Pozor Rossii

[David Powelstock]

This is brilliant. Lenin is currently out-shaming Trotsky, but it's close! The comments are extremely enlightening. One person faults Putin for failing to (re)erect a monument to Dzerzhinsky (who himself only has 8 shame votes). So much more entertaining and filled with the unexpected than nameofrussia. I regret that they missed the opportunity to name the site shameofrussia.com.

Happy new year to all,
David

David Powelstock
Asst. Prof. of Russian, East European and Comparative Literature
Undergraduate Advising Head, Russian Language and Literature
Chair, Program in Russian and East European Studies
GRALL, MS 024
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454-9110


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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Dunn
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:30 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Pozor Rossii

Those who followed the furore surrounding the TV/Internet project 'Имя России' [Imja Rossii] may also be interested in its 'mirror image' Позор России [Pozor Rossii]:

www.badnameofrussia.ru

I won't spoil the fum by saying who is currently leading the poll, but there is perhaps a thesis to be written on the fact that at the time of writing Ksenija Sobchak is in sixth position, one place behind Stalin, but one ahead of Lenin.

John Dunn.

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

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