I have little to no info to go on here, but here goes.

Looking for a dance song that came out in the US around 1986-88.  The
only thing I remember about this song is that the lyrics, or at least
part of hte lyrics, were in Russian.  There was a word that kept
repeating that sounded (phonetically) like strah-BOOCH-nee-ah.  No
idea how to spell anything close to that in Russian...

Anyway, the song was popular at the dance clubs in Northern Louisiana,
Dallas, Houston.

I know it is not much to start with, but I will try to respond to
questions to help with the process.

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Clarification of Question by ironhillbilly-ga on 19 Sep 2004 11:44 PDT

Pinkfreud - you are amazing.

Without the clip, I cannot authorize this as the absolute answer. 
But, if memory serves, you are absolutely correct.  If you can find
the clip, post it and let me confirm

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Clarification of Question by ironhillbilly-ga on 19 Sep 2004 12:40 PDT

Boo-yah!

Post it - that's the one

I love you guys... But I am not ready for a commitment

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 19 Sep 2004 12:46 PDT

ironhillbilly,

Yee-haw, as we say in Oklahoma. It's great to be able to help.

My friend and collegue googlenut was instrumental in identifying the
song. But only one Researcher can post an official Answer. Do you
prefer that your Answer be posted by googlenut, or by me?

~pinkfreud

Since my gracious and helpful colleague googlenut has said that I
should be the one to post your answer (and claim the rubles), I am
pleased to do so.

If you'd like to purchase "American Soviets" on vinyl, here are several sources:

Musicstack
http://www.musicstack.com/listings.cgi?find=American+Soviets&search_type=title&media=All

The song is available (in both the original and a remix) on this CD
from "Retro 80s":

 Retro Club Classics
 Featuring MCL New York, and CCCP American Soviets  
 Remix Service/Label:  Retro 80s 
 Format:  CD 
 Price: $16.00 
 Shipping: Now 
 Product Description/Notes
 Featuring MCL, and CCCP orig 12" mix on CD
 
The Source for Music: Retro Club Classics 
http://www.thesourceformusic.com/store/item-detail.cfm?ID=RCC&storeid=1

I'm tickled pink to have been able to help you identify this song. I
certainly know the feeling of having a fragment of lyrics running
through the brain, and how good it can be to know the name of the song
is!

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 19 Sep 2004 14:44 PDT

Here are two more CDs that contain the song:

Bootleg Prescription Mixes 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00002JV2X

I Love Techno Pop V.2
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AM6B4 

~Pink

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 20 Sep 2004 13:22 PDT

This may be of interest:

C.C.C.P. Discography
http://jon.research.colostate.edu/cccpdisc.htm

Great!  Considering I had only one word - misspelled to boot - and a
sketchy description, this was incredible.  I humbly bow in the
directions of Pinkfreud and Googlenut.

Here's your 10-spot, wrestle for it

I have not been able to find your song, but I have a few clues.

First of all, I suspect that the word that is repeated in the song is
the Russian word for "hello," which is pronounced "zdrav-stvooy-tyeh."

I found a newsgroup post in which someone seems to be looking for the same song:

"There was a very popular dance song playing in
all the clubs in the 80's.  I can't remember the
title or band.  The song had very few lyrics.
However I do remember one key phrase they used
several times in the song.  If I wrote the words,
as I remember them, this is what it would look
like.

'Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello Goby, This is
the Whitehouse, Nabushka, Nabushka'  Obviously I
have no idea what those final 2 Russian words are.

The song had a heavy dance beat.  The record was
in a solid red cover (I believe) from my memory
of seeing night club DJ's with it."

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=94sqpt%24g3i%241%40nnrp1.deja.com&output=gplain

I think the song might be "American Soviets," by CCCP. However, I have
not been able to find a copy of "American Soviets" to verify this. I
hope another Researcher will be able to help.

Hello ironhillbilly-ga,

They have a clip of "American Soviets" at Allmusic.com.  You have to
be registered to listen to it. Registration is free.

I couldn't tell if it is the right song by listening to the clip, but
you would probably recognize it.

Googlenut


Allmusic.com
American Soviets
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=17:59283

Pink,

You should definitely post the answer.  All I did was lookup the song
at Allmusic.  You found the song.  Besides, I owe you one :-).

Googlenut

Please excuse an editing blunder that left the last sentence of my
answer sounding rather strange.

For "...how good it can be to know the name of the song is!" please
read "...how good it can be to know the name of the song!"

It is odd how unnoticeable a mistake like this can be until it is too
late to do anything about it.

~Pink