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AnaKlaranova
2 mag 2020

  • Portoghese (Brasile)
  • Francese (Francia)
  • Russo
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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How is the life in Russia?
Please tell me a little bit about Russian culture!

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Utente eliminato
2 mag 2020

In my opinion, it is difficult to evaluate life in Russia. Life in the capital is better than provinces (I think it is not only in Russia). I dont live in the Moscow, but I was there, and I can say that the standard of living varies greatly.
If you want to read about Russian culture, I recommend reading about russian emigrants in Bolivia. I think these people are the embodiment of russian culture.

lunaaaa321
2 mag 2020

  • Russo

Some people like it here, some people don’t! sadly, the number of those who would like to leave the country / think our government is corrupt is rather high.

Xeniolum
2 mag 2020

  • Russo

"How's life in Russia". You mean how's it different from life in your country? It's hard for us to say, really. And "culture" is a really broad term, could you be a wee bit more specific?

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AnaKlaranova
2 mag 2020

  • Portoghese (Brasile)
I mean, how is for you to live in this country? (Your experience)What are the things you think Russian people do differently of another people around the world?
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Elenichka
2 mag 2020

  • Russo

Russia has beautiful amd meaningful language, rich literature, art, philosopy, history, beautiful architecture, amazing nature. It's up to us how we can use the advantage of all this richness and beauty. As for me, I love my country. Of course, there're many traditions that differ us from other nations, but it's impossible to put it in a few words. I would say, in depth the Russian culture is much more spiritual and less commercilized than other cultures.

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ChasCM
3 mag 2020

  • Inglese (Regno Unito) Quasi esperto
  • Russo
It's very hard to express what differs us from other nations. Russian people are generally known to be "sharp-witted" (look up meme "How do you like it, Elon Musk?") and rather straightforward. I believe that our mentality also has another type of relationship, I'd say so: European/American people look friendlier to others (smiling, being polite), but Russians are closer friends. I mean, I spoke to different people from France, Italy, the UK, Germany; they are all very good, nice and polite, and that is great pleasure to talk to them, but I always felt some kind of a wall, a barrier between us. I knew that I was just a small piece of their life, perhaps a good way to spend time, a good experience, but nothing more, and I was definitely not top priority. In Russia, I think most people treat friendship or any relationship (even a short acquaintance) differently. Again, this is mostly intuitive and I might be wrong. We are still fighting "global trends" like new gender politics and same-sex marriages (of course I cannot speak on behalf of the whole nation, there currently are a lot of young people in Russia who support it, but I think we're definitely more traditional in that way than many other nations). There is a lot of stealing and corruption (government steals from people and people steal from government). No one is proud of it, of course, but it exists and is one of negative sides of Russia. That being said, I wouldn't call Russians untrustworthy or unreliable. As other speakers mentioned, nowadays many young people want to leave for "better" countries, they don't like living in Russia because the people are poor, the government is corrupted, and the standard of living is lower than in economically developed countries. The average salary is ~$350-400/month in big cities in Russia. I'm not one of those and I like Russia as it is, I value our mentality and relationship very much, and I don't think that our life is actually that bad (though if I said this in a Russian community, they would probably tear me apart). These are just random facts but that's all I could think of.

It's very hard to express what differs us from other nations. Russian people are generally known to be "sharp-witted" (look up meme "How do you like it, Elon Musk?") and rather straightforward. I believe that our mentality also has another type of relationship, I'd say so: European/American people look friendlier to others (smiling, being polite), but Russians are closer friends. I mean, I spoke to different people from France, Italy, the UK, Germany; they are all very good, nice and polite, and that is great pleasure to talk to them, but I always felt some kind of a wall, a barrier between us. I knew that I was just a small piece of their life, perhaps a good way to spend time, a good experience, but nothing more, and I was definitely not top priority. In Russia, I think most people treat friendship or any relationship (even a short acquaintance) differently. Again, this is mostly intuitive and I might be wrong.

We are still fighting "global trends" like new gender politics and same-sex marriages (of course I cannot speak on behalf of the whole nation, there currently are a lot of young people in Russia who support it, but I think we're definitely more traditional in that way than many other nations).

There is a lot of stealing and corruption (government steals from people and people steal from government). No one is proud of it, of course, but it exists and is one of negative sides of Russia. That being said, I wouldn't call Russians untrustworthy or unreliable.

As other speakers mentioned, nowadays many young people want to leave for "better" countries, they don't like living in Russia because the people are poor, the government is corrupted, and the standard of living is lower than in economically developed countries. The average salary is ~$350-400/month in big cities in Russia. I'm not one of those and I like Russia as it is, I value our mentality and relationship very much, and I don't think that our life is actually that bad (though if I said this in a Russian community, they would probably tear me apart).

These are just random facts but that's all I could think of.

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ChasCM
3 mag 2020

  • Inglese (Regno Unito) Quasi esperto
  • Russo

Forgot to mention: I wholeheartedly agree with @Elenichka 's reply, especially with the remark about spirituality & commercialisation. Just added something from myself :)

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AnaKlaranova
3 mag 2020

  • Portoghese (Brasile)
Thank you for give me your opinion! It really helps me to understand a little bit more about your country.
AnaKlaranova
3 mag 2020

  • Portoghese (Brasile)
Thanks guys!
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