Sovok of the Week

Most certainly, dear reader, you stumbled across our humble website while searching for "yung Russian bride to merry" (yep, another 1000 hits just for this little string) or some other questionable material. Alas, we have to admit that we deliberately insert misspelled provocative words so that unsuspecting search bots would direct love-seekers to our site. After seeing that "Sovok of the Week" hardly provides what you’ve been searching for on the World Wide Web, you probably move on to some greener, and more salacious, I am sure, pastures. But just in case you want to know what this site is about, here is its brief and unadulterated history.

May 2003

Three befuddled Sovoks, André, Boris, and Vadim, open "Sovok of the Week." Boris drags in his Aunt Klava and Uncle Igor to help with the site. The public is amused, and a series of articles appears in "The Moscow Times," pravda.ru, and even in the "Ann Arbor Observer." The much hoped for cash downpour does not happen, however.

September 2003

In a strange twist of fate, André is fired for sending a "non-sufficient funds" check to cover some SOTW expenses. Boris, Vadim, Klava, and Igor continue contributing to the site. The answering service run by Aunt Klava (now defunct) is a minor hit amongst the lonely and disenfranchised.

July 2005

"Sovok of the Week" starts producing its own podcasts that have changed the world. They are still available on iTunes.

December 2005

Seduced by rumors of the imminent sale of Alaska back to Russia, Aunt Klava and Uncle Igor move there in hopes of cashing in on the "tapochki" (slippers) boom. They have been there ever since.

July 2006

Vadim and Co. produce "Vadim goes to the Art Fair" that is still broadcast on the public-access TV channel in Ann Arbor.

January 2007

After a brief power struggle, Boris is ousted as a possible impostor although some recent findings reveal that the decision might have been erroneous. His impeccable English, which has been suspicious from the get go, is easily explained by the discovered stacks of Eckersley’s "Essential English" textbooks.

Hopefully, the history of "Sovok of the Week" is now clearer, dear readers. So, as you can see (and here go keywords), our site is NOT dedicated to busty teen beauties, young Russian brides, Viagra and Cialis, porn, Paris Hilton, Hilary Clinton, George Bush, or the Iraq war. It is, for now, a one man’s diary of his survival in the land of plenty.

-DJ VadimJ