Harry Potter and Stalin’s steel balls: The internet’s new flash mob

A professor at Moscow's Higher School of Economics Arseny Khitrov started the #‎harrypotterand flash mob on Russian Facebook by sharing this post on April 25:

It turns out that adding Harry Potter's name to Russian research papers is a lot of fun too. Check this out:

Harry Potter and optimization of the number of employees at bank units

 

Фото опубликовано Высшая школа экономики в Перми (@hse_perm) Апр 27 2016 в 5:12 PDT

As well as adding his name to any sort of headline:

Harry Potter and bright, cheerful Dostoevsky

 

#harrypotterand #гаррипоттери #достоевский

Фото опубликовано annika (@annybauhaus) Апр 28 2016 в 4:40 PDT

Collages can be even funnier:

Harry Potter and Steve Jobs

 

Фото опубликовано Антон (@misilorno) Апр 27 2016 в 2:37 PDT

Harry Potter and the Communist International

 

Фото опубликовано Alexander Vishnyakov (@xo_rosho) Апр 27 2016 в 6:54 PDT

Harry Potter and 50 rubles

 

Фото опубликовано Павел Рыбин (@drfisherozersk) Апр 26 2016 в 7:05 PDT

Many companies and non-commercial organizations have joined in.

World of Tanks posted on their Russian Facebook page:

Harry Potter and Stalin’s steel balls

Even Greenpeace Russia got involved:

"We like reading books too (and dislike oil spills)"

More than adventures of #harrypotterand we love only the Arctic without oil spills https://t.co/vGvlZQ7cir pic.twitter.com/GwgtIRjRZw

— Greenpeace Russia (@greenpeaceru) 28 April 2016

Russian media couldn’t keep silent either. AgroInvestor Magazine posted on Instagram:

Harry Potter and Russia's agricultural market in 10 years

 

Фото опубликовано Агроинвестор (@agroinvestor) Апр 28 2016 в 6:01 PDT

RBTH shares the glory of Harry Potter with two amazing Siberian bears on the cover of its Croatian print issue:

#HarryPotterAnd pic.twitter.com/NsVVXsZL6c

— RBTH (@russiabeyond) 28 April 2016