Talk:Borduria

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.

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)

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)

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?

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)

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

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

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)

File:LocationBorduria.png is OR. Borduria is in the Balkans, but at an unspecified location. Goustien (talk) 04:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

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)

Merge proposal
Taschist Borduria is a pointless article; any content that is not already at Borduria should be merged into that article. Opera hat (talk) 09:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

ZEP - Bordurian secret police
Talk:ZEP Borduria is For real??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.97.218.129 (talk) 13:10, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Perzerlic Da Borduriai
Where's the alleged Bordurian translation "Perzerlic Da Borduriai" from? Is it found in any books, or is it just fanon? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 17:46, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Where the hell does your Bordurian flag come from?
From the 7th Infantry Division (United States)???? The only clue to the Bordurian flag in the 1930s is the Me109's tail markings ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Militaryborduria.PNG"), that is, an upside down red Y within a black circle on yellow background. The tail marking could be inspired by that used by the Luftwaffe up to January 1939 (a stripe with the Nazi flag)(see, for instance, He112). The cockade on wings and fuselage might be inspired by some air markings used by the Francoist aviation in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39): a white X within a black roundel on wings, and a red yoke and arrows badge within a black roundel on the fuselage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:10, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "http://www.aire.org/ea/historia/escarape.htm" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: I'm referring to the 1947 version of "King Ottokar's Sceptre", not to the original black and white 1939 edition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:36, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I answer myself (as usual): there are 2 Bordurian flags (aside from that with the moustache). See "http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fic_tint.html#bord" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:24, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Bordurian air markings (1938-39 edition): a black hourglass on white. See "http://www.insigniamag.com/cd005.jpg" (the actual Heinkel He 118 dive bomber never went into mass production; in fact, I thought that Tintin's Bordurian aircraft was a He 112 fighter) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)