Nasha Russia
| Nasha Russia | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Semyon Slepakov Garik Martirosyan Maxim Pezhemsky |
| Starring |
Mikhail Galustyan Sergey Svetlakov Valery Magdiash Mikhail Dodzin Garik Martirosyan |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| No. of episodes | 96 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | TNT |
| Original release | 2006 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Nasha Russia (Russian: Наша Russia, literally "Our Russia") is a Russian sketch show based on the British comedy show Little Britain, created by Comedy Club Production. It was written by former KVN player Semyon Slepakov and producer Garik Martirosyan.
The name of the show references the fact that while the name of the country is pronounced "Rossiya" in Russian, foreigners pronounce it "Russia," or as the show emphasizes, "RASHA." Thus to native Russian speakers the name of the show is, "OUR RASHA." The shows offers social and political satire of everyday life in modern-day Russia. The premise is that although Russian people recognize that many aspects of their society are in a poor state ripe for comedy, they are still proud to live in their country, hence the title of the show ("Our Russia"). Each episode features a unique introductory monologue that describes this concept. The following was used in the first episode:
We live in the most wonderful country in the world, while all other countries are envious of us. We were the first to fly to outer space and we were the first to return. We invented the hydrogen bomb, the Zhiguli automobile, and many other horrifying things. We were the ones who cultivated the virgin lands of Kazakhstan and abandoned Georgian Borjomi mineral water. We were the ones who reversed the flow of rivers and electricity meters. We proudly call our country Rossiya, while envious foreigners call it Russia! But still, it is ours. It is NASHA (our) RUSSIA!
Ravshan and Jumshud (Равшан и Джамшуд), the most popular characters of the sketch show, are gastarbeiters from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. They work for their boss Leonid in Moscow and call him "nasyalnika" (Russian: насяльника, mispronounced word "начальник" - boss). Ravshan does all the talking in bad Russian while Jumshud is silent for the most part, presumably because he does not understand Russian. The workers' job is to make building repairs in typical Russian apartments, but something goes wrong every time because they're terrible at their jobs, which is satirizing the current state of general disrepair in many Soviet-era buildings throughout Russia. They act like buffoons in front of their boss, who always gets so frustrated that he calls them idiots before storming out. As soon as their boss is gone, they usually discuss some serious philosophic questions in their invented "native language" (translated into Russian via subtitles).
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