The Dream of Councillor Popov
The Dream of Councillor Popov ( Сон статс-советника Попова; also – Сон Попова ) is a satire in verse by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , first published in 1878 in Berlin , and regarded as one of the best satirical poems in Russian literature , mixing "sharp , poignant satire… and pure delight in cheerful absurdity" . 
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