physical stature, as well as the volume of the brain - is not an indicator of its abilities and capabilities.The trouble is that if the little woman, like Ioannina Jaime (known from the movie "Cinderella"), affectionately referred to as "miniature" for low male literature and folk dialects are not in store no respect-pet names.The common colloquially lot of offensive nicknames insults hurt the male ego.
Boy on ovalchike
Some time ago extinct was anecdotal work ecstatically exaggerated the topic: "What is really the growth of Putin and Medvedev?"Pristupochka behind the podium, which acted Dmitry Anatolyevich, certainly surrounded with a red oval on the feature documentary pictures and "fotozhabu."
Yes, it so happened that the first persons of the Russian state the beginning of the XXI century - small stature.So what?Boy Thumb, well-known from an ancient tale was quite smetliv and ingenuity of the odds given his tall brothers.I think that exists if the slightest prospect of nanotechnology, that he would have invented Skolkovo!So why Medvedev to investigate the growth, see if you can estimate its political weight, contribution to the advancement of national science, culture, improvement of life of citizens and many others, especially the important parameters of a statesman?
"I stood on the shoulders of giants"
These words of the great Isaac Newton said of his predecessors, whose works helped him discover the basic laws of dynamics.First and foremost among them was a man of small stature - Robert Hooke.The one whose name is well-known law of elasticity.Such respectful memory "just" does not remain in science and history.
low growth of Putin and Medvedev does not prevent them to be giants on whose shoulders, bearing in mind the expression of P. But Stolypin, Great Russia will survive in an era of great upheaval.Fortitude, diplomatic intuition, the ability to rally the faithful Homeland people - these qualities lost on the issue of the physical growth of the Heads of State.
Visual Effects
We see the first persons of the country mainly on television, in the image of professional reporters.It is worth a closer look, and it begins to seem "relative" Medvedev growth if changes from frame to frame.Optical effects can not just profitable to emphasize the dignity of appearance, but a single person to make a visually high compared with the environment (this contributes to a simple law perspective, well-chosen angles).
video capabilities even without the "Photoshop" is very large.The case when the illuminator, who was unsympathetic character transmission did curly human visual hilly bald-only setting with the help of light.There are also more recent examples of ordinary people: our photos on paper does not always correspond to what we are seeing directly before shooting in the mirror!
personal photos of the first persons, perhaps, given the order often show growth of Dmitry Medvedev, the second person in the Kremlin tandem, the same as that of the charismatic leader of the country.
Waves acceleration
At the end of the last century, scientists began to talk seriously about the phenomenon of teenage acceleration: boys and girls achieved significantly higher growth than those in previous generations.Subsequent analysis of historical data allowed us to hypothesize that periods of "riser" and "low-rise" follow each other throughout the development of humanity.Therefore polutorametrovogo growth leaders - Alexander the Great and Charlemagne - does not seem quite so Shorty on his background in mass stocky contemporaries.
growth Medvedev (and Putin's representative of the post-war generation) in a crowd of people, looks small against the background of the younger akseleratov.Offsetting this effect, reporters try to show Tandem often together, or choose camera angles with consolidation figures of the President and Premier, made half-length portrait.
So who is still higher?
difficult to determine how tall Putin and Medvedev when they are close.Frequent monitoring reports leads to the conclusion that approximately equal.
Thicker figure at Putin's broad shoulders athlete, low-set head, which, in comparison with the subtle Medvedev (shoulder line is also omitted, and the head and neck is more stretched vertically), makes Vladimir more proportioned andbecause visually high.In fact, the growth Medvedev, according to various sources, ranging from 162 to 172 cm (average 167 cm), Putin (officially recognized) - 170 cm.
Different heights of heels shoes, combined with the daily shrinkage disc of the spine (up to 3 cm inany healthy adult males) have the effect of nearly equal growth.One could argue that Putin has averaged only slightly above (3-5 cm) of his "partner in tandem".And both of them are low only against the overall acceleration of the people and rooted in this regard stereotypes (for example, the growth of A. S.Pushkina traditionally considered small for us, it is 164 cm).
Psychology stunted growth
Dmitry Medvedev often put the reason for the hasty approval of his questionable "great" projects.Such, for example, reckless experiments with time zones of the country.Indeed, psychologists have noted the desire for self-affirmation at any cost as a characteristic of men of small stature.
slightly infantile facial expressions, gestures civilized modest background brutal equanimity Putin's strongman confident personnel, reinforce the impression of a "levity" Dmitry Anatolyevich.
Medvedev However, the increase, of course, can not cause any "uncontrolled tyranny."Latent "complexes," the head of state, with a well-established structure of decision-making, even if they are present, do not affect the outcome of the board.Most likely, the cause of miscalculations are mistakes analysts silencing real statistics, mindless bureaucracy on the ground, in the end, the eternal Russian "fools and roads."How stands the emperor or president over his people - the last of the factors that determine our success.
