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Contents 1 Communistic? 2 Aren't the Bordurians the bad guys in the Moon series? 3 Kurvi-Tasch 4 Elucidation 5 Bordurian air force 6 Personality cult 7 Tintin and the Picaros 8 Location 9 Borduriai... Köztársaság??

[edit] Communistic?

From The Calculus Affair, Borduria seems to be a communist or communist-influenced country. Kurvi-Tsach resembles Josef Stalin. User:Mr Tan 15:05, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)

I'd always thought it was more like a far-right country. "Taschist" is an obvious pun on "fascist", and the uniforms of the soldiers and police in The Calculus Affair are very similar to Nazi uniforms, right down to their red-and-white armlets. Colonel Sponsz's appearance, in particular, is that of the stereotypical Nazi officer of film, with cropped hair, monocle, cigarette holder, greatcoat and riding crop. 195.137.79.247 19:12, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

On the other hand the moustache suggest Josef Stalin. But well Hitler had one too, althoutgh smaller. Ericd 19:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

One thing is funny and ahead of its time the name of the dictator is "Plekszy-Gladz" sounds like "Plexiglas". Plexiglas, glass, transparency, glasnost... Ericd 19:15, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Please confirm. I don't thing there was a lot of large statues of Adolf Hitler while large statues of Josef Stalin were pretty common IMO. Ericd 19:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Borduria is suppose to be an Communist Eastern Bloc country, the Soviets had just invaded Hungary in 1956 — when the Calculus Affair was published. It does have elements from Nazi Germany such as the armbands however Nazi comes from National Socialism. Taschist may be refering to Stalinism — Taschist a play of Stalinist, Tasch being similar to the dictators last name Tsach.

[edit] Aren't the Bordurians the bad guys in the Moon series?

I seem to recall that Borduria is also featured in the two-album Moon Journey series, as the bad guys who attempt to spy on the Syldavian lunar mission... --Peter Knutsen 08:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kurvi-Tasch

What is this talk about Kurvi-Tasch? I have never heard anything about him either on Portuguese or original French editions. Both L'affair Tournesol and Tintin et los Picaros mention the Marshal Plekszy-Gladz as the leader and dictator of Borduria. On the other hand, the dictator mentioned in Le sceptre d'Ottokar is Müsster, an obvious pun on Hitler and Mussolini. --MiguelFC 23:38, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Most of the name change for each language, and this would include the Bordurian dictator's name. 62.160.141.126 13:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elucidation

Both Kurvi-Tasch and Taschism are examples of English translation. 惑乱 分からん 18:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

what happen to the symbol next to the flag on the page?

[edit] Bordurian air force

In the initial publication (pre WWII), Bordurian aircraft were not a recognisable type but had "Heinkel" written on them(? He 112). As with many Tintin books (most extensively with the Black Island), the original was update with more accurate drawings of vehicles from the period, in this case early model pre war Bf109s, (from the drawings it would seem they could be 109B, C or D models), which could be time appropriate for a loyal ally. 130.216.191.182 04:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personality cult

Personality cult is obvious in the Calculus Affair and should be mentionned. Ericd 19:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tintin and the Picaros

Is San Theodoros like Cuba or Paraguay ? Ericd 19:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location

Is it that hard to tell that Borduria is in fact Syrmia... or somewhere in that region —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nexm0d (talk • contribs) 15:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Borduriai... Köztársaság??

Köztársaság is Hungarian for "republic". I couldn't find it it the books. Is this from the comics or did someone make that name up is it Original Research? -- megA (talk) 10:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I removed it and some of the other imaginative stuff. Cop 663 (talk) 12:54, 23 April 2008 (UTC)