Banging the Secretary General if his Shoe on the podium at the UN.
The most popularly known myths about Khrushchev is a story about how the Secretary General promised the West Gruel show and banged his Shoe on the podium at the UN General Assembly. However, in these stories more fiction than real facts. October 12, 1960 really was the most violent and sensational meeting of the UN General Assembly. And Khrushchev’s speech was the most emotional, but really everything did not happen exactly as it was written in the Newspapers.
Promise to show the Gruel and the episode with the Shoe took place in reality, but it was two different stories. In 1959 in Sokolniki Park hosted the American national exhibition. At its opening came the Vice-President of the USA Richard Nixon, to demonstrate the achievements of the capitalist economy. A good example was the layout of the model cottage, which lacked one of the walls, and the audience could see the details of the life of the average citizen of the United States – refrigerator, TV, washing machine and other appliances and furniture. Khrushchev said that the Soviet Union will soon catch up and surpass the US in terms of life and at all “will show all the Gruel.” The interpreter hesitated with the interpretation of “untranslatable play on words” and as a result chose a literal translation. “Kuzma”s mother” put Americans to a standstill.
The second time Khrushchev delivered his catchphrase during his visit to the US in the same 1959 G. Personal interpreter of General Secretary Viktor sukhodrev so described the incident: “We went to Los Angeles, Nikita stared at the surrounding full life, and then suddenly remembered again about the Kuzma’s mother. Once again there is a hitch with the transfer, but then came to the aid of Khrushchev: “you, translators, suffer? I just want to say that we will show America what she has ever seen!””.
And next year, it was held that the 15th Assembly of the United Nations. In 1960, 17 African countries gained independence from their colonial powers, and the subject of the colonies was actively discussed at the meeting. Khrushchev spoke on this occasion with an emotional speech, in which he denounced colonialism. And after the Secretary General on the podium came the representative of the Philippines and declared that it should speak not only about those countries that remain under the yoke of Western colonial powers, but also the countries of Eastern Europe, “swallowed by the Soviet Union.”
In response to this remark, Khrushchev exploded. He raised his hand, demanding to give him the floor, but the gesture did not notice, or ignored. And then there was the famous incident. To draw attention to themselves, he pounded his fist on the table, but never having the reaction, brandished the Shoe. About how under the hand of the Secretary General proved his Shoe, later told one of the women serving that day the courtroom: “When Khrushchev before his seat had to do was literally step, some of the reporters accidentally stepped on the heel, the Shoe came off. I quickly picked up the Shoe, wrapped in a napkin and, when Khrushchev, in a moment, took his seat, quietly handed him a bundle under the table. Between the seat and the table is very small space. And bend to the floor to put on or take off shoes, tight Khrushchev could not, interfere with the stomach. So he sat from time to time, twirling under the table and your Shoe. But when he was outraged by the remarks of another delegate, he temper began to Bang on the table object, which happened to be in his hands. If he was holding an umbrella or a cane, and then began to knock with an umbrella or a cane”.
How it was actually…
When Khrushchev took the podium, no Shoe in his hand, he was gone. He swung a fist, but the podium is no knocking. Later appeared the Shoe in his hand in the photo in some Newspapers – no more than a photomontage. There is only one photo where the Secretary General sits in its place and the Shoe lies in front of him on the Desk. Filipino Khrushchev offered to “take the spade, and deep enough to bury imperialism,” and the newspaper then wrote: “Enraged Khrushchev hammer his Shoe on the podium of the UN General Assembly and in a frantic voice: “We will bury you!””. Thus was born the myth.
… and how is presented in the media.
