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In Russian military jokes, a praporschik (warrant officer) is an archetypal bully, possessed of limited wit. A. Dmitriev illustrates his sociological essay "Army Humor" with a large number of military jokes, mostly of Russian origin. [27] There is an enormous number of one-liners, supposedly quoting a praporschik:
Russian political jokes are a part of Russian humour and can be grouped into the major time periods: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. In the Soviet period political jokes were a form of social protest, mocking and criticising leaders, the system and its ideology, myths and rites. [ 1 ]
Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2023. Grandpa in his bunker [1] [2] [3] (Russian: Бункерный дед, romanized: Bunkernyy ded; Ukrainian: Бункерний дід, romanized: Bunkernyi did), also translated as grandpa in a bunker, [4] [5] or bunker grandpa, [6] [7] is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and ...
Army Talk: A Familiar Dictionary of Soldier Speech. Princeton University Press. ASIN B00725XTA4. Dickson, Paul (2014). War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6.
Widely circulated on military bases during the 1950s, Charley Jones Laugh Book was an outgrowth of earlier military humor publications. During World War II , Jones sold Latrine Gazette on Army bases, so successful that he recycled the material into another publication, HEADliners , aimed at Navy men, and then launched Charley Jones Laugh Book ...
Russia has captured thousands of soldiers and volunteers in the five months since it launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. In mid-May, around 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in what ...
Russian soldiers had been told, by Putin and others, that they’d be greeted as liberators and anyone who resisted was a fascist, an insurgent — not a real civilian. This was a whole-of-society ...
"Zenci" (Turkish for Black) –Zenci Musa, Black Turkish Military volunteer, Amir and Intelligence officer of the Special Organization [105] "Zhou Lang 周郎" (Chinese, "Zhou the Youth") – Zhou Yu, military general and strategist serving under the late Eastern Han warlord Sun Ce, for his youth, good looks and impressive battle record