I will admit that I thought Russians were emotionless... until I met a Russian woman in the military. I'm a Latina and I felt like we were on the same page 😂🤣😂🤣
My Grandmother reported an icecream van to the City Council because she thought the music they were playing was a secret message to other Russian spies. She was crazy.
i'm an american (and i'm joyfully learning Russian language from Fedor, and i love the language.). i wanted to comment on Russians being dumb. from what i've seen, Russian kids in the sixth grade not only know more about their own history than american COLLEGE students know of american history, but the Russian kids know more about AMERICAN HISTORY than american kids know about their own history. education in the u.s. has gone completely to hell in the last 40 years, from kindergarten to university it's a total disaster in the u.s. i know some russians who live in the u.s. and they are very intelligent and have many valuable skills that americans just don't have. as you can possibly tell, i'm not very happy about my country right now. we have missed a great opportunity with Russia. our countries should be the closest of friends, but our elected representatives just can't seem to get over the cold war. it ended more than 25 years ago but they don't realize that Soviet Union and Russia are not the same thing.
Well, Russian education is in trouble nowadays too. And also "i know some russians who live in the u.s. and they are very intelligent and have many valuable skills that Americans just don't have" that could be true, not because Russians are intelligent and have a lot of skills in general, but because people you know are intelligent and educated enough to achieve moving to another country. But thank you for your good opinion on us:) And I think that our countries should be closer friends too. But I have the feeling that governments of both of our countries use this modern days "сold war" to distract their people from problems inside the country and blame someone outside it. I hope it will stop eventually.
@@grigorievamaria8960На столько перегрузились в 9ом году что действуют одинаково кастрируя образование глупому человеку проще продать за его труд бусы. Как всё G20 вероятнее всего с разбросом функций в ту или иную сторону.
@@ayyewalkdaplank you obviously don’t understand the meaning of “autism”. It’s not a synonym of “idiotic”. You’re super ignorant on the subject, do better don’t use words you don’t understand. PS. Autism can’t be cured with any medicine. So it makes your bold statement twice as ignorant (let me put it mildly).
I think it's a good thing that Russians are cold to strangers. It makes it more meaningful when you do build a friendship with them. Americans tend to smile at everyone so you never really know if someone likes you or not.
It’s so interesting to hear your thoughts about these stereotypes of Russians. When I was growing up the news was always talking about “The iron curtain “. We were taught to fear your country and Americans knew nothing about the Russian people. I have just started to learn about Russia and the lovely people. I hope to visit there someday. These stereotypes are here and I really wish we would see more of the true Russia in the US. Thanks for enlightening Americans.
One day I left my house and went to my work. All of a sudden I noticed that every person I met smiled at me. It was weird. I felt like in US, but I was in Moscow. Just at the end of my way I understood the real reason of this. Yeah, it was open zipper on my jeans. How little is needed to feel like in US.
This was an eye-opener for me. Thank you very much. I would rather deal with someone who is genuine and not someone who is fake. Sure would save a lot of time and effort and emotions if people could just be honest about how we feel and not put a happy face on everything.
@@ivangohome Russia is the country of high culture. With big and great history. And russian people can set their standarts on their territory. If you want to change this standards you must change yourself. You should go and smile to people, and make your happy face. Maybe...
There's some stereotypes about us that I find funny though. Like every Russian has a pet-bear which he wrestle with on a regular basis. I wish that was true, I wanna bear)
What? I never heared that stereotype with a bear. Where I am from russian stereotypes are that everyone drinks wodka, old rich ladies wear big fur coats, everyone has a weapon or kalaschnikow in his car and they beat each other up on the streets when their are accidents or issues with parking slots 😅 and they don't like homosexuals. But I personally believe the wodka thing is true (that they drink atleast more than their european neighbours for example, I don't think they are drunk heads) and there are many nice people when you get to know them better 😊 I worked with a russian woman and she was so funny and nice and always laughed and smiled
Also a stereotype: most russians are portrayed as sort of dumb. But every russian (male and female) i ever met has a really good education, knows many writers, read many books and know classical music. And it seems everybody plays chess and played an instrument.
