Origin of Lenin

Roman Ravve roman_kiev at MAIL.RU
Sun Jan 9 14:07:12 UTC 2005


There is an anekdot:

"
Лежат в постели жена с любовником. Вдруг, звонок в дверь.
Любовник пошел открывать. Смотрит - на пороге стоит человек и говорит:
- Я Ленин.
Любовник закрывает дверь и возвращается к жене.
Снова звонок. И снова странный человек заявляет "Я Ленин".
Любовник снова молча закрывает дверь.
Жена спрашивает "Кто это был?", "Да идиот какой-то!", -
отвечает любовник.
Звонок снова. Любовник открывает и говорит:
- Ну чего ты звонишь!? Что тебе нужно?!
- Я ленин муж...
"



Вы писали 9 января 2005 г., 8:31:01:

SP> Stalin took his pseudonym from stal'. Where did Lenin get his name? The
SP> first possibility that comes to mind is len', but that doesn't seem
SP> likely. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin) states as fact
SP> that he took it from the River Lena in Siberia. Another source
SP> (http://moscow.gramota.ru/map123.shtml -- scroll down a ways to find
SP> the pertinent comments) says we don't really know. They do, however,
SP> mention the explanation given in Wikipedia. Wikipedia also says the
SP> Lenin was never known as Nikolai Lenin in Russia. The later article
SP> says he was.

SP> Of course, Wikipedia is not completely authoritative, Does anyone have
SP> anything more authoritative? Should we just take the careful exposition
SP> of the gramota site as the best answer?

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