Khrushchev's words and his shoe banging

[Alex]

> posterity. I always thought that if one searched long enough one could find
> an old film of the shoe-banging as well as "We will bury you" and "Your
> grandchildren..." What a let-down to know that these defining Khrushchevian
> moments (which actually got me interested in Russian) appear to be lost
> forever.

Dear Seelangers! Talking about Nikita Sergeewitch, memories and old films...
I have a query for you. Memories of two old movies stuck in my mind.
I would like to find those films. Maybe you could help me.
The one was a famous cartoon promoting corn culture (the title was
something like "Miracle maker" - 'Чудесница' in Russian).
The other is a bit tricky. I saw it when I was almost a child so my memories
may be deceiving. I think its title was "The Russian Miracle" (Русское чудо).
Was it a feature film or just a propaganda documentary? I can't tell you
for sure. I remember some high ranking foreigners (politicians? journalists?).
It seems that Khruschev himself showed them around the state.
I remember colour widescreen frames in which famous Soviet black limousines
"Chaika" entered into a digger of a giant strepping excavator to be transferred
to the opposite side of a ravine (building of a river dam? Or maybe an open
coal mine?). Sadly enough I can't remember any other particular thing.

И еще по поводу ботинка... Вспоминается песня Владимира
Высоцкого: "...боитесь вы, что реваншисты в Бонне,
                         что Вашингтон грозится перегнать...
                         Но сам Хрущев сказал еще в ООНе,
                        Что он покажет им "кузькиную мать"!...

Как вы, наверное, знаете, народ сочинял огромное количество
анекдотов и частушек о лысом, простодушном секретаре.
Кое-что я помню. Если хотите, могу поделиться...
Ну а если сравнивать Никиту со всеми последующими
руководителями, включая Горбачева и Ельцина, то его
речь звучала вполне интеллигентно! С точки зрения речи
хорош был, правда, Андропов, но весьма кратковременно...

Alexandre

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