Russian Recursion

On 05.03.201505.03.2015 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Klyukvification, Russian Stereotypes4 Comments

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Ivan Krylov’s Fable “The Dragonfly & the Ant” (1808)

On 03.02.201504.02.2015 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Cartoons, Poetry, Russian language, Russian Literature5 Comments

Georgiy Narbut - Illustration to Ivan Krylov's fable "The Ant & the Dragonfly" (1912). — Georgiy Narbut – Illustration to Ivan Krylov’s fable “The Ant & the Dragonfly” (1912).

In the summer’s gaily singing,

Of the future isn’t thinking,

But the winter’s nearby.

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“O Titushka, Where Art Thou?” (A Poem On the Death of the Term #Titushka)

On 30.01.201530.01.2015 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Poetry2 Comments

My take on the Flying Bear (“Bearplane”) – the Khabarovsk Airport logo which became a viral sensation in Russia. Caption says – “Полёт над гнездом титушки” (polyot nad gnezdom titushki), an allusion to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: ‘titushka’ rhymes with ‘kukushka’, i.e. ‘cuckoo’ in Russian.

Oh, glorious “titushka“!

You now ceased to be.

No Kievan babúshka

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