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minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months agoProminent singer-songwriter A. Rozenbaum, referencing russian classic writers Karamzin and Saltykov-Shedrin, once said: If you put me to sleep and wake me up in a hundred of years, and then ask me, what’s going on in Russia, I’d say: drinking and stealing. Another misquoted quote that’s probably invented by a comic Zadornov, but never losing it’s relevance, says: Russia has two problems: them fools and them roads. and some journalist add money, as they all start with D. I find these predictions and writings, including those in time capsules, fascinating. Some of them either are too correct, or thinking too nice of us.
Prominent singer-songwriter A. Rozenbaum, referencing russian classic writers Karamzin and Saltykov-Shedrin, once said:
Another misquoted quote that’s probably invented by a comic Zadornov, but never losing it’s relevance, says:
and some journalist add money, as they all start with D.
I find these predictions and writings, including those in time capsules, fascinating. Some of them either are too correct, or thinking too nice of us.