On 1960, in the United Nations General Assembly (…) The Filipino delegate had charged the Soviets with employing a double standard, pointing to their domination of Eastern Europe as an example of the very type of colonialism their resolution was critical of. Mr. Khrushchev thereupon pulled off his right shoe, stood up, brandishing it at the Philippine delegate on the other side of the hall. He then began to furiously bang the shoe on his desk. The enraged Khrushchev accused Mr. Sumulong of being “kholuj i stavlennik imperializma”, which was translated as “a jerk, a stooge and a lackey of imperialism”. The Premier alternately shouted, waved a brawny right arm, shook his finger and removed his shoe a second time. The second shoe incident occurred during a speech by Francis O. Wilcox, an Assistant U.S. Secretary of State. The chaotic scene finally ended when General Assembly President Frederick Boland broke his gavel calling the meeting to order, but not before the image of Khrushchev as a hotheaded buffoon was indelibly etched into America’s collective memory. At another occasion, Khrushchev said in reference to capitalism, “Мы вам покажем кузькину мать!”, translated to “We will bury you”. This phrase, ambiguous both in the English language and in the Russian language, was interpreted in several ways.
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May 16th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Thanks. I remember it well. I posted it here:
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May 18th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
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October 16th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
brennan is a homo
October 19th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
This did never happen. The shoe-baning nor the fist-banging.
merely example of how western medias propaganda.
anyoone has image or movie of the baning? thought so.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Mr. Khrushchev repeatedly disrupted a United Nations conference in September-October 1960 by pounding his fists on the table and shouting in Russian. On September 29, 1960, Khrushchev twice interrupted a speech by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan by shouting out and pounding his desk. The unflappable Macmillan famously commented over his shoulder to Frederick H. Boland, the Assembly President, (Ireland) that if Mr. Khrushchev wished to continue, he would like a translation.
At the United Nations two weeks later, in one of the most surreal moments in the history of the Cold War, Khrushchev removed his shoe and began to furiously pound the delegation-desk in protest against a speech, critical of Soviet policy in Eastern Europe, expressed from the rostrum by the representative of the Philippines. During a debate over a Russian resolution decrying colonialism, the Filipino delegate had charged the Soviets with employing a double standard, pointing to their domination of Eastern Europe as an example of the very type of colonialism their resolution was critical of. The enraged Khrushchev accused the representative of being “a jerk, a stooge and a lackey of imperialism”. The chaotic scene finally ended when General Assembly President Frederick Boland broke his gavel calling the meeting to order, but not before the image of Khrushchev as a hotheaded buffoon was indelibly etched into America’s collective memory.