1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks were on a sealed German train moving into Russia.

After a day of travelling, one of the Bolsheviks asks if anyone knows where they are
Lenin hangs his arm out of the carriage, pulls it back and announces - "We are still in Germany"

Later in the journey again one of the comrades asks where they are, again Lenin hangs an arm out of the carriage,
"We are in Poland"

Yet later in the journey, a traveller asks where they were, again Lenin hung an arm out of the train, pulled it in. looked at it and announced, "Now we are in Mother Russia!".

After the train finally rolled into the station, Trotsky quietly asked Lenin how he could tell their location by simply putting his arm out of the train.

"Ah!" said Lenin, "When we passed through Germany, I put my had out of the train and the locals shook it,
When we passed through Poland, I put my hand out and the locals spat at it,
"And when I put my hand out in Russia ... Some Ba*d stole my watch!".