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:/

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.