Sonya the Soviet government

[Steve Marder]

For a brief discussion of "Son'ka" and "Sof'ya Vlas'yevna," see, e.g.,
B. Ya. Sharifullin, "Zametki po etimologii zhargonnoy i argoticheskoy
leksiki" ( http://library.krasu.ru/ft/ft/_articles/0070441.pdf )

> 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
>> [Nobody¹s 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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