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Borys Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931 at The Ukrainian Museum thru May 2, 2012
Posted by Andrew K on April 11, 2000 at 21:00:28:
In Reply to: Rabotiaga & Rabochiy posted by Yaro on April 11, 2000 at 18:09:26:
Excellent point. Who are these Russian-swearing, abusing people? What kind of "conveyer" do you have to work on in Ukraine, to then go to Canada and work as "Unix administrator"? Who do they think they can fool? You can smell "GeBe" all over those colorful personalities. Even if they don't work there, they surely think the same way. Notice the huge respect those people pay to Putin.
: Words "rabochiy" and "rabotiaga" were elevated to the sky by soviet communists and have a bolshevik flavor. That's why these 2 people like to be called so. R & R are clearly Homo Sovieticus types. They are called "Komuniaka" in Ukraine and "Sovok" in Russia. They even can offend Ukrainian symbols which is normal for them. These 2 are most likely PTU dropouts (PTU-lowest type of vocational school in the former USSR - Profesiyno- tehnichne uchylyshche) and now welfare recipients, one in Canada, and second in the USA. Why didn't they go to Russia? Because they like to eat "kovbasa" (sausages) and drink vodka, but these things are not affordable there. That's the level of minds we are dealing with. My proper reaction would be to say that they both prey to the double-headed chiken but sausages and vodka is above all for them. To undestand their blatant Russian no dictionary is of help, you have to live in their environment. I am happy they left Ukraine. Russia doesn't miss them either.