Lenin Was a Mushroom

Lenin was a mushroom This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. Learn more Lenin was a mushroom (Russian: Ленин — гриб) was a highly influential televised hoax by Soviet musician Sergey Kuryokhin and reporter Sergey Sholokhov. It was first broadcast on 17 May 1991 on Leningrad Television.[1][2][3]

A parody Wikipedia article claims that Vladimir Lenin was a mushroom, while an edited portrait shows him wearing a giant red-and-white mushroom cap. The joke references the real Soviet television hoax associated with Sergey Kuryokhin and Sergey Sholokhov, making it useful as an absurd reaction to bizarre misinformation or conspiracy claims.

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