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4. It was the go-to state media distraction-broadcast in the USSR in the 80s and 90s, used when

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:57 PM

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leaders died and also during the 1991 coup.

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I won't believe he's dead until... [View all] Xolodno Saturday OP

sorry, i don't get that reference orleans Saturday #1

C'mon in all fairness we are far less cultured fujiyamasan Saturday #2

Only the good die young. Groundhawg Saturday #3

Ha! FiveFifteen Saturday #5

LOL leftstreet Saturday #6

Isn't Schumann's Traumerei the "go to" piece lately? usonian Saturday #8

I will believe he is gone when I hear ding dong the witch is dead. Trueblue1968 Saturday #9