A Russian joke illustrates this sad state of affairs in the fantastic land of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Mendeleev, Perelman, Korolev, Sakh

A Russian joke illustrates this sad state of affairs in the fantastic land of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Mendeleev, Perelman, Korolev, Sakharov, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy... A man finds an old oil lamp, rubs it, and out pops a genie. The genie offers to grant him one wish, with the caveat: whatever he wishes for, his neighbor will get double. The man thinks for a moment, then says: "Take out one of my eyes."