and the Russian "korona–vorona–korova".

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Yeltsin wakes up with a huge New Year's Day hangover. "Now," he thinks, "I need to find someone who remembers what I said last night."

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Jokes from these times have a certain historical value, depicting the character of the epoch almost as well as long novels might.

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William Henry Chamberlin, "The "Anecdote": Unrationed Soviet Humor", The Russian Review, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 27-34

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are all travelling together in a railway carriage. Unexpectedly, the train stops. Lenin suggests: "Perhaps we should announce a

637:") – after delivering a normal amount of agricultural products, prosperous peasants, especially those declared to be 4835: 4252: 3185:"На «России 1» рассказали анекдот про Путина, который угощает всех за счет заведения. Правда, Путина заменили на главу Минфина" 3016: 2398: 2141:

Putin is in hell. When he gets a day pass to visit Earth, he goes into a bar in Moscow, orders a vodka and insistently asks if

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A: A capitalist fairy tale begins, "Once upon a time, there was...." A Marxist fairy tale begins, "Some day, there will be...."

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Quite a few jokes and other humour capitalized on the fact that Soviet citizens were under KGB surveillance even when abroad:

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doesn't recognize himself: I say 'Hello, comrade Pelshe,' and he responds 'Hello, Leonid Ilyich, but I'm not Pelshe.' Comrade

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A quartet of violinists returns from an international competition. One of them was honored with the opportunity to play a

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Q: What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A: Make communism look good.

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flying low, cawing "Perestroika! Uskoreniye!" Baba Yaga: "This old stupid worm! Told him not to eat communists already!"

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funeral – by the way, why is he absent? – nobody but me invited a lady for a dance when the music started playing."

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suffered a great loss." The phrase "of course you're going to laugh" (вы, конечно, будете смеяться) is a staple of the

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sobbing cry resounds in the Congress Hall, "It was me! Me!" Stalin says, "Bless you, Comrade!" and resumes his speech.

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stage. The Soviet Union thus cast itself as a socialist country trying to build communism, which was supposed to be a

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In the parliamentary personnel office, a clerk asks a lawmaker, "How long were you at your last place of employment?"

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Q: What is the difference between the Constitutions of the US and USSR? Both of them guarantee freedom of speech.

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Meeting a foreign leader at the airport, Brezhnev begins to read his prepared speech: "Dear and much-respected

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saying, "We were going the wrong way anyway!" and changing the train's direction (alluding to his policies of

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be organized. According to unofficial sources, work on the construction of the table has already begun.

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In its declaration of national glories, the Soviet government claimed at various times, such as through

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Quite a few jokes capitalized on the cliché used in Soviet speeches of the time: "Dear Leonid Ilyich."

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A: Put up a sign saying "collective farm". Then half the mice will starve, and the rest will run away.

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shaves off his moustache?" Stalin replies, "Good idea! First shave, then shoot!" / "Or he can shave."

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At the business forum in Saint Petersburg Putin called on investors to invest in Russian businesses.

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The TV vs the fridge: A Russian joke shows why Putin's propaganda isn't working on his own people

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Some jokes allude to notions long forgotten. These relics are still funny, but may look strange.

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Lenin coined a slogan about how communism would be achieved thanks to the political power of the

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in the strict sense is the final stage of evolution of a society after it has passed through the

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Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes and Jokes

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The communists jump out their seats, point, and yell: "That's him! That's him! That's Yeltsin!"

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Daniela S. Hristova , "Negotiating Reality with Anekdoty: Soviet vs. Post-Soviet Humor Lore",

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Q: Which is more useful – newspapers or television? A: Newspapers, of course. You can't wrap

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Have you heard, Brezhnev had a chest-expansion surgery? — To make more space for new medals.

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Some jokes ridiculed the level of indoctrination in the Soviet Union's education system:

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too, but those systems did not create an absurd, laugh-a-minute reality like communism."

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The phone rings, Brezhnev picks up the receiver: "Hello, this is dear Leonid Ilyich...."

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Laughter through tears: Underground wit, humor, and satire in the Soviet Russian Empire

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A subgenre of the above-mentioned type of joke targets long sign-up queues for certain

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There are three periods of Russian history: pre-Petrine, Petrine, and Dnipro-Petrine.

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This makes reference to Brezhnev's vanity and frequent granting of rewards to himself.

