“Nekulturny,” or “uncultured” in English. I learned it as “nyeh kulturny,” back when it was the nastiest thing that you could possibly call a Soviet Russian. Ah, the dubious joys of the Second World:
Beating women with whips for the cameras. Russian regimes never change.
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Russia is thoroughly modernized, except for the whip-carrying Cossak militia http://t.co/oiUq9GvflC
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 19, 2014
…and stop trying to troll the United States of America. I mean, seriously: the rest of the civilized world worked out how to handle motor traffic several decades ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePE2TthO88
Although I should give the Russians some credit: they’ve got more paved roads than one might expect from a second-rate imperial power. Guess that was to make sure that they could keep the gulags stocked up with enemies of the State.
Moe Lane
PS: You know why I’m writing this. But I ain’t going to give the New York Times the satisfaction of knowing that their link-baiting worked.