Nikita Khrushchev at the UN (was there a shoe?)
As you know, history develops in a spiral. This fully applies to the history of the United Nations. Over more than half a century of its existence, the UN has undergone many changes. Created in the wake of the euphoria of victory over Nazi Germany, the Organization set itself bold and largely utopian goals.
But time puts a lot of things into place. And hopes for creating a world without wars, poverty, hunger, lawlessness and inequality were replaced by a persistent confrontation between the two systems.
Natalia Terekhova talks about one of the most striking episodes of that time, the famous “Khrushchev’s boot”.
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On October 12, 1960, the most stormy meeting of the General Assembly in the history of the United Nations took place. On this day, the delegation of the Soviet Union, headed by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, introduced a draft resolution on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples.
Nikita Sergeevich delivered, as usual, an emotional speech, which was replete with exclamation marks. In his speech, Khrushchev, without sparing expressions, denounced and denounced colonialism and the colonialists.
After Khrushchev, the representative of the Philippines rose to the podium of the General Assembly. He spoke from the position of a country that experienced all the hardships of colonialism and, after many years of liberation struggle, achieved independence: “In our opinion, the declaration proposed by the Soviet Union should cover and provide for the inalienable right to independence not only of the peoples and territories still remaining ruled by Western colonial powers, but also by the peoples of Eastern Europe and other areas, deprived of the freedom to exercise their civil and political rights and, so to speak, swallowed up by the Soviet Union.”
Listening to the simultaneous translation, Khrushchev exploded. After consulting with Gromyko, he decided to ask the Chairman for a point of order. Nikita Sergeevich raised his hand, but no one paid attention to him.
The most famous Foreign Ministry translator, Viktor Sukhodrev, who often accompanied Nikita Sergeevich on trips, spoke about what happened next in his memoirs: “Khrushchev loved to take his watch off his hand and twirl it. At the UN, he began banging his fists on the table in protest against the Filipino's speech. Clutched in his hand was a watch that had simply stopped.
And then Khrushchev, in his anger, took off his shoe, or rather, an open wicker sandal, and began to hit the table with his heel.”
This was the moment that entered into world history like the famous “Khrushchev boot”. The UN General Assembly Hall has never seen anything like it. A sensation was born right before our eyes.
And finally, the head of the Soviet delegation was given the floor:
“I protest against the unequal treatment of representatives of the states sitting here. Why is this lackey of American imperialism speaking out? He touches on an issue, he doesn’t touch on a procedural issue! And the Chairman, who sympathizes with this colonial rule, does not stop it! Is this fair? Gentlemen! Mr. Chairman! We live on earth not by the grace of God and not by your grace, but by the strength and intelligence of our great people of the Soviet Union and all peoples who are fighting for their independence.
It must be said that in the middle of Khrushchev’s speech, the simultaneous translation was interrupted, as the translators were frantically looking for an analogue to the Russian word “lack.” Finally, after a long pause, it was found English word"jerk", which has a wide range of meanings - from "fool" to "scum". Western reporters covering events at the UN in those years had to work hard until they found an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language and understood the meaning of Khrushchev’s metaphor.
The main character of this article is my sister's husband. In a conversation, if you need to reflect this family connection, you don’t need to use two words at all, one laconic name is enough.
Who is your sister's husband?
It’s extremely simple to remember: a sister’s husband is a brother-in-law or brother-in-law for both her brother and sister! Yes, yes, no fancy words! In the same way, your sister’s husband will be called “son-in-law” by your parents, and sisters’ husbands will be brothers-in-law for each other - one word can express two different family ties! But let's return to my sister's husband. He probably would also like to know who his wife’s sister is.
Who is the wife's sister related to her husband?
And again nothing new: sister-in-law! But what is the relationship between the sister’s husband and brother? He should already call his wife's brother brother-in-law. We figured out who is related to whom. But what you will call your sister’s husband is up to you! But remember: this is your, albeit not blood, but “named” relative, and the way you call him speaks about your attitude towards him!
When we get married, we immediately have twice as many relatives. And everyone is called something. You won’t remember right away. No, well, you can’t confuse your mother-in-law with anyone! But we'll deal with the rest now...
New in-laws
Mother in law- This is the husband's mother. For the mother-in-law - her son's wife will be daughter-in-law.
Father-in-law- This is the husband's father. For the father-in-law - his son's wife will be daughter-in-law.
Sister-in-law- This is my husband's sister. For the sister-in-law, her brother's wife will be daughter-in-law.
brother-in-law- This is my husband's brother. For a brother-in-law, his brother's wife will be daughter-in-law.
New in-laws
mother-in-law- This is the wife's mother. For a mother-in-law, her daughter's husband will be son-in-law.
Who is father in law
Father-in-law- This is the wife's father. For father-in-law, as well as for mother-in-law, the husband of their daughter is son-in-law.
Brother-in-law- This is my wife's brother. For the brother-in-law, his sister's husband, as well as for the parents - son-in-law.
sister-in-law- This is my wife's sister. For a sister-in-law, as for a brother-in-law, their sister's husband will be son-in-law.
New family ties between the parents of the bride and groom
Matchmaking- this is the mother of one of the spouses for the parents of the other spouse.
Matchmaker- the father of one of the spouses for the parents of the other spouse.
brother-in-law- this is the husband of one sister in relation to the husband of another. In-laws are also called any family ties between people who are not closely related.
