Re: CHAT: Peter I (jara: NATLANG: Scary Document)

Hello,

> > > Here in Zaandam, only three minutes frommy place, we
> > > have a huge statue of Peter I, who spent some time here and took
> > > home a lot of knowledge, vocabulary, and Dutch workers...
> >
> > How huge is it, by the way? :-) Most Dutch descriptions of Peter den
> > Store I've read portray him as gigantic. I wonder if this has been
> > reflected in the statue :-)
>
> Hmm, a rough guess: 4-5 meters.
Which means a 2-2,5 exxageration. Not bad :-)

> > But I don't think it's larger than the awful one we have
> here stuck in
> > the middle of Moskva river. :-(
>
> No, ours is definitely not awful. It's quite nice actually
> (and the text on it is in Russian!)
You're lucky then.

Here's a general view of ours:
http://moscow.co.ru/sk76.htm

You should really see the monster's face, but I can't find a photo right
now :-( You're lucky ;-)

Pavel
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Pavel Iosad               pavel_iosad@mail.ru

Is mall a mharcaicheas am fear a bheachdaicheas
                 --Scottish proverb

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