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“There are no irreplaceable people” - what does this aphorism mean?

November 29, 2016

Probably each of us has heard the phrase: “There are no irreplaceable people.” The aphorism is quite common. Some people agree with him, but others may argue about this. Not everyone knows where this expression came from. Who first said it and why did it become so popular? We will try to sort out these and other questions in this article.

Who is the author of the phrase “There are no irreplaceable people”?

In Russia, the authorship of this expression is often attributed to J.V. Stalin. However, in fact, there are no sources that would confirm this fact. The only place where a phrase similar in meaning was heard was his report at the congress of the All-Union Communist Party. In it, he mentions “arrogant nobles” who consider themselves indispensable, and therefore feel their impunity. Stalin called for depriving such people of their positions, despite all their past merits.

In fact, this expression became so widespread after the election campaign of Wilson, who ran for the presidency of the United States in 1912. However, he was not its author either. Wilson borrowed this aphorism from French.

There are no irreplaceable people, but...

In the middle of the last century, the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso uttered a phrase that somewhere in meaning echoes ours. In his performance it sounded like this: “There are no irreplaceables, but there are unique ones.”

This expression is more to the liking of those who do not entirely agree with the statement that there are no irreplaceable people. In the statement of the great artist, there is agreement that people are replaceable, but there are also individuals who forever leave a mark and cannot be forgotten. Of course, the planet will not stop spinning with the passing of even the greatest people. Life will continue, moreover, it will develop, new discoveries will be made. However, the achievements and works of such people will never be forgotten, and the memory of them will be passed on through the centuries.

Who likes to use the phrase “There are no irreplaceable people”

The bosses are very fond of this phrase. If an employee is not satisfied with something, with this phrase the boss can hint that a replacement will be found to take the place of any employee. However, in our time, valuable personnel are worth their weight in gold, so specialists are very much valued. There are real professionals in their field with enormous experience, knowledge and skills. They are really difficult to replace. Especially in such important areas, like medicine, science, politics, etc. It happens that more than a dozen years will pass before a worthy replacement comes to replace a gifted doctor, great scientist or talented leader.

Conclusion

There are no irreplaceable people. This is both true and not entirely true. This is both good and bad at the same time. The truth is that no matter how gifted, talented and great a person is, life on the planet will not stop with his passing. Someone will still pick up the baton and carry it further. And this is good, otherwise the development of humanity would stop at some point. But the other side of the coin is that there are people who still turn out to be indispensable for someone specifically. With their departure, life loses its meaning, and in this case, the phrase “there are no irreplaceable people” only causes bitterness and protest. People may appear in life who will fill some gaps, but they will still take their place, but not the place of the departed.

Thus, this aphorism in a global sense probably makes sense. However, there are different situations in life, and, perhaps, this phrase will not be appropriate in all cases. Although this also depends on the person. There are people who do not have special attachments, and in their case the aphorism is an immutable truth, whatever the circumstances in their lives.

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“There are no irreplaceables, but there are unique ones...” This is what the great Pablo Picasso said in the middle of the last century... Our whole life flashes by at the speed of an express train. And we don’t have time to think about those who are nearby. There are no irreplaceable people! But sometimes, very rarely, it’s true, but sometimes, Personalities happen nearby. No! They are not irreplaceable! With them gone, the business continues. The gears are turning. Life moves forward. But the special light that they gave to those around them, the warmth with which they warmed, the joy that followed in their wake disappears irrevocably... It’s about such people, in my opinion, that they say: “Yes, there are no irreplaceable ones, but there are unique ones. Everything can be replaced, but it cannot be repeated!” I think everyone present will agree with me that Sergei Vasilyevich Bogachev was unique.

Sergei Vasilievich Bogachev was born on September 27, 1963 in the village of Dobroye, Shebekinsky district Belgorod region. This is how I planned to start my essay in its very first, draft version. And then I thought that you can talk about anyone with dry biographical facts, but not about Sergei Vasilyevich. His portrait must be special. After all, Bogachev himself was special.

And then the idea of creating a collective portrait came to mind. Just as a mosaic, a mosaic portrait is made from multi-colored pieces of glass, marble, enamel, and colored stones, so from the diverse memories of the people surrounding Sergei Vasilyevich, I decided to create the image of this unique person.

