Li Si Tsing (or Li Si Qing ; Chinese 李 西 青 ) is a fictional ace who destroyed Japanese planes in the sky over China and planes of the US Armed Forces in the sky over Korea and Vietnam (during the Sino-Japanese , Korean and Vietnamese wars), the hero of songs , jokes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and army folklore.
| Lee Xi Qing | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | 1950s |
| Creator | army folklore |
| Information | |
| Occupation | fighter pilot |
Content
Short Description
"Li Si Tsyn" is a kind of literature of the Russian surname Lisitsyn in the East Asian (in the Russian representation) manner. In addition, it is a Chinese name that is not characteristic of Korea and Vietnam [6] . From the songs it is only known that in the skies over Vietnam an American pilot is shot down by an ace, the MiG-17 pilot, about whom the Vietnamese say to the downed American: “ Our pilot Li Si Tsin shot you down ” [7] , but Li Si Tsin speaks Russian .
Appearance History and Real Prototypes
Soviet military pilots, mainly fighter pilots, served in groups of Soviet military specialists in China (1937–1940, pictured left ), Soviet military specialists in Korea (1948–1953, center ) and Soviet military specialists in Vietnam (1960 –1975, right ) | ||||||||||
In 1938, Soviet pilots helped the Chinese army in the war against the Japanese . For diplomatic reasons, this help was not covered in the press, but in 1939-1940 two books were published on the military operations of the Soviet military: “Wings of China. Notes of a Military Pilot ”attributed to Captain Wang Xi and“ Notes of a Chinese Pilot ”attributed to Feng Yu-ko. In fact, the first book was written by Yuri (George) Aleksandrovich Zhukov based on the stories of the pilot A. Grisenko, and the second is the journalist Yuri (George) Mikhailovich Korolkov . All the Soviet pilots mentioned in the books were named after Chinese names: Wang Yu-shin (Vanyushin), Li Si-tsyn (Lisitsyn), Hu Be-nho (Gubenko) ... [8] .
In the early 1950s, anecdotes about Li Si Tse received a new impetus in development. Since the Soviet Union did not officially participate in either the Korean or Vietnamese wars, the presence of Soviet military specialists and their participation in clashes and air battles was, of course, not reported, and the pilots of the Soviet air corps in Korea and military advisers were under a non-disclosure subscription, although other information exists.
I must say that although the participation of the USSR in the war in Korea was not advertised, I did not give any signatures on non-disclosure of my participation in air battles. Moreover, we freely talked about them not only in military units, but also in schools to which we were invited.
- Kramarenko S. M. Against the "Messers" and "Sabers." - M .: Eksmo , 2006.
On this occasion, the pilot of the Hero of the Soviet Union, who fought in Korea three times, Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub [9] [10] (a pseudonym during the fighting as part of the Group of Soviet military specialists in Korea - Krylov [11] ) said:
- And, finally, will we deal with the number of aircraft you personally shot down?
“Yes, I had a different surname,” the marshal laughs, “Li-Si-Tsyn.” Is it good? However, all this “disguise” was sewn with white thread. When the battle began, they spoke, of course, in Russian: "Pasha, cover, attack ..."
From the memoirs of the Hero of the Soviet Union pilot Yevgeny Pepelyaev [12] :
I had to fly with Korean identification marks and in Chinese uniform. Kozhedub personally selected pilots who had either front-line experience or well mastered the most advanced MiG-15 jet fighter of those times. Soviet pilots who participated in the battles were dressed in the uniforms of Chinese people's volunteers, Chinese names and surnames such as Si-Ni-Tsin or Li-Si-Tsin were inscribed in the documents, and Korean identification plates were on the MiGs. Such measures were taken in order not to cause condemnation of Soviet interference in the affairs of Korea by the UN and the world community.
Li Xiqing (李 西 青, novelized through pinyin as Li Xi-Qing) is a real Chinese name [13] .
In military memoirs
- Boris Kudaev. "Translators" [14]
- Andrey Petukhov. “Memory of the Service” [15]
It is known from military memoirs that the name Li Xi Qing has become a fashionable nickname for military personnel of Central Asian origin with the surname Lisitsyn [15] .
