Event was (and still is) celebrated in USSR (Russia) since 1962 as "Day of Cosmonautics", from 2001 to 2022 as "Yuri's Night" in US (https://futurism.com/space-conference-censors-yuri-gagarin) and since 2017 as "International Day of Human Space Flight" by the UN.
Pictured: Yuri Gagarin with daughters Galya & Lena, and Ira Komarova. 1965, New Year's Eve.
Well, Chekhov fits well between Dostoyevsky and Saltykov-Shchedrin.
To be fair - Johnny Silverhand we meet is a heavily modified verison. Both memories, personality and (possibly) appearance are altered by someone, who may or may not be Yorinobu Arasaka.
Then there is base tabletop, creator of which (M. Pondsmith) is said to favour Nomads.
There are already good advices here - but I would like to suggest something that seems obvious, but might still be overlooked: consider several most likely questions your professor will ask, and prepare answers for them.
Also happens in other locales (i.e. Moscow), to similiar effect.
Alternatively, add "Original by" above / in front of the signature.
This is funny, because it is true. But also sad, for exact same reason.
A number of good ones is already mentioned, but one is oddly missing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_from_Prostokvashino There are 3 soviet movies, and one post-Soviet. Ignore the latter. Obligatory animal characters included.
Word (portmanteau) chosen to be denote "Soviets State" is also a derisive one, typically used by those hostile to it. (Perhaps not unlike CPC vs CCP nowadays)
Or, rather, shares a name with (est. 1856).
Relevant: [https://youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro?t=17](Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun)
This really is gold, thank you for sharing. "Not only would indiscriminate attacks on civilians be arguably immoral, she points out, they’d potentially invite other countries to do the same, or worse."