And I would like to start this portrait with the memories of Fyodor Vasilyevich Tarasov, a reliable comrade and devoted friend: “...We have been friends with Sergei since our youth. He came to us in 9th grade. Moved from Yablochkovo. There the school was far away, and getting a secondary education was necessary. We studied at the Koshlakov school in parallel classes. I was in “A”, all the Koshlakovites were there, he was in “B”, there were all newcomers there.

In 1981, together they entered the Kharkov Institute of Mechanization and Electrification Agriculture. We wanted to get into one group, but we only got into one faculty. We lived in the same dorm and took the exam together. I remember how in my first year we decided to earn some money. Let's go unload the car with the motorcycles. We unloaded 54 motorcycles completely wrapped in plywood panels. They got it for it. How long would you think?! 2 rubles 80 kopecks for two.

After college, Seryoga returned to Kupino. It was there, on the Rossiya collective farm, where Sergei studied, that he became the secretary of the Komsomol organization. Then the first secretary of the district Komsomol committee.”

I don't think this was accidental. Young, energetic, creative, he knew how to rally young people around him and ignite a common cause. The talent of the young organizer did not go unnoticed, and in 1987 Sergei Vasilyevich went to work for the city Komsomol committee. Here he learned to work with people, take responsibility for assigned work, and successfully overcome difficulties.

Sergei Nikolaevich Karacharov recalls Sergei Vasilyevich’s work in the Komsomol: “Together we raised quite complex, as they would say now, projects. We took on events at a very serious regional level.”

Let's return to the lines of the official biography of Sergei Vasilyevich: “From April 1992 to May 2005, S.V. Bogachev continued his career as head of the youth department, then deputy head and head of the department of culture, sports and youth affairs of the administration of the Shebekinsky district and the city of Shebekino. Under his leadership, the industry overcame the most difficult times in the history of modern Russia.”

And here’s how Sergei Nikolaevich Karacharov remembers it: “Sergei Vasilyevich took on this work and created the department almost from scratch. As priority direction chose to work with children and adolescents registered with the commission on juvenile affairs. As a result, people from the region came to learn from the work experience of Shebekin residents. Sergei Vasilyevich, together with other members of the commission, thoroughly studied the documents for each child, traveled around the area, and filmed stories. We tried to find a way out of any, even the most difficult situation. A summons to a commission meeting was a last resort. But if they called a child, they didn’t just scold and scare them, but they talked seriously and found an approach to everyone.

He always had a huge number of assistants in his work. They believed him. They knew that if Bogachev gave his word, he would definitely keep it. At that time, the time of perestroika, people did not receive wages for two to three months, let alone money for events. And he was given wonderful prizes in the hope that someday they would be paid for. He always knew how to find sponsors. With their help, we realized the most unimaginable ideas. KVN is one of them.”

Here we turn to the memories of the KVN players themselves. Dmitry Viktorovich Gruzdev: “It was Sergei Vasilyevich who proposed creating the KVN League in Shebekino. We organized a team of teachers. I became captain. But gradually some teams dropped out, some simply did not reach the level. The team broke up."

Yuri Alekseevich Unkovsky: “Dmitry Gruzdev called for the convening of the second KVN team. They called it “Shebekinsky holidaymakers”. This team has achieved a lot high results. They became regional champions. But this happened, rather, not thanks to, but in spite of. Despite all the difficulties and problems that had to be solved, but thanks to the help of Sergei Vasilyevich. Without him, the second attempt would have failed.”

And again Dmitry Viktorovich: “A national team was formed from the most faithful. I was its captain, Sergei Vasilyevich was its director. The first game was with Korochka. And the first victory! And then off we went: Sochi, Donetsk, Voronezh, Moscow. Sergei Vasilyevich dealt with all organizational issues: buying tickets, organizing accommodation, raising money, finding sponsors. He somehow did it all easily. We called him Batyanya. At the KVN festival in Sochi, he was nicknamed Kirov for his favorite cap. He had an incredible sense of humor. They were friends with him, they believed in him, they trusted him endlessly.

