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Could anyone recommend comedic Russian novels or short stories? Edited to add the following: Thanks for the recommendations!

• avmich 6y ago
  Watch Gaidai, Ryazanov or Danelia (who also did some great comedies, like Mimino), you won't get too wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Ryazanov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Ryazanov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiy_Daneliya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiy_Daneliya Edit: probably not so short, just regular stories... so maybe not what you're looking for.
• achikin 6y ago
  [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitil [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeralash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeralash
• avmich 6y ago
  "Davydov and Goliath" and "Golden button" are coming to mind.
• 082349872349872 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs
• rainydaybook 6y ago
  12 Chairs + Golden Calf by Ilf and Petroff; A dog's heart and Master and Margarita by Boulgakoff. I've heard Zosh'enko was also considered very funny at the time, but I'm not sure how well his stuff has aged..
• Grustaf 6y ago
  Gogol essentially invented the Russian novel, and most of his stories are very comedic. Here's a particular favourite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_How_Ivan_Ivanovich_Quarreled_with_Ivan_Nikiforovich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_How_Ivan_Ivanovich... and the story that influenced me to move to Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector Whatever you do, don't miss The Nose, there's even a brilliant pinscreen animation adaptation: https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/animation-of-nikolai-gogols-the-nose.html https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/animation-of-nikolai-gog...