pol'ka-babochka

[John Dunn]

At a meeting held recently to discuss the (re-)writing of history President Putin is reported to have said:

'многие учебники пишут люди, которые работают за иностранные гранты. Так они исполняют польку-бабочку, которую заказывают те, кто платит' [mnogie uchebniki pishut ljudi, kotorye rabotajut za inostrannye granty.  Tak oni ispolnjajut pol'ku-babochku, kotoruju zakazyvajut te, kto platit]  (http://www.ej.ru/?a=note&id=7194)

Leaving aside for the purposes of this list the merits of this observation, I weuld be grateful if someone could explain why, specifically, a pol'ka-babochka.

John Dunn.


John Dunn
Honorary Research Fellow, SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow, Scotland

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