Once in Sochi, Sergei Vasilyevich mixed up the halls. And instead of the Sochi KVN festival, I attended a performance by the German musician Louis Boeg (Mambo No. 5). I went through face control and several security cordons. He was seated in the most honorable places..."

As it turned out, KVN players are very modest guys. Through my own efforts, I found out that the “Shebekinsky Resort People” achieved very good results. They became finalists of the Interregional KVN Interleague of the 1998 season.

KVN still lives in Shebekino today. How Sergei Vasilyevich’s other undertaking continues:

S. N. Karacharov recalls that time: “Bogachev and his comrades visited the first Oskol Lyre festival.” I was only driving it. We arrived filled with emotions and had even more questions.

The second festival raised even more doubts. We thought for a long time and came to the following conclusion: “We will make our own festival!” We will be there to select participants for the “Small Lyre”, and if they still don’t go, then ours will be no worse, and maybe even better! That's what they decided on.

Alexander Tarasov came up with the name. The first festival turned out to be a regional one. There were 19 guys from the area and two Muscovites who ended up in Shebekino at that time. Further - more... Kharkov, Kursk..."

Dmitry Viktorovich Gruzdev also speaks about that time: “Sergei Vasilyevich always strived for change. His catchphrase: “Let’s come up with something new.” It was the same with International festival student's original song and poetry “Nezhegolskaya path”.

We felt that the soul was asking for something new. We decided to organize a festival that would be strikingly different from the then popular Oskol Lyre. It was prepared by a large friendly team: Sergei Vasilievich, Sergei Anokhin, Alexander Tarasov...

Largely thanks to the ideas of Sergei Vasilyevich, each festival turned out to be unforgettable: he would come up with a hot air balloon, or a volleyball tournament between authors and performers.”

Everyone I talked to noted that S.V. Bogachev was always exactly where he was needed. He always came to the rescue exactly when this help was most needed. As an example, the story of Alexander Grigorievich Prokopchuk: “2003. The first labor detachment. I work with the guys. We are repairing the site at Lomonosov Lane, 2. Sergei Vasilyevich is walking past. I saw a carousel supposedly repaired by us. “Guys, who will fix the floor?” - asks. “So, there are no boards,” we answer. Immediately it rings somewhere, as if by magic, boards and a saw appear. The boys are given some simple tasks to do. Those around Sergei Vasilyevich are circling on one leg. It seemed that with us he forgot about all his urgent matters and concerns. This continued until the mobile phone rang and Bogachev had to leave us with regret. The guys ask: “Who was that?” Imagine their surprise when they heard that the head of the department was working with them.”

"Lucky! He succeeded in everything! - says Dmitry Viktorovich Gruzdev about his senior comrade. “He stole the bus, which still faithfully serves in the department of culture,” from the governor.”

More about the story with the bus from the story of Sergei Vasilyevich’s wife Tatyana Viktorovna: “For the arrival of Evgeniy Stepanovich Savchenko, Sergei had to prepare a speech. At the same time, Smyk was given a clear instruction: “Bogachev, look! Don’t ask for anything!” Sergei was completely exhausted: “Tanya, why not ask, we need a bus!” I wrote the speech in one go. At three o’clock in the morning the light came on in the bedroom: “Tanya, well, listen!..” He still asked for the bus. The governor remembered this, and at the end of his trip he turned to Sergei Vasilyevich: “So what did you say about the bus?”

This is how the bus appeared. And Tatyana Viktorovna was a constant assistant in all matters. As Sergei Nikolaevich Karacharov says about her: “His wife, Tatyana Viktorovna, is amazing, a wise man. Thanks to her, he could work for days.” Sergei Vladimirovich Krivov echoes him: “What did you love in life? Work! Whom? - Tatyana! His wife understood him.” And Victoria Denisovna Konovalova: “Tatyana Viktorovna was never offended, because she understood him, she was not just a beloved woman, but, so to speak, she was his like-minded person, comrade-in-arms, support and reliable rear.”

In general, a portrait of a person will never be complete without telling what he was like in life. ordinary life. So Sergei Vasilyevich was unique here too. The story of purchasing an apartment is noteworthy in this sense.

