Kuz'kinu - wrong dates

[Edward M Dumanis]

I am not sure whether this might be relevant but a Russian joke was:

Q: Why was Allan Dulles forced to resign?

A: He failed to do the following three things:

1) He could not find out where that [coal] mine was;
2) He could not find out what DOSAAF was doing besides collecting the
membership dues;
3) He could not find the where the residence of Kuz'kina mat' was.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Mon, 5 May 2003, elenka wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
......./snip/...........
>
> It would be interesting to find out how the myth of "kuzkina mat" accompanying
> the shoe banging in the United Nations appeared in Russia. But that's another
> query.
> I would like to thank everyone who has responded to my Khrushchev query.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Elena Baraban
> University of Victoria

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