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A colleague approaches him and asks why he is laughing.

A judge walks out of his chambers laughing his head off.

In the Soviet Union, telling political jokes could be regarded as a type of extreme sport: according to Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code), ' anti-Soviet propaganda' was a potentially capital offense. He comments on the uncanny linguistic parallelism between the English-language 'crown-crow-cow' and the Russian 'korona–vorona–korova'.

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' (cow).

In Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, the fictional author of the 'Foreword', Charles Kinbote, cites the following Russian joke: There were also numerous politically themed Chastushki (Russian traditional songs) in Imperial Russia. The Tsar gives his decision in writing: 'Permitted to subtract two asses'.

A respected merchant, Sevenassov ( Semizhopov in the original Russian), wants to change his surname, and asks the Tsar for permission.

'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!'

A man was reported to have said: ' Nikolay is a moron!' and was arrested by a policeman.

Few of the political jokes of the time are recorded, but some were printed in a 1904 German anthology. In Imperial Russia, most political jokes were of the polite variety that circulated in educated society. Quite a few political themes can be found among other standard categories of Russian joke, most notably Rabinovich jokes and Radio Yerevan. In the Soviet period political jokes were a form of social protest, mocking and criticising leaders, the system and its ideology, myths and rites. Russian political jokes are a part of Russian humour and can be grouped into the major time periods: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and finally post-Soviet Russia. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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Meme why didnt you tell me i wouldve put my book down