At that time, the house was rented out to state employees. Apartments there were priced at 50% of their market value. Only those in need were given the opportunity to purchase them. As Tatyana Viktorovna Bogacheva recalls, it was simply unrealistic to force her husband to go to an appointment with A.V. Smyk, the then head of the local government of the district: “What, for yourself?! Ask?! Will not go! We’re not needy!” And this despite the fact that we had to huddle in a small one-room apartment.

Victoria Denisovna Konovalova told this story in more detail: “He never asked for anything for himself. I only remember once. Together they pushed me out and sent him to Smyk for a signature. So he could not squeeze out the words. He stood in front of the head in a cold sweat and stuttered. At first, Anatoly Viktorovich was afraid that his interlocutor was feeling unwell. But, when he finally understood what the essence of the matter was, he laughed and said: “Sergey Viktorovich, I’ll sign for you with pleasure!”

The same story repeated itself with the dacha. The wife found a wonderful plot on the river bank. Sergei Vasilyevich persisted for a long time: “What kind of dacha?!” Why do you need a dacha?!” Tatyana Viktorovna says that she even sent the driver to see what the place was like. And then I saw a tumbledown house and decided: let’s take it. Later I simply fell in love with these places. I didn’t want to change to any resorts.

According to Victoria Denisovna Konovalova, he himself transported the soil, made paths, repaired the house, and added rooms to it. I planted flowers, sowed grass, bought a lawn mower. Then he built a real fence, a fence. He himself went into the forest to get twigs, he weaved himself, he himself got pots from somewhere, and fixed them. I dealt with everything myself. What I couldn’t do, I learned.”

In general, such instant decisions have always been in the spirit of Sergei Vasilyevich. He made decisions instantly. And only then did he not retreat from them. So in an instant he left to work for Yuri Alekseevich Unkovsky at Shebekinsky Dumplings.

I thought for a long time about what made a successful person leave a management job in the administration and turn to entrepreneurial activity. After all, the desire for money work is not about S.V. Bogachev. A conversation with Sergei Nikolaevich Karacharov helped me figure it out:

“Working with him was both very easy and very difficult at the same time. It was easy, because he always worked not according to papers, but according to his conscience. He didn’t ask, didn’t find out, but did. It’s difficult because I did everything according to the letter of the law. He didn't back down one bit. He was a barometer for me, a moral barometer. If Bogachev agreed to take part in a particular case, from the point of view of morality and law, everything is in order. If Bogachev said no, I should have thought about whether I was taking on the right thing.”

I think it was this internal moral barometer that made life change dramatically.

As Yuri Alekseevich Unkovsky says, “directorship at Shebekinsky Pelmen LLC was probably not the limit of his dreams. This was not a matter of the scale of Bogachev’s personality at all. But here, too, his help was irreplaceable.”

Sergei Vladimirovich Krivov recalls this same period in S.V. Bogachev’s life: “Sergei Vasilyevich Bogachev was a creative person who was always looking for something new, always and in everything. It would seem that working in a commercial enterprise was a transit point for him. But even while working at the Shebekinsky Pelmen enterprise, he came up with new products. He called: “Come.” We're having a tasting. We are launching a new product." I was looking for new approaches. He even contributed his creativity to production. Yuri Alekseevich was confident in him. I knew that Bogachev would do everything at the highest level.”

During election campaigns, S.V. Bogachev was always invited to work at the election headquarters. He took a vacation and immersed himself in election affairs. This was interesting to him. And he always returned with a sense of accomplishment, charged with the energy of an important task.

Therefore, when Fyodor Vasilyevich Tarasov called and said that he had offered the position of his deputy, despite his reluctance to lose a reliable partner, Yuri Alekseevich did not hold back his friend.

And since 2011, Sergei Vasilyevich Bogachev went to work in the administration of the city of Shebekino as deputy head.

It was his. His calling. After all, he loved Shebekino and the Shebekino people. I was passionate about making the city more comfortable to live in. All my interlocutors talked about this.

Alexander Grigorievich Prokopchuk: “He took everything to heart. Every misfortune was his misfortune. He listened to everyone's opinion. You could come to him with any idea, even the craziest one. He never said no right away.”

Sergei Vladimirovich Krivov: “He was a fire man. He lit up those around him with his warmth and energy. If he got down to business, then the people who surrounded him could not stay away. That’s what happened with the cooperative parking lot.”