To be fair it’s hard for a foreigner to meet less savoury elements unless you go out of your way to find them :-) Much harder in other country, most of the dumb and uneducated people stay put :-)
So great you can travel to each other's home lands and learn the language and experience the cultures and bring good vibes to both places. A lot of wisdom for such young people. Thanks for sharing your stories online.
In my limited experience interacting with Russian's, at first I thought that the women were hard and very cold, to the point of being Racist. But once I took it upon myself to ask simple words in the Russian language to express myself, how quickly their attitude changed toward me. But I can say this also about many different people from different Countries. Even if you don't say the words correctly, they really appreciate your efforts.
I never thought I would ever watch videos like this. But occasionally I found one of your videos about 5 things that are OK in Russia and not OK in America and I got interested. After that I watched almost all videos on this and Victoria’s channels. It’s a good opportunity to practice English and I was very curious about Victoria’s expectations about Russia, stereotypes about Russians and an experience being a black girls in Novosibirsk. Thank you guys, keep doing it. Молодцы!
1. Well...living in Russia I have seen many drunks on the street especially on new years but thats because I have been out a lot during the night and I must say about Russians when they get drunk they get VERY nice to the point of it being a bit of a bother. Russians are usually a very closed as in everyone sorts of minds their own business and they will almost never go up and talk to a stranger unless its necessary but when they are drunk omg, they will hug and kiss and invite you into their house, they will try to get you to drink with them or buy your beer and food especially if youre a foreigner. 2. They are boss at the game Mafia though. 3. It is pretty safe in Moscow. I had my usual 2/3 am walks and never felt afraid. I think because in winter most people are inside and in summer everyone is outside taking walks and just enjoying being outdoors 4. Russians are very educated but they also dont like to interact with people they dont know which makes them "seem" cold
Omg. I hate that. I live in America and it can be really annoying. Sometimes I just hold my head down- I don't want ppl to say hi and I don't gonna say it Back...its really creepy.
In my experience though, it’s not that strangers who say hi are actually rude inside. Sometimes they are nice. You don’t know. Strangers who are rude have no reason to hide it unless you are their customer or something. Some friends, on the other hand, can talk behind your back. Or some people (strangers, new friends) seem nice but are actually racist or homophobic and just THINK they are nice people. Although that could happen in Russia too, I suppose.
Федя уже по-русски с акцентом говорит, милота :)) Ah, and about mafia - Fedor is too young. It actually used to be a thing in the 90-s. I personally heard of them and knew ppl who were killed by them and who had their businesses burned etc. But now all the mafia that has survived the 90-s are in big business or in the the government. )) No such thing nowadays.
Thanks Fedor and Victoria for having the patience to explaining things like this, but the fact that you DO have to explain obvious simple things like this is already sad.
I remember reading narratives of Russian factory workers in the 1900s getting vodka from their bosses so that they could function after a night of drinking but modern Russian people aren't factory workers over 100 years ago.
Although Americans are friendly overall compared to most other countries, I'd like to add a caveat. Americans in the northeast, particularly New Yorkers, do not smile and wave at strangers either and for this reason New Yorkers are viewed as cold as well. So it depends on where in the US you go.
Also like to conclude people from the Pacific Northwest are also cold and distant as well towards new comers and transplants. Seattle they call it the Seattle freeze Portland it’s similar to the freeze but it’s more of the passive aggressive approach they could be nice to you if they wanted to but it depends on if you are a certain ethnicity in my opinion. Why? Because I live there now and I’m from the south originally and I know southern people are the most warmly friendlier people!
The Russian spy thing came thru to even kids. Watch Rocky & Boulvinkle. I caught the tail end of that still being played on TV as w vintage cartoon when I moved to the states.
Thanks for breaking the stereotype and rumors. My impression was that they were All tuff guys and abusive. But that was based upon a prison documentary 🙄 duh. And I was a bit intimidated by them in some movies, (the pimps) But we should never judge by these so called movies. Because it could be said also about some black men. So. My bad.
hahah lol @ "based upon a prison documentary" 😂 That's just brilliant! it was pretty interesting to read about where all these stereotypes came from for you tbh!
