Well, what really defines nationality - where you are born, where you live, or which culture you are closest to? By looking purely from a genealogical standpoint, it gets really hard to tell what her nationality actually is.
If we just say, oh well she's Germany cause her parents and grandparents were German, then technically, the older members of the British royal are German too, since Queen Elizabeth I and even more so, Prince Charles have more "German" blood than English...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was made up of 15 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Of these, Russia was, by far, the largest one.
Saying that Stalin was Russian would be like saying that Bill Clinton was Alaskan, since Alaska is, by far, the largest state in the U.S.
And saying that Georgia was part of Russia would be like saying that Arkansas was part of Alaska.
The Soviet Union was founded after Stalin was already an adult and living in Moscow. When he was born and grew up in Georgia, Georgia was part of the state of Russia.
It seems that many people remember Stalin was Georgian but nobody pointed out that Kasparov was born in Azerbajan and had very little appreciation for Russia.
And, to summarize the relationship between USSR and Russia:
- Intelligence is to know that they were not the same country.
- Wisdom is to know that they were the same country indeed.
Yeah, especially the English transcription is horribly complicated. For exaple I wonder why "Tchaikovsky" is not written like "Chaikovski" while "Abramovich" is not "Abramovitch" ("tch" and "ch" are represented by the same letter Ч in Russian). I'm not English speaking and I don't understand, my native transcription of Russian (Polish) makes more sense.
English spelling of russian (and all slavic) names never stops to amaze me..It's a bit frustrating to know the anwsers and not being able to gues how to spell them..
I kept trying different spellings for Baryshnikov, too, but Wikipedia says he defected to Canada in 1974. Still, I should have gotten Nureyev. I remember when his defection was big news.
I know that the letter "C" does not fit into the Russian language, but I couldn't stop friendly-ghosting Kasparov's name. Maybe an acceptable spelling, por favor?
Well...JetPunk is weird about area names in other languages. For instance, they tend to lean toward Myanmar (called Burma in the U.S.) but often accept Edinburg (Edinburgh in Scotland).
If you want to expand you could add: Ayn Rand (philosopher; author of Atlas Shrugged), Emma Goldman (famous anarchist: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution"), Pussy Riot (feminist punk rock protest band), Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47), Anna Chapman (spy arrested in 2010), Isaac Asimov (sci-fi writer, 'I, Robot'), Fabergé (jewelled eggs).
I didn't realize Asimov owns the company that makes my Roomba. ;) Other than Asimov, Faberge', and Rand, I never heard of the others you mentioned, therefore they must not be important. ;) ;)
Jesus Christ, can people stop with the nitpicking. We've all made mistakes so don't pretend that you never have. I didn't know that humans could be so ugh.
I tried so many different spellings of Kournikova before realising there was another (equally) photogenic Russian tennis player who was more successful at the tennis thing.
Or someone else was Kenyan. ;)
If we just say, oh well she's Germany cause her parents and grandparents were German, then technically, the older members of the British royal are German too, since Queen Elizabeth I and even more so, Prince Charles have more "German" blood than English...
Saying that Stalin was Russian would be like saying that Bill Clinton was Alaskan, since Alaska is, by far, the largest state in the U.S.
And saying that Georgia was part of Russia would be like saying that Arkansas was part of Alaska.
And, to summarize the relationship between USSR and Russia:
- Intelligence is to know that they were not the same country.
- Wisdom is to know that they were the same country indeed.