Tatyana Viktorovna Bogacheva: “At first, the majority of the residents of the house were against this parking lot. But gradually everything more people they began to be imbued with Sergei Vasilyevich’s idea, and then, lo and behold, they were already coming out to help him.”

Sergey Nikolaevich Karacharov: “Sergey approached the work with his characteristic scrupulousness. I found helpers, like-minded people, and united the residents around me, quite different people at that. Organized cleanup days. We did many things with our own hands.

It's the same story with the skating rink. He didn't look back at others. He did it himself, and the others followed him. At 9, 10 pm I could go out to flood. After all, it’s necessary.”

Thanks to S.V. Bogachev, after a many-year break, rhythmic gymnastics was revived in our city, the championship of the Belgorod region among judo masters took place, the reconstruction of the city park began...

I could go on for a very long time. Each of my interlocutors spoke about their personal attitude towards Sergei Vasilyevich, but, you know, in each memory there was one thought common to all. “You are lucky in life, because such people are not given to everyone as friends!”

But today I can’t help but bring up memories of Sergei Vasilyevich of a man who was not his friend at all. Just lines from the Internet. It was just an accident of fate. Bogachev just happened to be nearby. I just couldn't help but help.

“We went on vacation as a large and friendly company. To Yalta. 10 people. I remember swipe, and the ceiling, the window, my knees flashed before my eyes in seconds... The bus fell. It was easier for me to get out through the back door. The driver and his family climbed out through the front... But someone was thrown out the window! Those who had been riding with us in neighboring seats just minutes ago were scattered in different directions. It was like in some movie...

A man was in charge at the scene of the accident. Only later did I find out (and was very surprised) that this was the deputy head of the city of Shebekino, Sergei Vasilyevich Bogachev (near Shebekino everything happened). We, those who were not seriously injured, were sent to a sanatorium nearby. It was late in the evening, but we were greeted very warmly and accommodated. In general, the people around were very kind and sympathetic...

Sergei Vasilyevich, I know, was not just interested, but literally inspected whether we had everything, whether we were receiving proper care, whether the necessary treatment was being carried out... He left his mobile phone: “Call us at any time!” And these are completely strangers to him.”

I presented to you fragmentary memories of Sergei Vasilyevich Bogachev. But it seems to me that they all united into one “work”, whose name is life.

Sergei Vasilyevich died tragically on April 29, 2012. On September 27, 2013, on the day when S.V. Bogachev would have turned 50 years old, a small park in his memory was opened in Ustinka. I think he would have reacted to this with his characteristic modesty in the only way: “What are you doing?! For what?!"

As Yuri Alekseevich Unkovsky said: “Serega Bogachev - and that says it all.”

Soviet leader Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin unexpectedly intervened in the 2016 election campaign in the United States. The “culprit” of this event was the presidential candidate from the Republican Party Ben Carson.

During a televised debate, Carson said: "Joseph Stalin said that if you want to destroy America, you need to destroy three things - our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality."

Very quickly, viewers and Internet users discovered that the presidential candidate cited words that Stalin never actually said. After this, hundreds of ironic comments rained down on Carson.

The most curious thing is that the quote cited by Ben Carson is well known to the Russian audience - it is, but only in reverse translation in relation to Russia, cited either as part of the so-called “Dulles plan” or as a statement Zbigniew Brzezinski. Some even attribute it Otto von Bismarck.

In fact, neither Stalin, nor Bismarck, nor Brzezinski, as well as other prominent figures of different eras, have anything to do with this phrase. The most similar statement is found in the hero of the novel writer Anatoly Ivanov“Eternal Call”, a former Russian gendarme officer, and at the time of his statement - SS Standartenführer Lakhnovsky.

The incident that happened to Ben Carson is not that rare. Thanks to the Internet, the circulation of loud sayings and aphorisms famous people, who actually didn’t say anything like that, became widespread.

Leader of the Russian Revolution Vladimir Ilyich Lenin wrote about this: “The main problem with quotes on the Internet is that people immediately believe in their authenticity.”

If you were confused by the historical proximity of Lenin and the Internet, then you can be congratulated - of course, he did not write anything like that. However, this phrase, launched by someone as a mockery of fake quotes, is now taken at face value by many citizens who are not too savvy in historical matters.

