Word: fedosimov
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What should you call people who live in Russia? The New York Herald Tribune last week found that the answer was a little complicated. A Tribman went to see Secretary Pavel I. Fedosimov of the Soviet Consulate, and asked: Should his people be called Russians? Not collectively, said Mr. Fedosimov, for they include 149 other nationalities...
What about Reds? No good for civilians, said Mr. Fedosimov. That applies only to members of the Red Army and the Red Navy-or to pretty girls who are called "reds" when they are apple-cheeked. Comrade, tovarish? Perfectly all right for friends or acquaintances, explained Mr. Fedosimov, but no good for strangers. Then you say grazhdanin (citizen). Soviets, perhaps? No good. That means council...
...Fedosimov thought the best collective phrase was "Soviet peoples." Then he confessed sadly that the Soviet peoples have the same trouble-and persist in calling themselves Russians, even though they know it's wrong. As wrong, he added, as for the citizens of the U.S. to call themselves Americans...
| 1 |