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From the 1960s until the early 1980s, the Soviet Union had only three newspapers: the

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Tiny Revolutions in Russia: Twentieth Century Soviet and Russian History in Anecdotes

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Gulag Humour: Some Observations on Its History, Evolution, and Contemporary Resonance

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it's Margaret Thatcher," Brezhnev replies, "but this speech says it's Indira Gandhi!"

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were expected to "voluntarily" deliver the same amount again; sometimes even "double

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is like a child – he's taken my rubber donkey from my desk. And during comrade

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Telling jokes about the KGB was considered to be like pulling the tail of a tiger.

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In reference to Yeltsin's 1999 resignation, which was televised on New Year's Eve.

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A hotel. A room for four with four strangers. Three of them soon open a bottle of

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and Brezhnev says: 'Dear comrades, we have listened to reports about situation in

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Q: What's the difference between a capitalist fairy tale and a Marxist fairy tale?

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Q: What does it mean when there is no food in the country and no food in the town?

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From at least 2015, it is common in Russia to joke about the "battle between the

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A: Yes, but the Constitution of the USA also guarantees freedom after the speech.

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Q: Is it true that there is freedom of speech in the USSR, just like in the USA?

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When the quarter-century term had become the standard sentence for contravening

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Q: And what does it mean when there is food both in the country and in the town?

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Punchline variant #1: Rabinovich notes: "I would prefer it the other way round."

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A regional Communist Party meeting is held to celebrate the anniversary of the

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Q: What does it mean when there is food in the country but no food in the town?

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Q: What does it mean when there is food in the town but no food in the country?

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Putin walks into a bar and says, "beer for everyone, at the owner's expense!"

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During Brezhnev's time, the leadership of Communist Party became increasingly

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The first two periods are in reference to the periods before (pre-Petrine, or

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Satirical verses and parodies made fun of official Soviet propaganda slogans.

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Thank You, Comrade Stalin!: Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War

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The joke has persisted in the form of "Russia is the homeland of elephants" (

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V « Pravde » net izvestij , a v « Izvestijah » net pravdy

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often relate to his attempts to reform the economy, especially to introduce

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In the Soviet Union, telling political jokes could be regarded as a type of

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editor announces his decision: "Third from left – comrade Khrushchev."

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Is That You Laughing Comrade? the World's Best Russian (Underground Jokes)

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Brezhnev makes a speech: "Everyone in the Politburo has dementia. Comrade

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is the tallest building in Moscow. You can see Siberia from its basement."

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Quite a few jokes poke fun at the permanent shortages in various shops.

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It's Only a Joke, Comrade! Humour, Trust and Everyday Life under Stalin

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proudly. Many jokes about past Soviet leaders are retold about Putin:

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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

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Putin is holding a press conference. The first journalist stands up:

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times. Later 'for nothing' was elevated to five and even ten years.)

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looks like.... Let's shoot him on the spot!" Then he reads further:

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Foreign Relations of Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Ronald Reagan tells a joke about buying a car in the Soviet Union

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Partisan Journalism: A History of Media Bias in the United States

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Institute, the seat of the revolutionary communist government in

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driving the train off the rails and through a field (allusion to

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Putin thinks for a moment, then looks at the first journalist:

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If you think, speak, write and sign, then don't be surprised.

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you must not say that. You must say 'Glory to comrade Stalin!

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ridiculing the tendency to praise the Party left and right:

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Moscow suggested to Kiev that a meeting between Putin and

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with honey here, and we're not buzzing like bees, are we?"

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Three men are sitting in a cell in (the KGB headquarters)

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on TV is able to overcome the presence of empty fridges.

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Dnepropetrovsk geysers instead of Dzerzhinsky's mauser.

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Brodsky Translating Brodsky: Poetry in Self-Translation

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A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories

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He turns to the Minister of Defense: "Are they yours?"

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will give you more!" (In Russian: "Прокурор добавит!")

