Poruchik (First Lieutenant) Dmitry Rzhevsky (Sometimes spelled Rzhevskiy) of the jokes is a cavalry ( Hussar) officer, a straightforward, unsophisticated, and innocently rude military type whose rank and standing nevertheless gain him entrance into high society. The door opens and a person in a blue uniform comes in saying, "You really should ease up on vodka, Comrade Tikhonov!" ( Blue uniform was the typical police officer's uniform in Soviet Union.) If they wear green uniform, I'm in the USSR so I'll admit I'm Colonel Isayev". If a person in black uniform walks in, I must be in Germany so I'll say I'm Standartenführer Stierlitz. "Which identity should I use?" he wonders. But the pistol was in the other pocket (in Russian "the end" may mean penis).
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