
But some information still managed to get. Yes, and the Germans are unlikely to remember the nuances. Nowadays, we do not particularly imagine what life was like in Germany. Some curious researchers decided to find the source. Upper Volta with rockets called the superpower, which had already sunk into oblivion, Helmut Schmidt, the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (until 1982). The aristocrats in those days were strictly taught notto demonstrate to the public his contempt through "loud" expressions. In fact, it is shaped "slander." This honorable lady could think like that, even agree that the USSR is Upper Volta with rockets, only she was not allowed to say such education to her out loud. Some defend the authorship of Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain. Upper Volta with rockets was first named the USSR. The author of the statementĭue to the mega size of the information spaceand the same number of interpreters and "insiders" there was some confusion. This is how it was and remains today - Upper Volta. The country can be safely described as the edge of civilization, which is quite enough for our reasoning. About science and in the slightest degree acceptable education in general is not a question. There is no economy in the country, the laws more resemble those that are established in the jungle.

Special editions can be foundinformation about life there. With the change of name in the state, little has changed. Now we can find it on the map under the name of Burkina Faso. With missiles, by the way, there was not something bad, but nothing. From the sixtieth to the eighty-fourth year of the last century, it was called Upper Volta. The fact is that this name survived the education that meant. If everything is clear with rockets, no one willto interpret this term in two ways, the “Upper Volta” requires explanation. Let's see what this means and where it came from.

Such an expression even the President of the Russian Federation used in his interviews. Strange as it may seem, it is now associated with Russia. For example, there is a saying: “Upper Volta with rockets”. That is, the world perceives them unequivocally. They are not associated with the ideological features of individual countries or nations. In the information space sometimes arisesonorous, sticky names, tenacious at the expense of their imagery.
