Comments on: Russian stamps depict the darndest things

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:57:44 +0000

fabulous!!!

By: demmix

demmix — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:56:41 +0000

The kissing stamp… apparently it’s a son /close relative returning home from war. Granted, most people in Russia nowadays wouldn’t kiss their relatives on the mouth, but it was commonplace then.

By: Z-Man

Z-Man — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:51:18 +0000

I’d love to know what your definition of a hillbilly is… The man was, for lack of a better term, a Southerner. Being of Virginia blood and living in what’s commonly referred to as “Pennsyltucky”, I can tell you there’s a huge difference.

By: Stan K

Stan K — Wed, 30 May 2007 15:14:24 +0000

We Russians think the kissing stamp is weird too. What were they thinking???

BTW – I liked Mark Twain in Russian a lot better. He didn’t sound like a hillbilly.

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:06:12 +0000

Ok, I’m French, and the kissing in the first stamp is a bit much. Kissing someone on the cheeks when you meet them is very different from making out with them. I think it’s the arms and the position of their heads that makes it look that way.

By: shellehs

shellehs — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:08:39 +0000

the 1st pic,
Oh my Gos’s Mama’s Daddy,i just cant bliv it

By: Antilos

Antilos — Sun, 27 May 2007 09:23:14 +0000

Ha, even now the Slavonians (including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.) occasionally show feelings and love to each other in such a way.
By the way I saw one time how father and son kissed their lips. It’s just a tradition, no more.
What else? In Hungury, for example, friends and relatives kiss on both cheeks when meet.

By: sally

sally — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:25:05 +0000

whoa, bernie, calm down.

i’d say that in esperanto, but i’m one of the, um, billions who don’t speak it.

By: toño

toño — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:20:37 +0000

Yes, your comment about Esperanto is rather odd. The fact that there are native speakers is already a success, even if it is nor the goal of the language.
And many other countries have issued stamps about Esperanto. By instance, look here: esp.zrsa.org/bbs/read.php?tid=109

By: Julia D

Julia D — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:16:56 +0000

Russians are very touchy about the whole WWII thing – calling it the great Motherland war. The tank with the tread blown off is German – and the stamp reads “Death to the German Occupation.” Stamps like this actually have very much in common with the American patriotism – similar to 911 symbolism.