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A Typical American VS a Typical Russian: Where Does the Money Go? Posted by Jenya on Mar 18, 2014
When dealing with foreign culture, a lot us of frequently make the mistake of assuming that things are the same way there as they are in their own country. Even after years of living in US, I find myself falling into this trap time and time again. You won’t be able to completely escape…
Decorate Like a Russian Posted by yelena on Jul 5, 2012
From my philosophy course I remember that бытие определяет сознание (being determines consciousness). Understanding Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet/New Russian consciousness just from reading about the environment or even travelling to Russia for a few weeks is just like trying to understand what маракуйя (passion fruit) tastes like from reading about it or looking at pictures. That’s what in-country…