Soviet brainrot
"In the Soviet Union, people lived quietly, without hurry or fuss" (Russian: В Советском Союзе жили тихо, не спеша, без суеты), also known as Soviet brainrot (Советский брейнрот), is a series of Internet memes (of "brain rot" type) characterized by surrealist and absurd images of various aspects of the Soviet Union, accompanied by voiceovers that often employ puns or tongue twisters. It emerged as a parody of AI-generated videos that capitalized on nostalgia for the Soviet Union and became popular in early 2026. The memes became popular in Runet, going viral on TikTok.