AiF.ru has collected several examples of famous sayings powerful of the world things they never actually said.

1. “No man, no problem,” Joseph Stalin

It is not known what the Soviet leader would have said upon hearing this saying - perhaps he would have nodded his head approvingly, or perhaps he would have twirled his finger at his temple. In any case, there is no reliable evidence that Stalin ever said such a phrase.

In fact, the phrase was coined and attributed to Stalin by the writer Anatoly Rybakov in the novel "Children of Arbat". They say that the author heartily made fun of publicists and politicians who in their speeches cited this phrase as truly Stalinist.

2. “We don’t have irreplaceable people,” Joseph Stalin

And one more phrase attributed to the Generalissimo, but not his. In 1942, it was used in the play “Front” by the playwright Alexander Korneychuk. But he is not its author either. The words actually belong to the Commissioner of the French Revolutionary Convention Joseph Le Bon and were said in 1793. Viscount de Guiselin, arrested for political unreliability, asked to spare his life, since his education and experience could still be useful to the new France. To which Commissioner Le Bon replied: “There are no irreplaceable people in the Republic!” The commissioner turned out to be right - soon after the viscount he himself went to the guillotine.

3. “Stalin took Russia with a plow and left with an atomic bomb,” - Winston Churchill

Another one famous phrase, now not Stalin, but about Stalin. Really, Winston Churchill treated the Soviet leader with caution and respect, which was reflected even in the Fulton speech with which he began cold war: “I deeply admire and honor the valiant Russian people and my wartime comrade Marshal Stalin.”

But about the plow and atomic bomb Churchill said nothing. For the first time, a Stalinist cited it as a quote from Churchill in the article “I Can’t Give Up Principles” in March 1988 Nina Andreeva.

Andreeva's inspiration may have been a 1956 Encyclopedia Britannica article about Stalin. Author of the article, Sovietologist Isaac Deutscher, wrote: “The essence of Stalin’s truly historical achievements is that he took Russia with a plow, and left with nuclear reactors. He raised Russia to the level of the second industrialized country in the world.”

4. “When I hear the word “culture,” my hand reaches for a gun,” Joseph Goebbels

The main propagandist of the Third Reich really did not favor those manifestations of culture that did not fit into Nazi ideology. Perhaps he would even subscribe to this statement, just like Hermann Goering, who is sometimes also credited with the authorship of these words. But the truth is that neither Goering nor Goebbels said anything like that.

In fact, the phrase is taken from a play by a Nazi playwright Hans Jost"Schlageter", dedicated to the German veteran of the First World War, who, after the Allied occupation of the Rhineland, continued to blow up French trains. In the play, Schlageter discusses with his friend whether it is worth spending time on studying if the country is under occupation. The friend replies that it is better to fight than to study and that at the word “culture” he releases the safety of his Browning.

5. “Don’t spare the soldiers, the women are still giving birth!” — Marshal Georgy Zhukov

Among critics of the leadership talents of Marshal Zhukov, as well as among fans of the version that the Red Army “bombarded the Wehrmacht with corpses,” this quote is very popular.

The problem is one thing - Zhukov never said it. How they didn't pronounce it Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov and the emperor Peter the Great, which in different time she was attributed.

It is not known for certain how and when this phrase originated. Something similar can be found in the empress's letter Alexandra Feodorovna Nicholas II, dated August 17, 1916: “The generals know that we still have many soldiers in Russia, and therefore they do not spare lives, but these were superbly trained troops, and everything was in vain.”

6. “The Franco-Prussian War was won by a German schoolteacher,” - Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck said a lot during his life that later turned into aphorisms. But, in addition to Bismarck’s actual words, there are many that are mistakenly attributed to him.

The author of the statement is a contemporary of Bismarck, a geography teacher Oscar Peschel. The words that appeared in a newspaper article in the summer of 1866 referred not to the Franco-Prussian War, but to the Austro-Prussian War: “When the Prussians beat the Austrians, it was a victory for a Prussian teacher over an Austrian schoolteacher.”

