In Soviet Russia
"In Soviet Russia", also called the Russian reversal, is a joke template taking the general form "In America you do ''X'' to/with ''Y''; in Soviet Russia ''Y'' does ''X'' to/with you". Typically the American clause describes a harmless ordinary activity and the inverted Soviet form something menacing or dysfunctional, satirizing life under communist rule, or in the "old country". Sometimes the first clause is omitted, and sometimes either clause or both are deliberately rendered with English grammatical errors stereotypical of Russians.Although the exact origin of the joke form is uncertain, an early example is from the 1938 Cole Porter musical ''Leave It to Me!'' ("In Soviet Russia, messenger tips you."). Bob Hope used the form at the 1958 Academy Awards. In the 1968–1973 television show ''Laugh-In'', a recurring character, "Piotr Rosmenko the Eastern European Man" (played by Arte Johnson), delivered short jokes such as "Here in America, is very good, everyone watch television. In old country, television watch you!" This joke alludes to "telescreens" from George Orwell's dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', which both reproduce images and monitor the citizenry.
The joke form is often associated with the Soviet emigrant comedian Yakov Smirnoff, who used it, for example, in a 1985 Miller Lite commercial: "In America, there's plenty of light beer and you can always find a party. In Russia, Party always finds you". Another example is by Garry Kasparov: "Every country has its own mafia; In Russia, the mafia has its own country." Provided by Wikipedia
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184by Imperatorskaia akademiia nauk (Russia) Miller, Gerard Fridrikh 1705-1783 Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 Bowles, Carrington, 1724-1793Get access
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185by Imperatorskaia akademiia nauk (Russia) Miller, Gerard Fridrikh 1705-1783 Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 Bowles, Carrington, 1724-1793Get access
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187by Maria A. Perevozchikova, Igor A. Domsky, Yulia A. Berezina, Professor Zhitkov Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Kirov, Russia, Alexandr V. EconomovGet access
Published in Food Processing: Techniques and Technology (2023)
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188by Zhong, X., Hu, L., Wang, X., Yuen, K., Chen, Y., Zhang, X., Kuang, C., International Seminar On Fire And Explosion Hazards 9; 2019; Saint Petersburg, RussiaGet access
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189by Koulakov, Ivan, Shapiro, Nikolay M., Sens‐Schönfelder, Christoph, Luehr, Birger G., Gordeev, Evgeny I., Jakovlev, Andrey, Abkadyrov, Ilyas, Chebrov, Danila V., Bushenkova, Natalia, Droznina, Svetlana Y., Senyukov, Sergey L., Novgorodova, Angelika, Stupina, Tatyana, 4 Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTERRE), UMR CNRS 5375 Université Grenoble‐Alpes Grenoble France, 6 GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam Germany, 3 Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS Petropavlovsk‐Kamchatsky Russia, 1 Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS Novosibirsk Russia, 7 Kamchatkan Branch of Geophysical Survey RAS Petropavlovsk‐Kamchatsky RussiaGet access
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195by Imperatorskai͡a akademīi͡a nauk (Russia), Ruprecht, Franz Joseph, 1814-1870., Meyer, Carl Anton, 1795-1855., Claus, Carl Ernst, 1796-1864., Veesenmeyer, Gustav i.e. Karl Gustav, 1814-1901, Borshchov, Ilʹi͡a Grigorʹevich, 1833-1878.Get access
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197by Mutterlose, Jörg, Picollier, Marie‐Claire, Dzyuba, Oksana, Jagt, John, Picollier, Marie‐Claire; 2 La Vitonie 24160 Saint‐Pantaly‐d’Excideuil France, Dzyuba, Oksana; 3 A.A. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology & Geophysics SB RAS Novosibirsk RussiaGet access
Published in Papers in Palaeontology (2022)
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198by Morgenstern, Anne, Overduin, Pier Paul, Günther, Frank, Stettner, Samuel, Ramage, Justine, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Grigoriev, Mikhail N., Grosse, Guido, 1 Department of Permafrost Research Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam Germany, 6 Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences Yakutsk RussiaGet access
Published in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (2020)
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199by Ruiz‐Castillo, Eugenio, Janout, Markus, Hölemann, Jens, Kanzow, Torsten, Schulz, Kirstin, Ivanov, Vladimir, 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institut Helmholtz‐Zentrum für Polar‐ und Meeresforschung Bremerhaven Germany, 3 University of Texas Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences Austin TX USA, 4 Lomonosov Moscow State University Geography Faculty Oceanology Department Moscow RussiaGet access
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2023)
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200by Andreev, Andrei A., Nazarova, Larisa B., Lenz, Marlene M., Böhmer, Thomas, Syrykh, Ludmila, Wagner, Bernd, Melles, Martin, Pestryakova, Ludmila A., Herzschuh, Ulrike, Nazarova, Larisa B.; 1 Alfred‐Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Research Unit Potsdam Germany, Lenz, Marlene M.; 2 Institute of Geology and Mineralogy University of Cologne Germany, Böhmer, Thomas; 1 Alfred‐Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Research Unit Potsdam Germany, Syrykh, Ludmila; 3 Kazan Federal University Russia, Wagner, Bernd; 2 Institute of Geology and Mineralogy University of Cologne Germany, Melles, Martin; 2 Institute of Geology and Mineralogy University of Cologne Germany, Pestryakova, Ludmila A.; 5 North Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Yakutsk RussiaGet access
Published in Journal of Quaternary Science (2022)
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