Lieutenant Rzhevsky jokes (Поручик Ржевский) In Russia we have jokes about lieutenant Rzhevsky. This fake person is a junior hussar officer who lived in the beginning of XIX century. It's a collective image of rude hipersexual hussar officer. Most of these jokes shouldn't been told to descent women. Here is one of the jokes which could been told. Hussars are getting ready to go to ball. The captian says to lieutenant Rzhevsky: - Lieutenant, you should dance with colonel's wife during the ball. And do tell her some complements! During the dance with colonel's wife lieutenant Rzhevsky says her: - Madame, I admire you. You smell much better than other fat elderly women .