In Soviet Russia

2011 demonstration in Wisconsin "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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    by Ellis, L., T., Ah-Peng, C., Aslan, G., Bakalin, V., A., Bergamini, A., Callaghan, D., A., Campisi, P., Raimondo, F., M., Choi, S., S., Csiky, J., Csikyné Radnai, É., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Czernyadjeva, I., V., Kalinina, Yu, M., Afonina, O., M., Domina, G., Drapela, P., Fedosov, V., E., Fuertes, E., Gabriel, R., Kubová, M., Soares Albergaria, I., Gospodinov, G., Natcheva, R., Graulich, A., Hedderson, T., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Hugonnot, V., Hyun, C., W., Kirmaci, M., Çatak, U., Kubešová, S., Kučera, J., La Farge, C., Larraín, J., Martin, P., Mufeed, B., Manju, C., N., Rajesh, K., P., Németh, C., Nagy, J., Norhazrina, N., Syazwana, N., O’ Leary, S., V., Park, S., J., Peña-Retes, A., P., Rimac, A., Alegro, A., Šegota, V., Koletić, N., Vuković, N., Rosadziński, S., Rosselló, J., Sabovljević, M., S., Sabovljević, A., D., Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Sérgio, C., Shkurko, A., V., Shyriaieva, D., Virchenko, V., M., Smoczyk, M., Spitale, D., Srivastava, P., Omar, I., Asthana, A., K., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Ștefănuţ, M.-M., Ștefănuţ, S., Tamas, G., Bîrsan, C.-C., Nicoară, G.-R., Ion, M., C., Pócs, T., Kunev, G., Troeva, E., I., van Rooy, J., Wietrzyk-Pełka, P., Węgrzyn, M., H., Wolski, G., J., Bożyk, D., Cienkowska, A.
    Published in Journal of Bryology (2021)
    Contributors: ...Botanical Garden-Institute, Far-East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia...
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    by Ellis, L., T., Ah-Peng, C., Aslan, G., Bakalin, V., A., Bergamini, A., Callaghan, D., A., Campisi, P., Raimondo, F., M., Choi, S., S., Csiky, J., Csikyné Radnai, É., Cykowska-Marzencka, B., Czernyadjeva, I., V., Kalinina, Yu, M., Afonina, O., M., Domina, G., Drapela, P., Fedosov, V., E., Fuertes, E., Gabriel, R., Kubová, M., Soares Albergaria, I., Gospodinov, G., Natcheva, R., Graulich, A., Hedderson, T., Hernández-Rodríguez, E., Hugonnot, V., Hyun, C., W., Kirmaci, M., Çatak, U., Kubešová, S., Kučera, J., La Farge, C., Larraín, J., Martin, P., Mufeed, B., Manju, C., N., Rajesh, K., P., Németh, C., Nagy, J., Norhazrina, N., Syazwana, N., O’ Leary, S., V., Park, S., J., Peña-Retes, A., P., Rimac, A., Alegro, A., Šegota, V., Koletić, N., Vuković, N., Rosadziński, S., Rosselló, J., Sabovljević, M., S., Sabovljević, A., D., Schäfer-Verwimp, A., Sérgio, C., Shkurko, A., V., Shyriaieva, D., Virchenko, V., M., Smoczyk, M., Spitale, D., Srivastava, P., Omar, I., Asthana, A., K., Staniaszek-Kik, M., Ștefănuţ, M.-M., Ștefănuţ, S., Tamas, G., Bîrsan, C.-C., Nicoară, G.-R., Ion, M., C., Pócs, T., Kunev, G., Troeva, E., I., van Rooy, J., Wietrzyk-Pełka, P., Węgrzyn, M., H., Wolski, G., J., Bożyk, D., Cienkowska, A.
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    Contributors: ...Botanical Garden-Institute, Far-East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia...
