The death of Russian womanhood as the death of empire

  • 2007-06-27
  • Dr. Dmitry Shlapentokh
Recently, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly into space, celebrated her 70th birthday and for this occasion was interviewed by the mass media. She stated that she was proud that she had dedicated her life to the motherland and the exploration of space and had only one desire: to fly to Mars. She added that this was a dream of hers and the Soviet cosmonauts in her youth. The Reuters translation for English-reading audiences implied that this wish was just a manifestation 's maybe an extravagant one for an elderly lady 's of her deep dedication to the exploration of the cosmos. But ...
 
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