The only time i meet Russians was home in Sweden when i was in my teens we were all drunk and met at the beach and had a good time. But then i wanted to try out his bicycle and for some reason he didn't want to lend it and got really CRAZY and smashed his vodka bottle and try to hit me with it. after i got out of reach the idiot throwed the bottle at his own friend which almost hit him, and his friend started apologizing for what a idiot of friend he had, at the same time the crazy russian started walking away camly with his bicycle mumbling in Russian. Never saw him again :( That was some sweet but sick memories, wanted to learn Russian ever since
Русская мафия в Америке имеет концепцию иммигрантов с Брайтона. Т е Одесситы которые иммигрировали в 70-ых. У нас разное представление о мафии . Они и не слышали о ,,братках’’
It’s not all sunshine and roses, some places are better than others, some are quite bad. Although I must say that it feels much safer in Russian big cities than say in NY or LA
I grew up during the last 11 years of the USSR, but even then, the propaganda in America was *thick*. Exactly like she said, Russians were, and are, nearly always portrayed as spies, killers, drunks, prostitutes, dull-witted, dishonest... I hate that one. But it shaped the culture here so much that, when friends are introducing me to new people, and they mention that I speak a little Russian (I don't know why they do that?), I'm asked if I'm a Russian spy. And I don't think that would happen if they said I spoke a little Spanish, or French, or Italian, or German... Any other language! Absolutely true about the warmth of the Russian people. Every single one I've met, and gotten to know, have been incredibly warm and generous. I don't smile at strangers either, for the same reasons - I don't know them! Once in a while, I'll nod to them in passing, just to acknowledge their existence I guess. If it's a pretty girl, well... Okay, sometimes I'll smile at them even if I don't know them, but that's because I'd like to change that, lol, so it's still a genuine smile! Спасибо большое за ваша видео, Я рад, что нашел ваш другой канал. Я надеюсь, что это правильные слова, которые нужно сказать. Но вы понимаете, что я имею в виду.
I live in the US and I don't know all these people who smile and say hi. But yeah I do know the fake culture around trying to build up favor with various people for one's personal benefit. that's a big thing here and people will be fake polite to try to get favors. On the other hand, the expectation in the other direction is the fake politeness and it's seen almost suspicious not to present that fakeness. Not that all politeness is fake. it's certainly reasonable to show appreciation towards someone who is working for your benefit.
SNATCH -- Boris the Bullet Dodger, although caricature and played by a Serb but still is my favorite western flick Russian character. Yet in the (actually) Russian movies, the closest to real Russian personality is Danila Bagrov from "Brat-2". IMHO Oh, and he boned a black chick ;)
Since both sets of parents get along so, well you should do the same video topic again BUT.....ask them what their perceptions are or were of each others culture from when they were growing up. I think you mar get different answers. I think that your responses to these thoughts are very generational. Honestly, I think if you go back 2 generations you won't get the same level of, 'glastnost'
My stereotype I believe about Russians is that they are very knowledgeable about building things and resourceful about getting building materials. My personal experience is every Russian man and more than a few Russian women can build a house from the foundation up.
Sadly, some Russian tourists can be really inconsiderate, especially in countries bprdering Russia and also Turkey/Egypt/Thailand... Basically that kind of behaviour normally comes from not-too-educated people who got an opportunity to travel abroad for the first time but don't know shit about other cultures, only speak Russian and don't care what anybody thinks... I am ashamed for them and sorry. Very surprised it spread all the way to Portugal too.. To be honest though, every time I've been to Portugal I was guilty of drinking vinho verde and eating all the fine goat cheese of yours all day every day :P But at least I'm always quiet and nice hahah!
I did not meet 1 drunk person in 10 years of travelling to Russia. I drunk more beer than Vodka. My Russian friends and colleagues also drunk (IF they drunk any alcoholic drinks) beer or wine. Never vodka.
