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tavernier

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4. So that is truly a Russian thing.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:45 PM

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When we went to St. Petersburg Russia, over 20 years ago, we saw a headless statue in one of the parks. Our tour guide told us that this was a very Russian thing. Statues were permanent structures, but the heads were removable. Every time there was a change in politics, they would remove the head and put the head of the new guy atop the statue. We all roared in laughter, including the Russians that had joined the tour.

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