Malevich and the word "sputnik"
Paul B. Gallagher
paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Fri Jul 25 10:24:56 UTC 2014
Jan Zielinski wrote:
> An interesting question. I'm not a space programme specialist, but did a
> quick check to find out... not an answer to Robert's question but - that
> in nowadays Russian the name of Malevich is being used for the black
> screen of a TV-set:
>
> а тут прямо стабильно - сначала полчаса Малевича показывают
> после переключения канала какое-то время малевич
> бывает показывают,а бывает малевич.
> Спутник бракованный оказался))) Вещает на западную Сибирь, а все что за
> Байкалом "малевич"
You might have a look here (skip over the stupid comments and go to the
section, «Чёрный квадрат»):
<http://absurdopedia.wikia.com/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87>
or
<http://absurdopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Казимир_Малевич>
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