7. “Whoever was not a radical in his youth has no heart; whoever has not become a conservative in adulthood has no mind,” - Winston Churchill

Many people have heard about this phrase from Churchill, but the trouble is that the British Prime Minister himself obviously never uttered it. British historians, having rummaged through the archives, have not found reliable confirmation of Churchill’s utterance of this phrase.

Paul Addison from the University of Edinburgh states: “Churchill clearly could not have said this, since he himself was a Conservative at 15 and a Liberal at 35. Moreover, would he have spoken so disrespectfully to Clemmie ( Clementine Churchill, Winston's wife - approx. ed.), who was considered a liberal all her life?”

The most likely author of the expression is the Prime Minister of France in 1847-1848 Francois Guizot, who once said: “Whoever is not a Republican at twenty has no heart; Anyone who is a Republican after thirty has no head.”

8. “Any cook can rule the state,” Vladimir Lenin

Since the late 1980s, this phrase has been actively used by critics of the Soviet system and socialism in general. Without entering into an argument about whose ability to govern the state is higher - a Russian cook of the early 20th century or a Russian deputy beginning of the XXI centuries, it must be said that Lenin did not utter such words.

In this case we are talking about a deliberate distortion of a real Leninist phrase. In October 1917, in the article “Will the Bolsheviks retain state power?” Lenin wrote: “We are not utopians. We know that any unskilled worker and any cook are not capable of immediately taking over the government of the state. On this we agree with both the cadets and Breshkovskaya, and with Tsereteli. But we differ from these citizens in that we demand an immediate break with the prejudice that only the rich or officials taken from rich families are able to govern the state, carry out the everyday, daily work of government. We require that training government controlled was carried out by class-conscious workers and soldiers and that it should be started immediately, that is, all working people, all the poor, should immediately begin to be involved in this training.”

As you can see, Lenin’s original phrase has a completely different meaning.

9. “If I fall asleep and wake up in a hundred years, and they ask me what is happening in Russia now, I will answer without thinking: they drink and steal,” Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

This phrase is known to everyone and appears regularly in the media. But Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, despite all his satirical talent, did not write or pronounce it. Most likely, the second contender for authorship, the Russian historian, did not do this either. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. The phrase appears in Mikhail Zoshchenko in the Blue Book with reference to notebooks Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky, which, in turn, refers to conversations with Karamzin. There is no reliable confirmation of the reality of the conversation in which such a phrase was heard, so it can easily be considered the author’s discovery of Zoshchenko himself.

10. “Every fool can handle a crisis. What is more difficult for us is everyday life,” Anton Chekhov

This phrase began to circulate especially actively among Russian Internet users in Lately due to the economic crisis in the country. However, it is also popular abroad, since Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is one of the Russian writers and playwrights who are well known throughout the world.

The problem is that to this day no one has been able to find any reference to this phrase in the works, letters and memoirs of Chekhov.

We have no irreplaceables

We have no irreplaceables
A phrase known in socio-political vocabulary since the beginning of the 20th century. At first it became known as the slogan (“There are no irreplaceable people”), under which the future man conducted his election campaign (1912). American President Woodrow Wilson, who borrowed this expression from the French language. Later (1932) this slogan was used by Franklin Delano Roosevelt when fighting with Howard Hoover for the presidency.
In Russia, this expression is known as the phrase of I.V. Stalin, although in this form it is not found anywhere in his speeches or writings. Apparently, party propagandists and journalists simply “creatively developed” (using a ready-made slogan), the following passage from the Report (section III, part 2), which Stalin spoke at the XVII Congress of the CPSU(b) in 1934. Meaning some senior party and Soviet officials, he said: “These arrogant nobles think that they are indispensable and that they can violate the decisions of the governing bodies with impunity. They should be removed from leadership positions without hesitation, regardless of their past merits.”
Quoted: humorously and ironically.

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The bosses are very fond of this phrase. If an employee is not satisfied with something, with this phrase the boss can hint that a replacement will be found to take the place of any employee. However, in our time, valuable personnel are worth their weight in gold, so specialists are very much valued. There are real people with enormous experience, knowledge and skills. They are really difficult to replace. Especially in such important areas as medicine, science, politics, etc. It happens that more than a dozen years will pass before a worthy replacement comes to replace a gifted doctor, great scientist or talented leader.