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Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tatar

Joseph de Maistre

Phraseologism: Scratch a Russian and you'll find a Tatar.

Meaning: Behind the European appearance, which the Russians have acquired since the time of Peter I, hides their true, different from the Western, essence (character, behavior, manner of thinking, etc.).

Origin: From French: "Grattez le russe, et vous trouverez le tartare". Wrongly attributed to Napoleon. The author of the phrase is the envoy of Sardinia in St. Petersburg at the court of Alexander I, Count Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821). Comte de Maistre spent 14 years in Russia (1803-1817), wrote the book St. Petersburg Evenings, which, like his other works, had a definite influence on the work of many Russian writers. Sometimes this phrase is found in a different version: ... you will find a Cossack (...le cosaque), because in the view of the French, the Cossacks are one of the "peoples" inhabiting the southern, "Scythian" steppes of Russia, and therefore they can also serve as a symbol of uncivilization , backwardness, rudeness of morals, etc.

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1. About a certain enterprise, a business in which only women, girls participate (jokingly). 2. The phrase served as the basis for the formation of expressions of the same type (restriction on one or another basis).

Origin:

The name given to the American comedy film "Some like it hot" (1959) with actress Marilyn Monroe in the Soviet box office. Directed by Billy Wilder.

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