Russia’s Zhdun Should Visit India; Here, We Know All About Waiting

Do you want to be Zhdun? Do you want to just sit around and wait for things to happen?

Say hello to Zhdun. This creature, a grey blob with arms, has become an overnight meme star in Russia.

Zhdun may look like something between an elephant seal and the Pillsbury Doughboy, but it is actually a sculpture by Dutch artist Margriet Van Breevoort. The word ‘Zhdun’ means the one who waits. And the sculpture, with its hopeful glass eyes, symbolises people who wait – in hospitals, bus stands, and everywhere else all around the world.

#zhdun the one who waits. pic.twitter.com/4JzvnAWh9a

— Olivia Van Goor (@livvycake5) March 1, 2017