Jokes about the harsh Chelyabinsk filled not only the entire Internet, they are already being published in the newspapers and quoted in serious publications. For a couple of years no one even thought that Chelyabinsk was especially severe in comparison with other cities of Russia. This is a completely new phenomenon. How did that happen?
The history of the severity of Chelyabinsk
If you ask the residents of Chelyabinsk themselves, they shrug. Indeed, although people love and know their city, they still do not see anything particularly harsh in it. Some even note that there are more severe places, it is enough to recall the Siberian cities located in the permafrost zone, or the settlements of the Arctic.
In fact, Chelyabinsk has become so "harsh" with the light hand of the authors of texts for the comedy programs "Our Russia" and "Comedy Club". It was the guys from these television shows who came up with and for the first time voiced several jokes on the topic of how severe the city of Chelyabinsk is. The jokes were so successful that soon they were quoted not only by humorous fans, but also by the so-called Internet geeks - people who follow everything new and funny and actively participate in the formation of memes on the Internet.
Probably, the stars of the humorous shows decided to make a joke about the Chelyabinsk severity, since this is an industrial center in which many are engaged in physical labor.
