Gorbachev received a letter from the Belorussian Republic requesting approval for a new navy. He was quite puzzled, as the Republic was landlocked and didn't even have a decent lake, and queried the request.
The reply soon came, "Uzbekistan has a Ministry of Culture, so why do we have a Navy?
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