Kuz'kinu - wrong dates
Edward M Dumanis
dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU
Tue May 6 02:05:20 UTC 2003
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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