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Gorodok (Little Town): 1993-2012

The1996 title screen of "Little Town [Gorodok]," a hit sketch comedy show created by Yuri Stoyanov and Ilya Oleinikov. 

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Georgii Deliev, "Mask Show [Maski Show]," 1991-2006.

A 1991 title screen for the sketch comedy program Maski-Show (Mask Show, 1991-2006) showing a stylized image of multiple people in clown make-up.

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Boris Yeltsin’s first appearance on “Kukly [Puppets]” in 1995

In 1995, the Boris Yeltsin puppet made its debut on the influential political satire show Kukly (Dolls or Puppets), which ran from 1994-2002 on NTV.

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Yelena Khanga explores homophobia on “Pro Eto (About That),” 1998

Two shirtless men light cigarettes in the course of a dance performance “illustrating” homosexuality on a homophobia-themed episode of Yelena Khanga’s sexuality-focused talk show Pro Eto.

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Yeltsin's Culler (Sanitar Yeltsina)

Delo Muryleva. Smert' za kvartiry (The Murylev case. Death for Apartments). First episode of the crime show Kriminal'naia Rossiia (NTV, 1995-2002, with various later versions on TVS, Pervyi kanal, and others)

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“Arise, you cursed people!”: The Aesthetics of "Limonka"

A "Limonka" cover from 1997 displaying a collage by the surreal retrofuturist artist and pioneer of industrial music, Aleksandr Lebedev-Frontov.

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