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''Monday Begins On Saturday'' (Russian: "Понедельник начинается в субботу") is a 1964 novel, one of the most beloved works by the [[Strugatsky Brothers (Creator)|Strugatsky Brothers]]. [[Magitek|A mix of fantasy and science-fiction]], it tells the stories of [[Extranormal Institute|a Soviet research institute dedicated to studying magic and the supernatural]], the dedicated scientists who work there, and the wide variety of [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|monsters, ghosts, and other critters]] that they study and work with. Adapted into a two-part Christmas special back in the early 80s. It's a fun movie in its own right, but it has very little to do with the novel it's supposedly based on (which annoyed the Brothers quite a bit at the time).
''Monday Begins On Saturday'' (Russian: "Понедельник начинается в субботу") is a 1964 novel, one of the most beloved works by the [[Strugatsky Brothers]]. [[Magitek|A mix of fantasy and science-fiction]], it tells the stories of [[Extranormal Institute|a Soviet research institute dedicated to studying magic and the supernatural]], the dedicated scientists who work there, and the wide variety of [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|monsters, ghosts, and other critters]] that they study and work with. Adapted into a two-part Christmas special back in the early 80s. It's a fun movie in its own right, but it has very little to do with the novel it's supposedly based on (which annoyed the Brothers quite a bit at the time).


Was followed by a much more cynical ''[[Tale of the Troika (Literature)|Tale of the Troika]]'' just three years later.
Was followed by a much more cynical ''[[Tale of the Troika]]'' just three years later.
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=== Tropes found in the novel: ===
=== Tropes found in the novel: ===
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Cristobal Junta and Fyodor Simeonovich.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Cristobal Junta and Fyodor Simeonovich.
* [[Designated Love Interest]]: Stella.
* [[Designated Love Interest]]: Stella.
* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: The secret institute is called the Scientific Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry. In Russian, that abbreviates to '''NIIChaVo''', which sounds suspiciously like the Russian word for "nothing".
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The secret institute is called the Scientific Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry. In Russian, that abbreviates to '''NIIChaVo''', which sounds suspiciously like the Russian word for "nothing".
** One English translation gives the laboratory's name as "'''N'''ational '''I'''nstitute for the '''T'''echnology of '''Wi'''tchcraft and '''T'''haumaturgy".
** One English translation gives the laboratory's name as "'''N'''ational '''I'''nstitute for the '''T'''echnology of '''Wi'''tchcraft and '''T'''haumaturgy".
** The Scientific Research Institute of Kabbalistics and Witchcraft is also mentioned. It abbreviates to NIIKaVo (Sounds like "No one" or "Nobody").
** The Scientific Research Institute of Kabbalistics and Witchcraft is also mentioned. It abbreviates to NIIKaVo (Sounds like "No one" or "Nobody").
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* [[I Want My Jetpack]]: parodied with Privalov's travel into future narratively imagined possibilities.
* [[I Want My Jetpack]]: parodied with Privalov's travel into future narratively imagined possibilities.
* [[Jerkass]]: Vybegallo.
* [[Jerkass]]: Vybegallo.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Viktor Korneev
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Viktor Korneev
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]/[[Take That]]: Vybegallo is modeled after Trofim Lysenko, the infamous Soviet politico and quack agriculturist/geneticist.
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]/[[Take That]]: Vybegallo is modeled after Trofim Lysenko, the infamous Soviet politico and quack agriculturist/geneticist.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Cristobal Junta, ''in-universe''.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Cristobal Junta, ''in-universe''.
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