Кирилл Мартынов ([info]kmartynov) wrote,
@ 2006-09-21 12:02:00

Russians? They are very short people, look something like potatoes, and are not afraid of anyone in the world—on their own soil. 

Time Magazine, Oct. 27, 1941

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[info]lebedeva
2006-09-21 09:01 am UTC (link)
а здорово они с архивами сделали

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[info]kmartynov
2006-09-21 09:04 am UTC (link)
Да, я вот уже все утро читаю тексты сороковых годов про Россию. Надо еще более ранние поискать.

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[info]kmartynov
2006-09-21 09:19 am UTC (link)
Вот очень мило:

Purity. "The bedroom farce and the sex novel do not exist in Russia. . . . There is a refreshing freedom from sex consciousness. . . . Men and women go swimming in the same lake or river, without bathing suits. . . ." Thus Miss Thompson plumbs the purity of Russian minds.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731692-3,00.html

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[info]lebedeva
2006-09-21 09:43 am UTC (link)
вообще феерично) откуда у этой барышни такие наблюдения были....

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