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The first ones were definitely funny, and the format was popularized as part of a successful stand-up comedy routine by Yakov Smirnoff, although he wasn't the first to use it.[0] Because the template can be filled with a wide variety of specific nouns and verbs, it has become a bit of a snowclone[1] or a meme in its own right[2], like the "Xzibit Yo Dawg" meme[3]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone [2] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-soviet-russia https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-soviet-russia [3] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg