 The song , which they described as a punk moleben ( supplicatory prayer ) , borrowed its opening melody and refrain from Sergei Rachmaninoff 's " Bogoroditse Devo , Raduisya " ( Ave Maria ) , from the All Night Vigil . In the song , they invoked the name of the Virgin Mary , urging her to get rid of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and to " become a feminist " , claiming that she would support them in their protests . They alluded to close ties between the church and the KGB ( " Black robes , golden epaulettes " ) , criticized the subservience of many Russians to the church ( " Parishioners crawl bowing " ) and attacked the church 's traditionalist views on women ( " So as not to offend His Holiness , women must bear children and love " ) . They used the crude epithet " Sran Gospodnya " , which has been used to translate " holy shit " in Hollywood movies , but is rarely used in idiomatic Russian ; it literally translates as " shit of the Lord " . They later explained " It is an idiomatic expression , related to the previous verse – about the fusion of Moscow patriarchy and the government . ' Holy shit ' is our evaluation of the situation in the country . " They referred to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill I , as a " suka " ( bitch ) and accused him of believing more in Putin than in God . 
