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(07-26-2019 04:20 PM)Steve Wrote:  I'm not surprised that Russian children that young wouldn't know who Lincoln was or were unfamiliar enough with him (or his image) that they couldn't identify a statue of Lincoln. I don't think American children that young would know who Alexander II was, or for that matter Catherine the Great or Peter the Great. I don't think I'd be able to identify. I don't think I could immediately identify a statue as that of Alexander II.

Still... not knowing what "Tsar" means?

I doubted also that they would know Abraham Lincoln and would have loved to ask a 20-year-old Russian the same question. However, it did surprise me that they did not recognize the word "Tsar," and I even mentioned Nicholas and Alexandra. Still no recognition.

Of course, about ten years ago, I had a class of 20+ sixth graders on tour who did not know who Abraham Lincoln was until I said penny and $5 bill. He then didn't get a name - just "Oh, yea, that dude on money..." That class is now old enough to procreate.