Omg I am dying of laughter! Especially when you summed it up. Now I never thought all of these things so it's very weird that you have to inform people like they are a bunch of scared babys hiding under the covers because of the monster in the closet whahahahahaha
You mentioned the way anti-USSR propaganda influenced the way Russians are seen in America, I would love to see a video where you two talk about your differing viewpoints on the USSR/CCCP and communism in general
Guys Im not agree with your sentence on low income people being drunkers. I would say that people of physical la our drink more than others and young people also drink more than adults. It does not depend on peoples income. There are A LOT of poor people who are just "social drinkers" or doesnt drink at all. They have to work way mre to take good care of their families and you can find a lot of rich people who drink really much. And again speaking of alcoholics: you can find them in any country and any income level.
Question: what stereotype to Russians have about Americans? My bf is from Moscow, and after he moved to the states, his friends/colleagues back home started making really weird comments to him abt either assumptions about the place/life, or judgements about him being an ex-pat. I’m curious about your experiences with that, if they exist!
A smile 😊 is free and it can make someone’s day brighter 😊 but at least it explains all the sour faces in my neighborhood. Questions, how do Russians make friends if no one is willing to be friendly?
@@KyleRBell-pe7yy A couple of years back one leader of a small criminal group in my hometown blew himself up with several grenades just so that the police wouldn't take him alive
Most Russians I know tend to expect all foreigners to think they drink vodka 24/7.
The most popular drink in Russia is tea.
I will admit that I thought Russians were emotionless... until I met a Russian woman in the military. I'm a Latina and I felt like we were on the same page 😂🤣😂🤣
Shouting at people = passion in some communities.
Everybody in my class thinks I’m a a Russian spy
Lol
Me too and I’m not even Russian
@@angrydoodle8919 lol
My Grandmother reported an icecream van to the City Council because she thought the music they were playing was a secret message to other Russian spies. She was crazy.
one of my coworker once had gunfight with American troops in his appartment. Yes he was drunk and it was delirium tremens.
i'm an american (and i'm joyfully learning Russian language from Fedor, and i love the language.). i wanted to comment on Russians being dumb. from what i've seen, Russian kids in the sixth grade not only know more about their own history than american COLLEGE students know of american history, but the Russian kids know more about AMERICAN HISTORY than american kids know about their own history. education in the u.s. has gone completely to hell in the last 40 years, from kindergarten to university it's a total disaster in the u.s. i know some russians who live in the u.s. and they are very intelligent and have many valuable skills that americans just don't have. as you can possibly tell, i'm not very happy about my country right now. we have missed a great opportunity with Russia. our countries should be the closest of friends, but our elected representatives just can't seem to get over the cold war. it ended more than 25 years ago but they don't realize that Soviet Union and Russia are not the same thing.
Well, Russian education is in trouble nowadays too. And also "i know some russians who live in the u.s. and they are very intelligent and have many valuable skills that Americans just don't have" that could be true, not because Russians are intelligent and have a lot of skills in general, but because people you know are intelligent and educated enough to achieve moving to another country. But thank you for your good opinion on us:)
And I think that our countries should be closer friends too. But I have the feeling that governments of both of our countries use this modern days "сold war" to distract their people from problems inside the country and blame someone outside it. I hope it will stop eventually.
@@grigorievamaria8960На столько перегрузились в 9ом году что действуют одинаково кастрируя образование глупому человеку проще продать за его труд бусы. Как всё G20 вероятнее всего с разбросом функций в ту или иную сторону.
Exactly. Those, who jokes about Soviet union are probably autists. They need some med-checkup. There is no SU anymore
@@ayyewalkdaplank you obviously don’t understand the meaning of “autism”. It’s not a synonym of “idiotic”. You’re super ignorant on the subject, do better don’t use words you don’t understand.
PS. Autism can’t be cured with any medicine. So it makes your bold statement twice as ignorant (let me put it mildly).
Actually, 90th, with all the poverty, crime and broken lifes made people much more closed and cold looking. Before it was different.
You two are so cute. I wish you both the best of luck.
I don't understand why you wish them good luck.
Lisa Thomas yeah it’s a strange thing to say but I think there was a good intention
15 people refuse to believe you're not a spy, that's why they disliked this video.
Thanks for the video, much love to you both.
I think it's a good thing that Russians are cold to strangers. It makes it more meaningful when you do build a friendship with them. Americans tend to smile at everyone so you never really know if someone likes you or not.
