Titushka – Russian Universe

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

Will say it angrily. Continue reading ““O Titushka, Where Art Thou?” (A Poem On the Death of the Term #Titushka)” →