Shenderovich on Shenderovich

I was born in 1958. 

I learned the price of collectivism in kindergarten.

In 1975, I finished high-school without regrets.

According to my first college diploma, I am a kultprosvetrabotnik [laborer for cultural enlightenment] of the highest rank, which still makes me shudder.

From 1980-1982, I served in the Soviet Army, where I learned how to use obscenities. I survived and was discharged, but still shudder at the phrase “sacred duty.”

Before I started to write, I read for a while.

Shendevry

If you want to see people kneel before you, throw some money around.

You cannot understand Russia with your mind, and it can be very painful to try with other parts!

In Russia, our cup of patience is measured with shotglasses.

Wherein lies the power of mosquitoes? In their superior numbers.

Those talking of unity sometimes have in mind a common grave.

It seems that the wheel of history was not built for our roads.

It seems that there is a great future in our past.

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