Who are godfathers
Godfather And godfather- godfather and mother, but not for the godson, but among themselves and in relation to the parents and relatives of the godson.
Other relatives
All other relatives of your husband/wife will be called the same for you as for him/her. If your husband has a niece, she remains a niece for you. And for her you will be her uncle’s wife.z>
Each person has quite a lot of relatives. Perhaps not all of them are like-minded people, but no one has yet canceled their kinship.
In the language, almost every related thread has its own name. According to historians, this came from the fact that in former times, starting from antiquity, people lived in large families. All relatives were known and revered, not only close ones, but also distant ones.
Wife's brother and husband's brother
Words denoting relatives have very deep linguistic roots. To understand this, it’s worth looking into an etymological dictionary. Almost all words in this group come either from common Slavic roots or are even more ancient. In any case, words similar to Russian can be found in other languages.
The wife's brother-in-law is called brother-in-law. If you trace the entire etymological chain, then, in the end, you can see that the word “brother-in-law” comes from the word “sew”, which originally means “to connect, bind.” In fact, a brother-in-law is a person related to his wife by blood ties.
You can find out “son-in-law” in the same way. In particular, they call him a son-in-law. It turns out that literally the word “son-in-law” means “of the same kind, relative.”
Riddles about kinship also remain in history: “Two husbands, two brothers-in-law, a brother and a brother-in-law and their sons-in-law went fishing. How many people are there in total?
A little more about family ties
It makes sense to consider not only who the husband’s relatives are with his wife, but also to find out the name of the family ties on the other side. If the husband has a brother and sister, then what can the wife call them and who will she be known to the husband's relatives?
The husband's brother is called brother-in-law. My husband's sister is my sister-in-law. And the wife will be their daughter-in-law. A synonym for the word “daughter-in-law” is the word “daughter-in-law,” but this is what the father-in-law usually calls his son’s wife, and everyone else still calls her daughter-in-law.
The husband's father is the father-in-law, the husband's mother is the mother-in-law.
The wife's father is the father-in-law, the wife's mother is the mother-in-law.
Son-in-law is the husband of a daughter, the husband of a sister, or the husband of a sister-in-law.
Of course, the list of relatives does not end there. IN modern society Not all names of family ties are in common use. But knowing them is probably useful. At least in order to solve logical problems.
- Husband (spouse)- a man in relation to the woman he is married to
- Wife (spouse)- a woman in relation to the man she is married to. Married woman.
- Father-in-law- wife's father
- Mother-in-law- wife's mother
- father-in-law- husband's father
- Mother in law- husband's mother
- brother-in-law- husband's brother
- Brother-in-law- wife's brother
- Sister-in-law- husband's sister
- brother-in-law- sister-in-law's husband
- sister-in-law- wife's sister
- Son-in-law- daughter's husband, sister's husband, sister-in-law's husband
- Daughter-in-law- a brother’s wife, a son’s wife for his mother, one brother’s wife in relation to another brother’s wife; also used instead of daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, sister-in-law
- Daughter-in-law- son's wife in relation to father
- Matchmaker- the father of one of the spouses in relation to the parents of the other
- Matchmaking- the mother of one of the spouses in relation to the parents of the other
- Grandfather (grandfather)- father of father or mother.
- Grandmother (grandmother)- mother of father or mother.
- great uncle- father's or mother's uncle.
- Great aunt- father's or mother's aunt.
- Grandson (granddaughter)- son (daughter) of a daughter or son in relation to a grandfather or grandmother. Accordingly, a cousin’s grandson (granddaughter) is the son (daughter) of a nephew or niece.
- Great-nephew (niece)- grandson (granddaughter) of a brother or sister.
- Uncle (uncle, uncle)- brother of father or mother, husband of aunt.
- Auntie (auntie, auntie)- sister of father or mother in relation to nephews. An uncle's wife in relation to his nephews.
- Nephew (niece)- son (daughter) of a brother or sister (siblings, cousins, second cousins). Accordingly the child cousin(sister) - cousin nephew, second cousin (sister) - second cousin nephew.
- Fraternal (brother, sister)- having a common mother.
- Half-blooded (brother, sister)- having a common father, but different mothers.
- Stepbrothers (brother, sister)- being a brother (sister) by stepfather or stepmother.
- Cousin- the son of his own uncle or aunt.
- Cousin- daughter of a native uncle or native aunt.
- Second cousin- son of a great uncle or great aunt.
- Second cousin- daughter of a great uncle or great aunt.
- Godfather, godfather- godfather and mother in relation to the godson's parents and to each other.
- Stepfather- the mother’s husband in relation to her children from another marriage, stepfather.
- Stepmother- the father’s wife in relation to his children from another marriage, step-mother.
- Stepson- a step-son of one of the spouses who is related to the other spouse.
- Stepdaughter- a stepdaughter of one of the spouses who becomes the natural daughter of the other spouse.
- Adoptive father (mother)- adopted, adopted someone.
- Adopted son (daughter)- adopted, adopted by someone.
- Adoptive son-in-law (primak)- a son-in-law adopted into the wife's family, living in the wife's house.
- Widower- a man whose wife died.
- Widow- a woman whose husband died.
- Twin Cities- brothers, mostly cousins, friends who happened to help each other out in difficult times.
