Ah, I wish I hadn't seen that. One minute into it and it pissed me off... first of all, there was no "Russian mafia" under communism, but a state-run mafia known as the Communist Party... second of all bread lines appeared under perestroika and NOT before... inflation was a post-communist phenomenon, not communist... and finally most Russians never let their shoes get tattered, and no, this is finally, the most offensive:
Kalinka is a RUSSIAN COSSACK folk song (adored by Whites and Reds alike), NOT a communist song. It's a love song. If the makers of this extremely poorly-informed video would like, I can provide them with at least fifteen different REAL communist songs in Russian and in several other languages. The Internationale would be a good start.
Grrr, I hate it when people confuse Russia, Perestroika, the USSR, and communism.
Worst of all, it could have been so much funnier if communism itself had been parodied, as there is well nigh enough material for that alone. And it would be much more educational.
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Solomon Naismith Seagal
June 17, 2006
7:42 pm
Elizabeth
June 21, 2006
8:18 am
Kalinka is a RUSSIAN COSSACK folk song (adored by Whites and Reds alike), NOT a communist song. It's a love song. If the makers of this extremely poorly-informed video would like, I can provide them with at least fifteen different REAL communist songs in Russian and in several other languages. The Internationale would be a good start.
Grrr, I hate it when people confuse Russia, Perestroika, the USSR, and communism.
Worst of all, it could have been so much funnier if communism itself had been parodied, as there is well nigh enough material for that alone. And it would be much more educational.