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    by Ilirjani, Altin, Bean, Clive, Gibson, Rachel K., McAllister, Ian, De Winter, Lieven, Billiet, Jaak, Frognier, Andre-Paul, Swyngedouw, Marc, de Almeida, Alberto C., Meneguello, Rachel, Popova, Radosveta, Blais, André, Everitt, Joanna, Fournier, Patrick, Gidengil, Elisabeth, Nevitte, Neil, Lagos, Marta, Linek, Lukas, Mansfeldova, Zdenka, Seidlova, Adela, Andersen, Jørgen G., Rathlev, Jakob, Paloheimo, Heikki, Pehkonen, Juhani, Gschwend, Thomas, Schmitt, Hermann, Weßels, Bernhard, Rattinger, Hans, Gabriel, Oscar, Curtice, John, Fisher, Steve, Thomson, Katarina, Pang-kwong, Li, Tóka, Gábor, Hardarson, Ólafur T., Marsh, Michael, Arian, Asher, Shamir, Michal, Schadee, Hans, Segatti, Paolo, Hirano, Hiroshi, Ikeda, Ken´ichi, Kobayashi, Yoshiaki, Kim, Hyung J., Kim, Wook, Lee, Nam Y., Isaev, Kusein, Beltrán Ugarte, Ulises, Nacif, Benito, Ocampo Alcantar, Rolando, Pérez, Olivia, Irwin, Galen A., van Holsteyn, Joop J.M., Vowles, Jack, Aardal, Bernt, Valen, Henry, Romero, Catalina, Sulmont, David, Guerrero, Linda Luz B., Licudine, Vladymir J., Sandoval, Gerardo, Jasiewicz, Krzysztof, Markowski, Radoslaw, Barreto, Antonio, Freire, Andre, Lobo, Marina C., Magalhães, Pedro, Barreto, António, Freire, André, Badescu, Gabriel, Gheorghita, Andrei, Sum, Paul, Colton, Timothy, Hale, Henry, Kozyreva, Polina, McFaul, Michael, Stebe, Janez, Tos, Niko, Díez Nicolás, Juan, Holmberg, Sören, Oscarsson, Henrik, Selb, Peter, Huang, Chi, Hawang, Shiow-Duan, Burns, Nancy, Dalton, Russell, Kinder, Donald R., Shively, W. Phillips, American National Election Studies (ANES), Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, United States
    Published 2014
    Contributors: ...Russia: Demoscope Independent Research Center, Moscow...
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    by Jorrat, Jorge Raúl, Evans, Ann, Haller, Max, Hadler, Markus, Segovia, Carolina, Bian, Yanjie, Li, Lulu, Papageorgiou, Bambos, Simonová, Natalie, Matějů, Petr, Clement, Sanne L., Andersen, Jørgen G., Harrits, Gitte S., Gundelach, Peter, Kjær, Ulrik, Lüchau, Peter, Fridberg, Torben, Jæger, Mads, Helemäe, Jelena, Täht, Kadri, Pashkov, Marii, Carton, Ann, Blom, Raimo, Melin, Harri, Forsé, Michel, Lemel, Yannick, Wolf, Christof, Park, Alison, Ólafsdóttir, Sigrún, Bernburg, Jón Gunnar, Robert, Peter, Lewin-Epstein, Noah, Hara, Miwako, Nishi, Kumiko, Aramaki, Hiroshi, Tabuns, Aivars, Koroleva, Ilze, Gendall, Philip, Skjåk, Knut K., Kolsrud, Kirstine, Mortensen, Anne K., Cichomski, Bogdan, Vala, Jorge, Ramos, Alice, Khakhulina, Ludmilla, Hafner-Fink, Mitja, Malnar, Brina, Toš, Niko, Struwig, Jare, Kim, Sang-Wook, Diez-Nicholas, Juan, Edlund, Jonas, Svallfors, Stefan, Joye, Dominique, Chang, Ying-hwa, Çarkoğlu, Ali, Kalaycıoğlu, Ersin, Makejev, S., Paniotto, Volodimir, Smith, Tom W., Marsden, Peter V., Hout, Michael, Meraviglia, Cinzia, León, Roberto Briceño, Ávila, Olga, Camardiel, Alberto, Agency for Social Analyses (ASA), Bulgaria, Institute for Social Research, Zagreb, Croatia, Social Weather Stations, Quezon City, Philippines, Institute for Sociology of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakian Republic
    Published 2012
    Contributors: ...Russia: Analytic Levada Center ( Levada-Center), Moscow...