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This joke is an allusion to the consequences of the

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His wife asks: 714:A: The correct application of the general line. 2480: 1958:A stern President Yeltsin asks Vice President 1621: 1609:the Immortal are sitting by the window in the 1583:― Why are you telling me all this so brazenly? 776:was asked: "Is it true that conditions in our 3472: 3426:1001 избранный советский политический анекдот 2895: 2821:Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia 2081:is an isthmus or an island, and why Russians 1415: 1409: 882:radio station are known even outside Russia. 3089:"Folk Humor of Post-Soviet Russia: a Survey" 2449:"Становление личности сквозь террор и войну" 2328: 2326: 2124:In order to comply with the requirements of 346:There were also numerous politically themed 3244: 3212: 3210: 3208: 2868: 2292:Романовы. Судьба династии глазами фольклора 2243:"Humour and Protest: Jokes under Communism" 2031:are henceforth considered to be political." 1859:"What happens if Soviet socialism comes to 1745:be replaced.' So they gave me seven years." 52:Learn how and when to remove these messages 3479: 3465: 3337:Contemporary Russian Satire: A Genre Study 3114: 2983: 2722: 2603: 2511: 2509: 2507: 2424: 2422: 2420: 2027:From President's decree: "All jokes about 1009:period). A later continuation to this has 3155: 3053: 3051: 3049: 3047: 3045: 3043: 2323: 2258: 1882:The above joke was famously mentioned by 1805:If you think and speak, then don't write. 965:). Variant translations include: 'In the 225:Learn how and when to remove this message 207:Learn how and when to remove this message 149:Learn how and when to remove this message 3216: 3205: 3115:Bershidsky, Leonid (21 September 2018). 2548: 2546: 2522:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 10. 2428: 2396: 2378: 2176:: his opponents do it accusingly, while 1921: 1704: 1283: 1267:, Khrushchev's thunderous denouncing of 1200: 1116: 1041: 183:Relevant discussion may be found on the 4132:Collective Security Treaty Organization 2968: 2901: 2824:. Henry Holt and Company. p. 508. 2792:"Russia's Long Romance with Patriotism" 2723:Musiyezdov, Oleksiy (2 February 2022). 2691: 2661: 2515: 2504: 2417: 2397:Koestler, Arthur (September 15, 2015). 1571:― Why have they got a bite out of them? 1442: 4882: 3040: 2973:. City Lights Publishers. p. 116. 2847: 2633: 2580: 2332:Ben Lewis (2008) "Hammer and Tickle", 2247:International Review of Social History 1732:(or in some versions of the joke, the 1670:. This was joked about in the phrase " 1339:, you don't need to read all of them!" 916: 3690:Judicial system of the Russian Empire 3460: 3387: 2874: 2843: 2841: 2817: 2813: 2811: 2789: 2785: 2783: 2692:Timothy, Heritage (6 February 2014). 2552: 2543: 1892: 1141:) is standing outside the Kremlin as 435: 4829:Unified Sports Classification System 3086: 2556:Ultimate Russian: Basic-intermediate 2309:. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 120. 2294:(in Russian). 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(2016-02-05). 2559:. Living Language. p. 388. 2366:on jokes in Communist countries, 2083:are building an embankment there 2053:The second journalist stands up: 1917: 165: 63: 22: 3416:1001 Soviet political anecdotes 3276:"Communist jokes - Funny bones" 3269: 3238: 3177: 3149: 3108: 3080: 3002: 2962: 2941: 2762: 2742: 2716: 2655: 2627: 2597: 2442: 2065:The third journalist stands up: 2063:– Putin: Next question, please. 1802:If you think, then don't speak. 1459:, died in 1984. His successor, 1249:United Nations General Assembly 1205:"Khrushchev demands: overthrow 1031:the breakup of the Soviet Union 383: 74:needs additional citations for 41:or discuss these issues on the 2848:Brooks, Jeffrey (2021-04-13). 2390: 2385:A review of the Ben Lewis book 2369: 2347: 2298: 2283: 2234: 2113:Vladimir Putin's meeting table 1455:was 70. Brezhnev's successor, 1137:A secretary (in some versions 1: 4037:Political abuse of psychiatry 3431:A collection of Russian jokes 3009:Телевизор против холодильника 2986:"Russia's War: Fridge vs. TV" 2818:Figes, Orlando (2002-10-21). 2228: 1510:Odesa humor and way of speech 1251:, allegedly referring to the 1196: 1060:Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky 969:there is no news, and in the 862: 394:Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) 4682:Traditions and superstitions 3158:"Heard the one about Putin?" 3060:"Humor as Political Protest" 2772:(in Russian). 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