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For the word's original meaning in Russian, Ukrainian, and other languages, see Telogreika. [200px-Vatnik_performance]Activists in Ukraine using the image of "Vatnik" in the action of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign Vatnik (Russian: vatnik) is a political pejorative^[1]^[2] used in Russia and other post-Soviet states for steadfast jingoistic followers of propaganda from the Russian government.^[3] The use of the word originates from an Internet meme first spread by Anton Chadskiy on VKontakte in 2011, and later used in Russia, Ukraine, then in other post-Soviet states. Its meaning refers to the original cartoon, which depicts a character made from the material of a padded cotton wool jacket and bearing a black eye, which is used to disparage someone as a blindly patriotic and unintelligent jingoist who pushes the conventional views presented in Russian government media as well as those of Russian web brigades.^[4]^[5] The name "Vatnik" derives from the cotton wool jacket (Telogreika) that Chadskiy's cartoon character in the meme is made from. Origin[edit] The meme was created by the Russian artist Anton Chadskiy under the pseudonym Jedem das Seine.^[6]^[7]^[8] His associated picture of an anthropomorphic square-shaped quilted jacket similar to the title character of SpongeBob SquarePants was posted on VK for the first time on September 9, 2011. In 2012, the meme became widely popular on the Internet.^[9] Chadskiy created the group for the character on VK called RASHKA - THE SQUARE VATNIK. Rashka is a derogatory nickname for Russia, derived from the English pronunciation of the country's name with the Russian -k diminutive suffix attached.^[10]^[11]^[12] Chadskiy's original drawing has been reproduced and modified many times. Features that are consistently included are gray color, a red nose from drinking vodka, and a black eye, presumably from a fistfight with another vatnik.^[3] The meme became much more widespread in society after the Russian military's invasion of Ukraine started in 2014.^[9] In early 2015, Anton Chadskiy reported that he was forced to leave Russia in November 2014 because he feared political persecution by the government.^[13] He was living in Kyiv and planning to move to Berlin at the time.^[12] Linguistics[edit] The word also exists in Ukrainian as vatnik (vatnyk), in Belarusian as vatnik (vatnik), and in Latvian as vatniks. Its plural in English is "vatniks", or less commonly, "vata", via a direct transliteration of the Russian collective vata. Examples of use[edit] * Orest Liutyi wrote a song about vatniks, as a remake of the famous Russian song "Landyshy" (Russian: Landyshi). In this song, he named Vladimir Putin as a khuylo.^[14] * We will not let the Russian vata into our homes^[15] - the name of the Ukrainian "Boycott Russian Films" campaign;^[16] * Inter is a "vata" channel of Firtash the "kremlyad" (a portmanteau meaning "Kremlin whore")^[17] - a critical comment in social networks;^[18] * The proud name "vatnik"^[19] - one of the topics at essays and scientific works competition in the Altai State Pedagogical University, that was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union victory in the German-Soviet War (Second World War). ^[20] * During the end of 2014, the comedy television show VATA TV (original: VATA TV) was shown in Ukraine. It was devoted to the "vata" phenomenon. It was hosted by the popular 5 Kanal host Viktor Lytovchenko. He had mainly spoken Surzhyk during programs. ^[21]^[22] * During New Year 2015 celebration, the author of the meme Anton Chadskiy held a humorous action - "Vatnik of the year" award. This action was controversial on the Russian Internet.^[23] * The North Atlantic Fella Organization used the Vatnik slang and Anton Chadskiy's meme in many tweets and memes to ridicule Russian disinformation.^[24]^[25] See also[edit] * 50 Cent Party * Banderite * Little Pink * Mankurt * Moskal * Orc (slang) * Putinversteher * Ruscism * Russophobia * Tankie References[edit] 1. ^ Fialkova, Larisa; Yelenevskaia, Maria (14 April 2016). "The Crisis in Ukraine and the Split of Identity in the Russian-speaking World". Folklorica. 19. doi:10.17161/ folklorica.v19i1.5721. ISSN 1920-0242. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018. 2. ^ Devlin, Anne Marie (25 November 2016). "Lard-eaters, gay-ropeans, sheeple and prepositions: lexical and syntactic devices employed to position the other in Russian online political forums". Russian Journal of Communication. 9 (1): 53-70. doi:10.1080/19409419.2016.1219642. ISSN 1940-9419. S2CID 151382929. 3. ^ ^a ^b Jim Kovpak (March 2015). "Why the West can't Understand Russia". Russia! magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. 4. ^ Shaun Walker (2 June 2016). "Ukraine bans Russian journalists accused of 'stirring hatred'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017. 5. ^ Kolya Camouflage (27 May 2015). ""Tesak's daughter" moved to Ukraine to organize "safari" hunting on gay people". upogau.org. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017. 6. ^ Iakikh rosiian nazivaiut' slovom <> Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). Gazeta.ua. 10.04.2014 7. ^ Anton Chadskii Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Vatnik 8. ^ Anton Chadskii Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Vkontakte 9. ^ ^a ^b 10 sliv i fraz, shcho uviishli do vzhitku vinnichan 2014-go roku (in Ukrainian). vlasno.info. 10.01.2015 10. ^ "RAShKA - KVADRATNYI VATNIK". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016. 11. ^ Sozdatel' <> Anton Chadskii: Kak ia stal rusofobom Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Snob. 14.10.2014 12. ^ ^a ^b ANTON ChADSKII BARHOT INTERV'Iu Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, video; (in Russian). Road Control. 18.01.2015 13. ^ U Kiievi porivniuvali <> i <> Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). Channel "24". 31.03.2015 14. ^ OREST LIuTII -- <> Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian and Russian). OrestLutiy. 05.12.2014 15. ^ Original text in Ukrainian: <> 16. ^ <> -- teatralizovana aktsiia pid Derzhkino Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). Radio Liberty. 04.09.2014 17. ^ Original text in Russian: <> 18. ^ U sotsmerezhakh povstali proti <> za kontsert zirok, iaki pidtrimali agresiiu RF Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). TSN. 1+1. 01.01.2015 19. ^ Original text in Russian: Gordoe imia - <> 20. ^ Altais'kii universitet ogolosiv konkurs tvoriv: "Gorde im'ia -- <> Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 14.01.2015 21. ^ VATA-TV Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) . Pervyi volont'orskiy 22. ^ VATA TV Archived 2016-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Official channel in YouTube 23. ^ Krovavyi tort vatnoi deistvitel'nosti Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). rufabula. 12.01.2015 24. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "NAFO expansion non-negotiable: Estonian PM addressing Fellas' Vilnius summit". tvpworld.com (in Polish). Retrieved 29 October 2023. 25. ^ Michaels, Daniel (27 September 2022). "Ukraine's Internet Army of 'NAFO Fellas' Fights Russian Trolls and Rewards Donors With Dogs". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 October 2023. External links[edit] * Vatnik on Lurkmore (in Russian) * Brief history of "vatnik" term (video) * Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vatnik& oldid=1183685442" Categories: * Anti-Russian sentiment * Internet memes * Russian Internet slang * Russian nationalism * War in Donbas * 2011 neologisms * Internet memes introduced from Russia Hidden categories: * Webarchive template wayback links * Articles with Ukrainian-language sources (uk) * Articles with Russian-language sources (ru) * Articles containing Ukrainian-language text * Articles containing Russian-language text * CS1 Polish-language sources (pl) * Articles with short description * Short description is different from Wikidata * Use dmy dates from August 2023 * Articles containing Belarusian-language text * Articles containing Latvian-language text * This page was last edited on 5 November 2023, at 22:06 (UTC). * Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 ; additional terms may apply. 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