Apart from jokes, Russian humour is
expressed in word play and short poems
including nonsense and black humour
verses.
Often th
ey have
recurrin
such as
g charac
"little bo
ters
y", "Vova
"Masha"
", "a girl
. Most rh
",
y
m
e
s involve
painful e
xperienc
death or
e
a
either fo
protagon
r
the
ists or o
ther peo
ple.