That famous American smile is priceless!
Exactly, constantly saying hi and smiling at strangers is just creepy.
It’s so interesting to hear your thoughts about these stereotypes of Russians. When I was growing up the news was always talking about “The iron curtain “. We were taught to fear your country and Americans knew nothing about the Russian people. I have just started to learn about Russia and the lovely people. I hope to visit there someday. These stereotypes are here and I really wish we would see more of the true Russia in the US. Thanks for enlightening Americans.
One day I left my house and went to my work. All of a sudden I noticed that every person I met smiled at me. It was weird. I felt like in US, but I was in Moscow. Just at the end of my way I understood the real reason of this. Yeah, it was open zipper on my jeans. How little is needed to feel like in US.
This was an eye-opener for me. Thank you very much. I would rather deal with someone who is genuine and not someone who is fake. Sure would save a lot of time and effort and emotions if people could just be honest about how we feel and not put a happy face on everything.
@@ivangohome Russia is the country of high culture. With big and great history. And russian people can set their standarts on their territory. If you want to change this standards you must change yourself. You should go and smile to people, and make your happy face. Maybe...
@@ivangohome Each nation with long history had dark days in the past. France, Germany, England, USA... This is not russian specificity.
@@ivangohome Of course we will use achievments, because they are not german or american, they are universal.
@@МарияБурылова-к8н He's an anti-Russian troll. He's probably on Poroshenko's payroll & spreading misinformation about Russia/Russians.
There's some stereotypes about us that I find funny though. Like every Russian has a pet-bear which he wrestle with on a regular basis. I wish that was true, I wanna bear)
hahahahaha
Khabib where u at😂
What? I never heared that stereotype with a bear. Where I am from russian stereotypes are that everyone drinks wodka, old rich ladies wear big fur coats, everyone has a weapon or kalaschnikow in his car and they beat each other up on the streets when their are accidents or issues with parking slots 😅 and they don't like homosexuals.
But I personally believe the wodka thing is true (that they drink atleast more than their european neighbours for example, I don't think they are drunk heads) and there are many nice people when you get to know them better 😊 I worked with a russian woman and she was so funny and nice and always laughed and smiled
Lol
So cute
Also a stereotype: most russians are portrayed as sort of dumb. But every russian (male and female) i ever met has a really good education, knows many writers, read many books and know classical music. And it seems everybody plays chess and played an instrument.
To be fair it’s hard for a foreigner to meet less savoury elements unless you go out of your way to find them :-) Much harder in other country, most of the dumb and uneducated people stay put :-)
Alex Mashkin true.
I guess this is because we speak English much slower than ordinary British/American
I love you guys videos. My favorite part is the first few moments as Fedor begins his intro of Victoria.
So great you can travel to each other's home lands and learn the language and experience the cultures and bring good vibes to both places. A lot of wisdom for such young people. Thanks for sharing your stories online.
Victoria is stunning!!! You two complement each other so well
Awe you two make such a great couple💞. You have to marry her ! She’s so lovely 😊 I hope to find my other Russian half one day too.
Omg I am in love with her personality...yall have the best chemistry man
Beautiful couple
In my limited experience interacting with Russian's, at first I thought that the women were hard and very cold, to the point of being Racist. But once I took it upon myself to ask simple words in the Russian language to express myself, how quickly their attitude changed toward me. But I can say this also about many different people from different Countries. Even if you don't say the words correctly, they really appreciate your efforts.
Every country has stereotypes
Two videos in less than a week?? What kind of sorcery!?! 😱
Great video though 👌🏾 I love learning about different cultures.
The second one is what I thought until I met an actual guy at college from russia who was nice and polite lol
Not only do you two get on really well but you are smart enough to talk bout this topic and with a hint of humor. Great
I never thought I would ever watch videos like this. But occasionally I found one of your videos about 5 things that are OK in Russia and not OK in America and I got interested.
After that I watched almost all videos on this and Victoria’s channels. It’s a good opportunity to practice English and I was very curious about Victoria’s expectations about Russia, stereotypes about Russians and an experience being a black girls in Novosibirsk. Thank you guys, keep doing it. Молодцы!
