Since then, the expression "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" has become a
Russian cliché for various fraudulent enterprises and people who use false pretenses to get money, such as claiming to be a war veteran, a "
Chernobyl liquidator", or a relative of the victim. A music band from
Minsk,
Belarus, and the
KVN team from
Tomsk bear the name. A monument to two of the most famous of Schmidt's "sons" (Bender and Balaganov) was erected in
Berdiansk in 2002. A statue of Panikovsky, carrying out his favorite trick of pretending to be a blind man, has been erected in
Kyiv,
Ukraine. The
Estonian
punk rock band
Vennaskond entitled its first album (released in 1991, during the fall of the Soviet Union)
"Ltn. Schmidti Pojad" ("The Sons Of Lieutenant Schmidt"). During repairs on the
Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge in
Saint Petersburg in 2006, the builders erected a temporary bridge some meters above. The temporary construction was nicknamed "Son of Lieutenant Schmidt". ==References==