Sonya the Soviet government

[Alina Israeli]

Never heard of Son'ka, maybe it's some local group jargon, but certainly 
heard of Sof'ja Vlas'evna, as a euphemism for Sovetskaja vlast'. Take a 
look at this site: http://community.livejournal.com/retrospect_ru/

AI

Laura Goering wrote:
> Recently I came across this quotation from the memoirs of Dubravka Ugresic [Nobody’s Home (trans. Ellen Elias-Bursac). London: Telegram/Saqi 2007, p. 60]: 
> "Russians, for instance, call the former Soviet Government Sonyka [sic] (Little Miss Sonya)." 
>
> My Russian colleagues had never heard any such thing. Can anyone tell me what Ms. Ugresic might be referring to? 
>
> Thanks. 
>
>   

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