2 videos in a week, keep spoiling me , Victoria looking gorgeous you're both beautiful people
Note to self: Take holiday near Russia. 💜You two humans.
All these stereotypes sprouting from the Cold War propanganda
Thank you for this video🤣 I thought was only one to experience this with my fiancé 😅
Lots of love to you both💕
Fedor, you are a good spokesman for your nation.
Thank you. This is very much needed. I appreciate this very much
Thank you for being so informative! I enjoyed the video.
They are quickly thrown into the gulags
1. Well...living in Russia I have seen many drunks on the street especially on new years but thats because I have been out a lot during the night and I must say about Russians when they get drunk they get VERY nice to the point of it being a bit of a bother. Russians are usually a very closed as in everyone sorts of minds their own business and they will almost never go up and talk to a stranger unless its necessary but when they are drunk omg, they will hug and kiss and invite you into their house, they will try to get you to drink with them or buy your beer and food especially if youre a foreigner.
2. They are boss at the game Mafia though.
3. It is pretty safe in Moscow. I had my usual 2/3 am walks and never felt afraid. I think because in winter most people are inside and in summer everyone is outside taking walks and just enjoying being outdoors
4. Russians are very educated but they also dont like to interact with people they dont know which makes them "seem" cold
"Exactly , exactly **pose** what place? " this made me laugh so hard !! ^^
Americans will smile at you and say Hiiii, but they are soooo fake....hence why they have a saying fake it till you make it..lol
Omg. I hate that. I live in America and it can be really annoying. Sometimes I just hold my head down- I don't want ppl to say hi and I don't gonna say it Back...its really creepy.
Some of us truly mean it. Some of us are just beung polite and wishing you well. Some are just buttholes who don't care
In my experience though, it’s not that strangers who say hi are actually rude inside. Sometimes they are nice. You don’t know. Strangers who are rude have no reason to hide it unless you are their customer or something.
Some friends, on the other hand, can talk behind your back. Or some people (strangers, new friends) seem nice but are actually racist or homophobic and just THINK they are nice people. Although that could happen in Russia too, I suppose.
Федя уже по-русски с акцентом говорит, милота :))
Ah, and about mafia - Fedor is too young. It actually used to be a thing in the 90-s. I personally heard of them and knew ppl who were killed by them and who had their businesses burned etc.
But now all the mafia that has survived the 90-s are in big business or in the the government. )) No such thing nowadays.
Best couple 💝 !! I like the video . kisses from Brasil
Thanks Fedor and Victoria for having the patience to explaining things like this, but the fact that you DO have to explain obvious simple things like this is already sad.
Yea same thing with Irish ppl lol "Drunks"
She is so beautiful
You guys are awesome :)
Drunks usually stay home
Thanks for sharing your stories 😘
I remember reading narratives of Russian factory workers in the 1900s getting vodka from their bosses so that they could function after a night of drinking but modern Russian people aren't factory workers over 100 years ago.
Так держать, товарищ. Глупые американцы теперь не догадаются, что ты шпион.
Although Americans are friendly overall compared to most other countries, I'd like to add a caveat. Americans in the northeast, particularly New Yorkers, do not smile and wave at strangers either and for this reason New Yorkers are viewed as cold as well. So it depends on where in the US you go.
Also like to conclude people from the Pacific Northwest are also cold and distant as well towards new comers and transplants. Seattle they call it the Seattle freeze Portland it’s similar to the freeze but it’s more of the passive aggressive approach they could be nice to you if they wanted to but it depends on if you are a certain ethnicity in my opinion. Why? Because I live there now and I’m from the south originally and I know southern people are the most warmly friendlier people!
The Russian spy thing came thru to even kids. Watch Rocky & Boulvinkle. I caught the tail end of that still being played on TV as w vintage cartoon when I moved to the states.
You are a beautiful couple guys !
Thanks for breaking the stereotype and rumors.
My impression was that they were All tuff guys and abusive. But that was based upon a prison documentary 🙄 duh.