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    by Gedeshi, Ilir, Pachulia, Merab, Rotman, David, Kritzinger, Sylvia, Poghosyan, Georg, Fotev, Georgy, Kolenović-Đapo, Jadranka, Balobana, Stjepan, Baloban, Josip, Rabušic, Ladislav, Frederiksen, Morten, Saar, Erki, Ketola, Kimmo, Bréchon, Pierre, Wolf, Christof, Rosta, Gergely, Voas, David, Rovati, Giancarlo, Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg A., Ziliukaite, Ruta, Petkovska, Antoanela, Reeskens, Tim, Komar, Olivera, Jenssen, Anders T., Voicu, Bogdan, Soboleva, Natalia, Marody, Mirosława, Bešić, Miloš, Strapcová, Katarina, Uhan, Samo, Silvestre Cabrera, María, Wallman-Lundåsen, Susanne, Ernst Stähli, Michèle, Ramos, Alice, Micó Ibáñez, Joan, Carballo, Marita, McAllister, Ian, Foa, Roberto Stefan, Moreno Morales, Daniel E., de Oliveira de Castro, Henrique Carlos, Lagos, Marta, Zhong, Yang, Casas, Andres, Yesilada, Birol, Paez, Cristina, Abdel Latif, Abdel Hamid, Jennings, Will, Welzel, Christian, Koniordos, Sokratis, Díaz Argueta, Julio César, Cheng, Edmund, Gravelle, Timothy, Stoker, Gerry, Dagher, Munqith, Yamazaki, Seiko, Braizat, Fares, Rakisheva, Botagoz, Bakaloff, Yuri, Haerpfer, Christian, Wing-yat Yu, Eilo, Lee, Grace, Moreno, Alejandro, Souvanlasy, Chansada, Perry, Paul, Denton, Carlos, Puranen, Bi, Gilani, Bilal, Romero, Catalina, Guerrero, Linda, Hernández Acosta, Javier J., Zavadskaya, Margarita, Veskovic, Nino, Auh, Soo Young, Tsai, Ming-Chang, Olimov, Muzaffar, Bureekul, Thawilwadee, Ben Hafaiedh, Abdelwahab, Esmer, Yilmaz, Inglehart, Ronald, Depouilly, Xavier, Norris, Pippa, Balakireva, Olga
    Published 2020
    Contributors: ...CESSI (Institute for comparative Social Research), Moscow, Russia...
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    by Gedeshi, Ilir, Pachulia, Merab, Rotman, David, Kritzinger, Sylvia, Poghosyan, Georg, Fotev, Georgy, Kolenović-Đapo, Jadranka, Balobana, Stjepan, Baloban, Josip, Rabušic, Ladislav, Frederiksen, Morten, Saar, Erki, Ketola, Kimmo, Bréchon, Pierre, Wolf, Christof, Rosta, Gergely, Voas, David, Rovati, Giancarlo, Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg A., Ziliukaite, Ruta, Petkovska, Antoanela, Reeskens, Tim, Komar, Olivera, Jenssen, Anders T., Voicu, Bogdan, Soboleva, Natalia, Marody, Mirosława, Bešić, Miloš, Strapcová, Katarina, Uhan, Samo, Silvestre Cabrera, María, Wallman-Lundåsen, Susanne, Ernst Stähli, Michèle, Ramos, Alice, Micó Ibáñez, Joan, Carballo, Marita, McAllister, Ian, Foa, Roberto Stefan (PI Bangladesh), Moreno Morales, Daniel E., de Oliveira de Castro, Henrique Carlos, Lagos, Marta, Zhong, Yang, Casas, Andres, Yesilada, Birol, Paez, Cristina, Abdel Latif, Abdel Hamid, Jennings, Will, Welzel, Christian, Koniordos, Sokratis, Díaz Argueta, Julio César, Cheng, Edmund, Gravelle, Timothy, Stoker, Gerry, Dagher, Munqith, Yamazaki, Seiko, Braizat, Fares, Rakisheva, Botagoz, Bakaloff, Yuri, Haerpfer, Christian, Wing-yat Yu, Eilo, Lee, Grace, Moreno, Alejandro, Souvanlasy, Chansada, Perry, Paul, Denton, Carlos, Puranen, Bi, Gilani, Bilal, Romero, Catalina, Guerrero, Linda, Hernández Acosta, Javier J., Zavadskaya, Margarita, Veskovic, Nino, Auh, Soo Young, Tsai, Ming-Chang, Olimov, Muzaffar, Bureekul, Thawilwadee, Ben Hafaiedh, Abdelwahab, Esmer, Yilmaz, Inglehart, Ronald, Depouilly, Xavier, Norris, Pippa, Balakireva, Olga
    Published 2021
    Contributors: ...CESSI (Institute for comparative Social Research), Moscow, Russia...
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    Contributors: ...VERNADSKY INSTITUTE, MOSCOW, RUSSIA...
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    Contributors: ...VERNADSKY INSTITUTE, MOSCOW, RUSSIA...
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