See also
- Song "Phantom"
- Lisitsyn, Dmitry Fedorovich - pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
Notes
- ↑ Moiseev A. P. “Rifey: Ural collection of local lore”, Chelyabinsk: South Ural book. Publishing House, 1990—269 p. ISBN 5-7688-0248-7 9785768802486 (Page 196)
- ↑ Nikulin Yu. V. , Sytnik O. I. “Has my parrot come to you ?: socio-political joke” Anthology of the world joke, vol. 5. K.: Dovira Publishing House, 1994–382 p. ISBN 5-85154-106-7 : 9785851541063 (Page 182)
- ↑ Posvezhinny E. G. “Anecdotes”, Voronezh: Central Black Earth Book Publishing House, 1993–395. ISBN 5-7458-0539-0 : 9785745805394 (Page 97)
- ↑ Sannikov V.Z. “Russian language joke: from Pushkin to the present day”, M.: “Agraf”, 2003–556 p. ISBN 5-7784-0263-5 9785778402638 (Page 492)
- ↑ Shturman D., Tiktin S. “The Soviet Union in the Mirror of a Political Joke”. Jerusalem: Express, 1987-543. OCLC Number: 18094189 (Page 339)
- ↑ Khramchikhin A. A. “The Second Indochinese” (“Russian Life”, May 22, 2008)
- ↑ Assumption F. B. “Name-book. The historical semantics of the name. " Vol. 2. M.: Indrik, 2007–493 p. ISBN 978-5-85759-404-9 5857594049 (Pages 394, 396)
- ↑ Dmitriev Valentin Grigorievich. Imaginary foreigners // Hiding their name (From the history of pseudonyms and anonymous names) / I. G. Klabunovsky. - 2nd. - M .: Nauka, 1977 .-- S. 190. - 313 p. - (Literary studies and linguistics). - 148,000 copies.
- ↑ Kovalenko A.P. Legends circulated about them. M.: PF “Victory 1945”, 1994. - 439 p. - S. 63. - ISBN 5-7449-0021-7 9785744900212
- ↑ Kovalenko A.P. Three times a hero: awards and titles of Russia. M .: "Megatron", St. Petersburg: "Veteran of the Fatherland", 2000. - 216 p. - S. 24.
- ↑ "Two wars of Ivan Kozhedub"
- ↑ Nazarov M.V. “A Little Truth and Interesting Facts about the Korean War” (Maxim Moshkov Library, Server Abroad)
- ↑ 李 西 青 (Xi-Qing Li). 浅析 企业 的 财务 管理 目标 与 资本 结构 Bri (Brief Analysis of Enterprises Financial Control Goal and the Capital Structure Optimization) // 山東 行政 學院 山東 省 經濟 管理 幹部 學院 學報 (Journal of Shandong Administration Institute and Shandong Economic Management Personnel Institute). - 2007. - T. 4 , no. 4 (2007/08/01) . - S. 104-106 .
- ↑ Kudaev B. Ch. “Translators” (ArtOfWar) Archived copy dated March 29, 2009 to Wayback Machine (unavailable link from 05/28/2013 [2259 days] - history , copy )
- ↑ 1 2 Petukhov A. “Appendix to the charter: Book of stories. The memory of the service. " St. Petersburg: Borey ART, 2003–142 p. ISBN 5-7058-0219-6 9785705802197 (Page 90)
Literature
- Nikolai Anatolyevich Salmin “Internationalism in action: local wars and armed conflicts with the participation of the Soviet component: military, military-technical, economic (1950-1989)”, Volume 1. Yekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Humanitarian University, 2001. ISBN 5-901527- 11-9 9785901527115 (Page 285)
- Fedor Borisovich Uspensky “Name-book. The historical semantics of the name. " Volume 2. M.: Indrik, 2007—496 p. ISBN 978-5-85759-404-9 5857594049 (Page 396)
- "New Military Literature", No. 4-12 - 2000. Journal. M .: "Voeninform." OCLC Number: 51196547 (Page 56)