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A chernomyrdinka (Шаблон:Lang-ru; plural: Черномы́рдинки) or a chernomyrdinism[1] is a quotation, often a malapropism or a gaffe, attributed to the former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. Many of them entered the everyday Russian lexicon. The most famous example[2] is "We wanted the best, but it turned out as always", uttered in the context of Russia's efforts in economic reforms, namely the monetary reform in Russia, 1993.[3][4]

Chernomyrdin did not try to be smart, chernomyrdinkas were produced naturally. Even when they sounded funny, people have found a deeper meaning in them.[4] They were produced after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when country leadership, including Chernomyrdin, attempted to speak "not from the paper sheet" (in other words, not in a scripted fashion) and without bureaucratisms typical of the late Soviet Union.[5] Russian journalist Шаблон:Ill writes that chernomyrdinkas often reflected the spirit of the epoch better than thick books of writers and philosophers.[6]

Russian writer and satirist Victor Shenderovich is quoted to say that he envies Chernomyrdin: a writer toils hard, but Chernomyrdin just opens his mouth, and here you go: a brilliant quote is here.[7]

The Шаблон:Ill, whose first director was Chernomyrdin, on the occasion of its 45th anniversary opened a park dedicated to Chernomyrdin and adorned it with plaques with chernomyrdinkas.[8]

Quotes

We Wanted the Best... has become the title of the book about Chernomyrdin and the Yeltsin epoch.[2][4]
  • "It has never been like this and now it is exactly the same again." (Отродясь такого не бывало, и опять то же самое;[2] commonly cited as: Никогда такого не было, и вот опять)[11]
  • "Better than vodka, there is nothing worse." (Лучше водки — хуже нет!) [4]
  • "Whatever party we establish, it always turns out to be the Soviet Communist Party or the Kalashnikov rifle"[11]
  • "You can't scare a woman with high-heeled shoes."[4][1]
  • "We have accomplished all items: from A to B." (Мы выполнили все пункты: от А до Б)[1]
  • "I will not speak much, otherwise I will say something again" (Много говорить не буду, а то опять чего-нибудь скажу)[2]

See also

References

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