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Do you remember the jokes that began something like: “A Ukrainian, a Georgian, and a Russian are coming”? How humor in the Soviet Union humiliated enslaved peoples, and why KVN became a powerful machine of Russification? In the ninth episode of “Farewell, Empire!” Olesya Kotubey-Herutskaya talks about chauvinistic jokes, caricatures of “damned capitalists,” and why some jokes from “Quarter 95” and “Diesel Show” are consequences of the colonial past. For more information, watch the video. Guests of the episode: – Vasyl Baydak, stand-up comedian – Nastya Zukhvala, stand-up comic – Hanna Kochegura, stand-up comic – Ostap Ukrainets, writer, literary critic, military serviceman 00:00 In this video 00:52 What were the jokes from childhood 01:57 Mocking national minorities by Russians 07:59 Distortion of the Ukrainian language 09:30 How humor works for a totalitarian regime? 11:37 Humor about “stupid” Americans 13:22 KVN as a machine of Russification 17:30 Does Soviet humor still influence us? 19:34 “Hutsulization” of Ukraine 22:18 The emergence of stand-up and individual responsibility 26:12 Bonus anecdote Subscribe and click 🔔 to receive notifications about new videos and broadcasts Our official website: https://suspilne.media/culture Culture news on Telegram: https://t.me/suspilne_culture We are on Facebook: / suspilne.culture Culture news on Instagram: / suspilne.culture We are on TikTok: / suspilne_culture —— Read everything about Suspilne here: https://corp.suspilne.media/