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Wouldn't call first hand experiences with Russian people in the USA, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, Thailand, Japan and on a cruise ship in the Caribbean sea the American media.
3xperience with emigrants or travelers abroad are never a reliable indicator of what the people back home are like. Would you judge Americans by the ones you meet while traveling abroad?
I used to work with a lot of Russians. They were very smart but also very lazy. One of my co workers said to me out of nowhere "you will never see a Russian MILF." My landlord in Brooklyn was Russian and had a huge scary guy drive me around in an outdated BMW 7 series when I was looking at his properties. He did not give me my deposit back, and I did not pursue it. I think that was the point of the scary guy. When I think of Russia the country I think of those crazy looking buildings in Moscow, the sloppy snow in the Sochi olympics, vodka, cold weather and trees. Many important contributions in my field (math) were discovered and developed by Russian mathematicians.
The Russian mob in Brighton Beach and rich Russian Jews I know. The country of Russia itself is kinda a mess. Sadly the USSR used to be the only superpower that could rival the USA.
3xperience with emigrants or travelers abroad are never a reliable indicator of what the people back home are like. Would you judge Americans by the ones you meet while traveling abroad?
I judge any nationality, doesn't matter if they are emigrants/travelers.
I once read about Fort Ross, russian explorations south of Alaska made the spaniards colonize/populate the Californias.
Also almost forgot about:
K47 rifles
Chekhov
Tolstoy Winter palace
Peterhof! Forget the Winter Palace. Peter's palace is where it's at! You take a hydrofoil down the river to beautiful park-like grounds decorated with fountains, and a number of lesser palaces, in addition to the main one. Great place for a picnic, and a nice, relaxing day away from the city and hustle-bustle of traffic.
There's also a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan tradition in town. Monks from the Buryat Republic run it.
Peterhof! Forget the Winter Palace. Peter's palace is where it's at! You take a hydrofoil down the river to beautiful park-like grounds decorated with fountains, and a number of lesser palaces, in addition to the main one. Great place for a picnic, and a nice, relaxing day away from the city and hustle-bustle of traffic.
There's also a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan tradition in town. Monks from the Buryat Republic run it.
Russia: Buddhism
Thanks I did look up Saint Petersburg, a great city that a yearn to visit. Already in my endless bucket list
We in Russia have such a funny story about the Americans.
The Americans view Russian family.
- Honey, I'm home!
- Why so late?
- On the road bear twisted his leg - had vodka soldering.
- Take it all! Let's drink vodka.
"Mom, I'll go play with the bear.
- Okay, but first have a drink of vodka.
- Where's grandpa?
- He is in line for coupons on coupons.
- Well, before that he drank vodka. And you don't sit idle - just go and drink vodka.
"Okay, go out for a ride, son, and don't forget to write in the evening a report to the KGB! And on the way home don't forget to buy vodka - it ends.
- Honey, it's hot here. Please turn off the nuclear reactor.
- Now vodka drink and turn off, while you play the balalaika.
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Moscow, father, son, mother.
— Family, sit down to eat potatoes with herring "Sardines"!
— Drink vodka!
— Dad, can I go down to look at Lenin, play the balalaika and wash our bear?
— You can only hot, go turn off a nuclear reactor in the basement! Can drink vodka! Yes, where is your sister?
— Cleans AK-47.
— Well done! He can drink vodka!
— Dad, today I wrote on the "5 for an essay on the topic "I'm ready For Lenin to rot in the mines"!
— Well done! Can the whole class to drink vodka!
— Wife, and where our grandfather?
— Standing in line for coupons for coupons!
— Well, he can drink vodka come!
All, ate, drink vodka and go to a Congress of the CPSU!
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Putin is vastly underestimated by USA. He's a former spy, top nationally-ranked martial arts master, and brilliant strategist.
USA ppl: read The Colder War. It will open your eyes about Putin and the world's biggest power players' greed for the petrodollar.
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