Thread by @kamilkazani

Let me introduce you Vasya Lozhkin - a painter very well-known in Russia, but not so much abroad. It may be a good introduction to Russian visual, and not only visual, meme culture and public discourse (thread)

Triptych 'Abroad vs Motherland'

'Your jazz is alien to us'

'What? You didn't tape your laptop camera?'

'Mr Bad?'

(that's a memetic depiction of political assassination by state security. it's believed that 100% of 'random' ppl present during the event - passerbies, witnesses, are all actually agents. here even street animals are agents)

'Real revolution always starts unexpectedly'

Well, that's a reference to the role of navy sailors in revolution and early building of the Soviet power. 'Revolutionary sailors' are a well-recognised meme

'Your America is over!'

That's a quote from 'Brat' movie. I would say movies Brat and Brat-2 were the most culturally important for post-Soviet Russia and I highly recommend to watch

'Am I allowed to take a cat?'

'Life with beard vs Life without beard'

'Jokes are over'

'A sabre'

'Freemasons invent rock'n roll to destroy the USSR'

'During the Domesday the sky will open and the flame will pour down. All the world gonna die! Only Russia will be saved! Be saved, too! Be with us! JOIN RUSSIA

'It's time to grow up, my son'

'Right bears vs Wrong bears'

'Motherland is listening'

'Your call is important to us'

'We caught an infidel behind the ditch, he's been drinking the Russian oil!'

'No internet for you'

'Now we're gonna start dehumanising you'

again - revolutionary allusions

'And they lived happily ever after'

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