History Main / GratuitousRussian

** Also by him: 'ЗА РОССИЮ! (gulps a glass of vodka) ЗА ЖЕНЩИН! (gulps another one) ЗА РУССКИХ ЖЕНЩИН! (does the same). [[spoiler:Although, to be honest, the actor played this role with all his soul, so the editor almost believed he was a USSR general for real.]]

* [[StealthPun Vodka balalaika Gorbachov perestroika.]]

* [[BigYes DA!]] [[BigNo NETT!]]

* RussianNamingConvention generally causes a lot of confusion. Some particularly {{egregious}} cases use [[diminuitive forms of Russian given names]] in inapprorpiate cotexts, e.g. "[[AceCombat Prime Minister Seryozha Viktorovich Nikanor]]" (should be "Sergey Viktorovich"). "Seryozha" is a rough equivalent of the [[JapaneseHonorifics "-kun" honorific attached]]--clearly not the way you should address a Prime Minister.

* First of all, scrappy sentences with the [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs orphography and grammar that belong to the, ehrm, native speaker.]] Not of Russian, of course.

* ReverseR. Also met constantly.

** And, to ve exact, the word 'comrade' and 'tovarisch' have a bit different meanings...

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** Also by him: 'ЗА РОССИЮ! (gulps a glass of vodka) ЗА ЖЕНЩИН! (gulps another one) ЗА РУССКИХ ЖЕНЩИН! (does the same). [[spoiler:Although, to be honest, the actor played this role with all his soul, the editor almost believed he was an USSR general.]]

A subtrope of GratuitousForeignLanguage.

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* The RTS game ''WorldInConflict'' features RedsWithRockets and their MnogoNukes as TheEvilArmy, so gratuitous Russian is abound. The most (in)famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWtO9Ew6Ws monologue]], given by a Soviet general standing in [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou his tall fluffy hat]] near the ruins of Seattle, has since become a [[MemeticMutation meme]] in Russian internet. In-game, Russian units confirm orders with heavily accented {{Catch Phrase}}s like "Tak tochno!" ("Yes sir!") and "[[PoirotSpeak Affirmative, tovarishch komandir]]!" ("Affirmative, comrade commander!").

* In ''Planetes'' manga (at least in TokyoPop translation) Leonov's mother speaks to Hachimaki in almost perfect Russian. The only possible flaw is calling her son by last name only. BilingualBonus is required to understand it, because nobody cared to translate it. Probably justified by the fact that Hachimaki didn't understand her words too.

* {{Durarara}}!!, with Simon Brezhnev and Orihara Izaya.

* Gratuitous Russian was used as a plot device in AFishCalledWanda.

* Sanya, a black Russian Knight of the Cross from TheDresdenFiles, often quips simple phrases like "Da" ("Yes") and "Bozhe moy" ("Oh my God") in otherwise English dialogue. This is particularly jarring, since he often uses them in situations where speaking English all the way (and he is a fluent speaker) is most appropriate.

* This troper once played a Russian character in a Shadowrun game, and during one run he created a diversion by marching up to the guards and screaming at them at the top of his lungs in (very rude) Russian. I read off the entire page-long speech (created with gratuitous use of Google Translate), and then the GM and the entire party fell over laughing. The guards were confused enough that my character managed to kill them both before they could react.

* [[JaggedAlliance Jagged Alliance]] has Ivan Dolvich, who in the first two installments only speaks Russian. By Jagged Alliance 2 he has taken a course and speaks a little English, but mostly Russian. His Russian is always subtitled with Cyrillic letters.

* EVERYONE in the second chapter of the DS rerelease of DragonQuest IV.
* [[CommandAndConquer Red Alert]] contains a whole lot of this, [[GloriousMotherRussia naturally]].

* The aforementioned ''SakuraTaisen'' OVA also features a few lines in Russian courtesy of the Russian-Japanese ButNotTooForeign character. If the actress's Russian pronunciation is half as bad as her English, it's probably pretty painful for anyone who actually speaks the language.
** It is. Her grammar is okay, though.

* Barrayar in LoisMcMasterBujold VorkosiganSaga was colonized in large part by Russians, and it shows. Unfortunately, while LMB ''did'' study some Russian some time ago, it apparently bacame rather rusty, so we are in for several rather amusing bloopers.

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* The Polish in ''{{Twilight 2000}}'' is mentioned [[GratuitousForeignLanguage elsewhere]], but some of the Russian is little better. For example, actual Russian for a polar bear is ''beliy medved'' (lit. "white bear"), not ''severnaya medved'' (lit. "northern bear" with a grammatical error).

* The Polish in ''{{Twilight 2000}}'' is mentioned below, but some of the Russian is little better. For example, Russian for a polar bear is ''beliy medved'' (lit. "white bear"), not ''severnaya medved'' (lit. "northern bear" with a grammatical error).

* {{Durarara}}!!, with Simon Brezhnev and Orihara Izaya. Simon's character is Russian, but this troper, Russian herself, could only make out his words if she was reading the subs to know what words to try to hear. (Same goes for Izaya, who is Japanese but apparently (meant to be) fluent in Russian, as he speaks to Simon in it.)

* Durarara!!, with Simon Brezhnev and Orihara Izaya. Simon's character is Russian, but this troper, Russian herself, could only make out his words if she was reading the subs to know what words to try to hear. (Same goes for Izaya, who is Japanese but apparently (meant to be) fluent in Russian, as he speaks to Simon in it.)

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* [[TheBigGuy Colossus]] of XMen used this a lot during Chris Claremont's first, long run.

* [[JaggedAlliance Jagged Alliance]] has Ivan Dolvich, who in the first two installments only speaks Russian. By Jagged Alliance 2 he has taken a course and speaks a little English, but mostly Russian. His Russian is always subtitled with Cyrillic letters.