And I was a bit intimidated by them in some movies, (the pimps)
But we should never judge by these so called movies. Because it could be said also about some black men. So. My bad.
hahah lol @ "based upon a prison documentary" 😂 That's just brilliant! it was pretty interesting to read about where all these stereotypes came from for you tbh!
The only time i meet Russians was home in Sweden when i was in my teens we were all drunk and met at the beach and had a good time. But then i wanted to try out his bicycle and for some reason he didn't want to lend it and got really CRAZY and smashed his vodka bottle and try to hit me with it. after i got out of reach the idiot throwed the bottle at his own friend which almost hit him, and his friend started apologizing for what a idiot of friend he had, at the same time the crazy russian started walking away camly with his bicycle mumbling in Russian. Never saw him again :( That was some sweet but sick memories, wanted to learn Russian ever since
omg. Didn't expect that ending lol... I hope you have more chill Russians over there too
I was so waiting for him to say "I must break you!"
you're beautiful! your lipstick looks so good on you! you two are so cute!
Very insightful and informative an education concerning Russia 🙏🏾
I'm hollin!
come in a typical traditional village in greece the people go to coffeshops and start drinking since 9 o clock
That's exactly what a spy would say.
ruclips.net/video/TBtRcyU8zMk/видео.html
This is the Russian Culture video we’ve talked about.
I love the videos that y'all create! :-)
Fedor, you are a spy. Why would a spy admit to being a spy? Don't take away my propaganda from me. It's better than your vodka..
Федор, покажи Виктории какие-нибудь культовые российские фильмы - например Бумер, Брат, Сестры, Ночной Дозор и т.п.
Русская мафия в Америке имеет концепцию иммигрантов с Брайтона. Т е Одесситы которые иммигрировали в 70-ых. У нас разное представление о мафии . Они и не слышали о ,,братках’’
It did during Yelstin they had gypsies and old people begging cause old people had no money
WOW must B nice to walk safely without people approaching or being weird. :(
It’s not all sunshine and roses, some places are better than others, some are quite bad. Although I must say that it feels much safer in Russian big cities than say in NY or LA
Hi guys welcome back..glad you are making videos again☺️
Great video man)👍
I grew up during the last 11 years of the USSR, but even then, the propaganda in America was *thick*. Exactly like she said, Russians were, and are, nearly always portrayed as spies, killers, drunks, prostitutes, dull-witted, dishonest... I hate that one. But it shaped the culture here so much that, when friends are introducing me to new people, and they mention that I speak a little Russian (I don't know why they do that?), I'm asked if I'm a Russian spy. And I don't think that would happen if they said I spoke a little Spanish, or French, or Italian, or German... Any other language!
Absolutely true about the warmth of the Russian people. Every single one I've met, and gotten to know, have been incredibly warm and generous.
I don't smile at strangers either, for the same reasons - I don't know them! Once in a while, I'll nod to them in passing, just to acknowledge their existence I guess. If it's a pretty girl, well... Okay, sometimes I'll smile at them even if I don't know them, but that's because I'd like to change that, lol, so it's still a genuine smile!
Спасибо большое за ваша видео, Я рад, что нашел ваш другой канал. Я надеюсь, что это правильные слова, которые нужно сказать. Но вы понимаете, что я имею в виду.
Victoria you look so gorgeous here
I live in the US and I don't know all these people who smile and say hi. But yeah I do know the fake culture around trying to build up favor with various people for one's personal benefit. that's a big thing here and people will be fake polite to try to get favors. On the other hand, the expectation in the other direction is the fake politeness and it's seen almost suspicious not to present that fakeness. Not that all politeness is fake. it's certainly reasonable to show appreciation towards someone who is working for your benefit.
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Omg love the content
SNATCH -- Boris the Bullet Dodger, although caricature and played by a Serb but still is my favorite western flick Russian character.
Yet in the (actually) Russian movies, the closest to real Russian personality is Danila Bagrov from "Brat-2". IMHO
Oh, and he boned a black chick ;)
I'm Russian and I live sober life style, ➕ working out a lot. A lot of Americans are narrow minded.
