Are you sure it's Russian? Because this reminds me a lot of The Good Solider Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek, but that's Czech rather than Russian. Amazon link to a Penguin Classics edition: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Soldier-Svejk-Fortunes-Classics/dp/0140449914
Yup, here's one example. It's been translated into many languages.