Martin Seeger on Nostr: In the late 70s we had a joke: *An American visiting a museum in Moscow.* *His guide ...

In the late 70s we had a joke:

*An American visiting a museum in Moscow.*

*His guide explains: "Here you see the radio that was invented by comrade Popov"*

*The American raises an eyebrow, but he doesn't want to be impolited, so he says nothing.*

*And on and on it goes: "Here is the TV also invented by Popov. Here is a diagram of the submarine invented by Popov."*

*At the end of the mueseum they pass a bust and the American asks "Who is that?"*

*"Oh," the guide says, "this is the comrade Sokolov."*

*"And what did he invent?" the American inquires.*

*"The comrade Popov, of course"*

When I was in Moscow in 2017, I visited the cementery beside the Kremlin, where the VIPs are buried.

And the joke suddenly happened. Our guide explained that "Here you have the grave of the doctor X who made the first heart transplant" and "Here you have the grave of the engineer Y who invented the radio".

At that time (2017) I laughed about it. In 2022 I had to recognize that I had the chance to learn something about Russia back then and only did so five years later: **Our guide was dead serious.**