>>8951217The Autonomous Komi Republic, which is part of the Russian
Federation, is situated in the far northwest of Europe, and spreads up to the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains. It's crossed by 9 northern parallels. Ten fair-sized European states could be placed on its territory. Besides indigenous residents--that is, the Komi people--there are also Russians, Ukranians, Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars
And now, let's go back into history a little bit. (shortwave radio turns on) A boy lying on skins behind our backs was turning the knobs of a small transistor radio(".....making efforts to use radios as vehicles of the psychological warfare. A subversive....") and the tent was suddenly filled with an announcer's voice speaking Komi. ("Jam, jam, jam, jam, jam, jam...") Then, with music from Moscow, followed by English and French speech. ("The recording was made at the Moscow Theatre of Musical Miniatures.")
Now, back to modern times
(beep)
"Your attention, please: At the Recommendation of the international time bureau, commencing at 23 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds UTC, an extra second will be inserted into the NBS time scale. This adjustment is required to maintain internationally coordinated universal time, as broadcast from this station, in close agreement with UT1, or astronomical time."
("WA6O-DB, with a question....")
"and, uh ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"and about power ..."
"d'you kn--"
"we got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
"d'you kn-- do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"-power, and all that, that's power, we got so much power, that's
Ridiculous."
"We have--"
"power, power, power, power, power, power now, it's ridiculous. We got so much power now ..."
"Do you know how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union?"
"It's not even funny."
"D'you--"
"That's-
