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Absurdistan
Absurdistan is a term sometimes used to satirically describe a country in which absurdity is the norm, especially in its public authorities and government. The expression was originally used by Eastern bloc dissidents to refer to parts (or all) of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. Today, the term is most often reserved for Russia and states formerly in the Soviet sphere of influence that have retained Soviet-style authoritarian governments, such as Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or Belarus.
== Origins ==
The first printed use of the word "Absurdistan" was found in the German monthly ''Politische Studien''〔Monatshefte der Hochschule für politische Wissenschaften, München, veröffentlicht vom Isar-Verlag. (1971)〕 "... erkennen wir, dass wir uns hier in ''Absurdistan'' bewegen."〔''Political Studies'': Monthly of the University for political Studies, Munich, published by Isar-Verlag (1971) (free translation): ''... we recognize, that we are here venturing on Absurdistan territory.''〕 Later, in Czech, the term ''Absurdistán'' was used by dissident and later president Václav Havel. This seems to indicate that use of the term began during perestroika. The first recorded printed use of the term in English was in ''Spectator'' in an article on August 26, 1989, about Czechoslovakia (''Czechoslovakians have taken to calling their country "Absurdistan" because everyday life there has long resembled the "Theatre of the Absurd".'') On September 18, 1989, an article in ''The Nation'' was called ''Prague Summer of '89: Journey to Absurdistan''. On August 30, 1990, ''The New York Times'' used it in an article about the Soviet Union.,〔"Sununu Tutors the Kremlin's Staff" by Francis X. Clines〕 and a January 18, 1990, ''Village Voice'' interview with Havel by Bonnie Sue Stein and Vit Horejs was headlined "The New King of Absurdistan".
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