I love this video,American or more fake that i realize after living in the South
Born and raised in the South. Sometimes it is bad but some people are nice
She has perfect teeth.
very good video, wow very interesting, Russia is on my list of places I would like to visit.
Since both sets of parents get along so, well you should do the same video topic again BUT.....ask them what their perceptions are or were of each others culture from when they were growing up. I think you mar get different answers. I think that your responses to these thoughts are very generational. Honestly, I think if you go back 2 generations you won't get the same level of, 'glastnost'
Hi, Victoria your husband look like Jack!! Check up jack& Jane.😂😂
My stereotype I believe about Russians is that they are very knowledgeable about building things and resourceful about getting building materials. My personal experience is every Russian man and more than a few Russian women can build a house from the foundation up.
Yeah, when you go to someone's house. In russian culture if you don't bring something,Anything. It's disrespectful to come empty handed.
Here in Portugal I saw two really drunk russians talking very loud.
Sadly, some Russian tourists can be really inconsiderate, especially in countries bprdering Russia and also Turkey/Egypt/Thailand... Basically that kind of behaviour normally comes from not-too-educated people who got an opportunity to travel abroad for the first time but don't know shit about other cultures, only speak Russian and don't care what anybody thinks... I am ashamed for them and sorry. Very surprised it spread all the way to Portugal too..
To be honest though, every time I've been to Portugal I was guilty of drinking vinho verde and eating all the fine goat cheese of yours all day every day :P But at least I'm always quiet and nice hahah!
I'm from Russian and I haven't drunk vodka since I was 14 or 15 years old. It's just not for me. Don't like it.
I did not meet 1 drunk person in 10 years of travelling to Russia. I drunk more beer than Vodka. My Russian friends and colleagues also drunk (IF they drunk any alcoholic drinks) beer or wine. Never vodka.
I would like to be in Fyodor's shoes. I'am from Poland.
Love you guys. The good stereotypes to me are tough, warm-hearted, intellectuals!! Good point about sincerity!
Omg I am dying of laughter! Especially when you summed it up. Now I never thought all of these things so it's very weird that you have to inform people like they are a bunch of scared babys hiding under the covers because of the monster in the closet whahahahahaha
At 10:14 she said martians
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Russians the most realist ppl you'll ever meet
More video pls beautiful Victoria
I like stereotypes about us. Not the worst if compare...
One thing I hate is the 'hi, how are you?'
They don't care how you are. They'll walk away before you even answer.
#fakeaf
I'm sorry you feel that way,. In most countries, you won't even get that much.
When i think of Russians i always think of mafia
You mentioned the way anti-USSR propaganda influenced the way Russians are seen in America, I would love to see a video where you two talk about your differing viewpoints on the USSR/CCCP and communism in general
5:00 if you were a Russian spy why would people expect you to tell them xD?
Guys Im not agree with your sentence on low income people being drunkers. I would say that people of physical la our drink more than others and young people also drink more than adults. It does not depend on peoples income. There are A LOT of poor people who are just "social drinkers" or doesnt drink at all. They have to work way mre to take good care of their families and you can find a lot of rich people who drink really much.
And again speaking of alcoholics: you can find them in any country and any income level.
Question: what stereotype to Russians have about Americans?
My bf is from Moscow, and after he moved to the states, his friends/colleagues back home started making really weird comments to him abt either assumptions about the place/life, or judgements about him being an ex-pat.
I’m curious about your experiences with that, if they exist!
in this case, you should watch the comedian Zadornov and how he ridicules Americans (most Russians adhere to his opinion)
A smile 😊 is free and it can make someone’s day brighter 😊 but at least it explains all the sour faces in my neighborhood.
Questions, how do Russians make friends if no one is willing to be friendly?
first you fight with random asshole then you get drunk together and voila you have a new friend
Alexandr Vasil'ev 😂😂😂😂 actually I have made friends that way in the past.
You sugar-coat it a bit, there are drunks on the street who will bother you, even in Moscow
Definitely. And the mafia exists in every country. Organized crime is very real. Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.
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A couple of years back one leader of a small criminal group in my hometown blew himself up with several grenades just so that the police wouldn't take him alive
Good lookin
You sound like Boris cheeky breeky