in Soviet ideology, except for exaggerated patriotism, played a big role thesis of friendship between the peoples of different countries and continents.In this picture very smoothly fit into such a phenomenon as the Twin Cities.What is this for the Soviet people?Do they have analogues in the world?
Referring to the dictionary, we read that the twinning - a phenomenon very ancient past, relating to the ancestral customs.People (men and women) who do not have blood ties with a view to mutual support establishes a connection between them, in fact, close to related.People say - called a sister, a brother named.From these considerations it emerges quite answer the question of what it means to "sister cities."This is the city that can be located in different countries and on different continents, but have a close, friendly relationship.There is even the United Towns Organization, and in 1863 the last Sunday of April is celebrated as the World Day of sister cities.
After World War II, to strengthen relations between the Union, but still very different countries in Europe, America and the Soviet Union, there was a new level of cooperation, formalized in the concept of "sister cities."What does this mean in hard times beginning of the Cold War?Firstly, the opportunity to learn more about the life, culture, customs and traditions quite far for us men, residents of foreign cities on the other side of the Iron Curtain.Secondly, it was a way to tell the world about yourself, introduce the true values, proclaimed in our society - friendliness, peace, and mutual respect.An interesting case of the occurrence of establishing friendship and twinning relations between Stalingrad and Coventry, the English city residents supported by the population destroyed and burned, but held out of the city on the Volga.They sent a telegram of encouragement, and then embroidered cloth, which is kept in a museum in Volgograd.It was the first time that marked the beginning of the phenomenon as the Twin Cities.That is quite a touching situation, frankly and openly, I think there is no doubt.In the future, more prosaic reasons were given the opportunity to become related cities, such as the similarity of the name, geographic location and even industrial plants.
phenomenon, which is called "Twin Cities" was quite common in the Soviet Union.Great Soviet Encyclopedia states that 100 cities of our country had such a close, friendly relations with 200 settlements all over the world.For example, the twin-cities of Moscow - the capital of most other countries, there are only 88. In the US, this is one city - Chicago.Between these cities there are cultural and economic relations, manifested in festivals, joint actions, the exchange of experience and trade relations.
With globalization and convergence of various countries, perhaps this phenomenon is out of date.The younger generation is rarely used in his speech, the phrase "sister cities."What this modern world?Rather, the phenomenon in question has acquired substantially modified and pragmatic establishment of economic ties that can bring mutual profit.Yet should delve into the archives and learn about the causes of twinning links with other cities of your family residence.Maybe you find something interesting.
