Did Russian babysitters, or babushakas, help bring down communism by secretly teaching the children about freedom?
Gramps, Years ago during a seminar, the presenter stated that because the babushaks keep the young children while parents worked, that the babushakas were somewhat responsible for teaching the young children about freedoms. When these children grew, their beliefs helped collapse communism as known 50 years ago. True or false? Dr. William Oliver Dear Dr. Oliver, If you will permit a couple of corrections, the term that you are using is spelled babushka. A babushka is technically a scarf, tied under the chin, that is normally worn by older women. However, in Russia the term in never used to refer to a scarf, which is called a platok. Babushka, the plural of which is babushki, is used to refer to older women and the women were referred to as babushki because of their scarfs. However, although the older women often tended young children, the term, babushka, was never used to refer to babysitters. Now to your question: The older, pre-communist generation was deeply religious. But at that ti
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