{"id":6788,"date":"2014-08-28T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=6788"},"modified":"2018-08-16T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:44:26","slug":"visitors-impressions-of-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/visitors-impressions-of-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors&#8217; Impressions of Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have visited Russia, you have probably been asked by your Russian friends or by your family back home how you liked Russia. Some of the questions\u00a0might have\u00a0been<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0442\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\/\u0432\u0430\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u044f?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0422\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0438?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0422\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0438?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve come across interviews with expats living in Moscow, published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/\">Moscow supplement to Afisha magazine<\/a> (<strong>\u0410\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0448\u0430 \u0413<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434<\/strong>). \u00a0It is\u00a0quite insightful and amusing\u00a0to read their opinions &#8212; what&#8217;s more, you can borrow\u00a0some of the expressions they used the next time you are asked this\u00a0<del>dreaded<\/del> question.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/koreyanka-o-specifike-russkogo-biznesa-i-massazhe-v-taksi\/\">\u0421\u0435\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u044f \u041f\u0430\u0440\u043a &#8211; \u0421\u0435\u0443\u043b, \u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430 \u041a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u044f<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u041f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span> \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u043e\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0433<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #151515\"> \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0443\u043b\u044b\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #151515\">[I remember being surprised at my first business meeting that no one was smiling.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u041a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u0435 \u0442\u043e<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u043c \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c <\/strong>\u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e <strong>\u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u044f\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0443 \u043e \u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0445.\u00a0<\/strong>[Besides, Russian men just like taking care of women.]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/grecheskiy-parikmaher-o-horoshem-fastfude-hipsterah-i-devushkah-na-dzhipah\/\">\u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e \u0410\u0440\u0443\u0442\u044e\u043d\u044f\u043d &#8211; \u0410\u0444\u0438\u043d\u044b, \u0413\u0440\u0435\u0446\u0438\u044f<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u0412 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u044e <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e<strong> \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u0442 \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0436\u0435.\u00a0<\/strong>[literally, &#8220;It&#8217;s just that everything \/<em>fads, etc.<\/em>\/ comes to Russia about three years later \/<em>than in the West<\/em>\/&#8221;; meaning Russia is behind the West in what&#8217;s cool.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0422\u0443\u0442 \u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0443\u0432\u0430\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0438<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #151515\"> \u043a \u043f\u0435\u0448\u0435\u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430\u043c. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #151515\">[There is no respect for pedestrians here, either.]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/avstraliyskiy-shef-o-vole-novikov-i-ugovorah-putina\/\">\u0413\u043b\u0435\u043d \u0411\u0430\u043b\u043b\u0438\u0441<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0425<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e, \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u043e\u0442 \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0445 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432 \u0432 \u0415\u0432\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f\u0435 \u0438 \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0435, \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u043f\u043e-\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438. <\/strong>[It&#8217;s cold, expensive, far from all European and world cities, and no one speaks English.]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0422\u0435\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #151515\"> \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u043d \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u0445 \u0430\u043a\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043b\u044e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #151515\"> [Now the city is full of young, active people.]<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #151515\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/vladelec-eventagentstva-iz-germanii-o-rossii-kotoraya-eshche-ne-prinyala-formu\/\">\u0414\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043b\u043e \u041b\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435 &#8211; \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446, \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u044f <\/strong>\u0436\u0435 <strong>\u0432\u0441\u0451 \u0432\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u044f \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/strong>, \u0438 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u0432\u043e \u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u043c \u0442\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439. [At the same time, Russia&#8217;s always changing, and that&#8217;s largely what makes living here so appealing.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u041a\u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0435-\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u044b \u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u2014 \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c <strong>\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u044f\u043c<\/strong>, \u043a \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0443,<strong> \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u0435\u0449\u0451 <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c <strong>\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044c. <\/strong>[Naturally, some processes are slow to catch on here &#8212; for example, people put priority on having their own car.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u041e\u0442\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u043c, <span style=\"color: #000000\">\u0447\u0442\u043e<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> \u0432\u044b <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043e<strong> \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u043e \u0432\u0437\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0443\u044e \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0415\u0432\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0443\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442 \u0432 25\u201326, \u0442\u043e \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u0432 \u0442\u0435 \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0435 21\u201322.<strong> \u0416<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u0432\u044b <\/strong>\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0435 <strong>\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043e.<\/strong> [\/It can be partly explained\/ by the fact that you enter adulthood very early &#8212; Europeans don&#8217;t graduate college until rhey are 25 or 26, and here people do graduate at 21 or 22. You get married and have children at a young age, as well.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"title title_4super\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/derk-i-tom-sauery-o-tom-kak-vse-izmenilos-s-90h\/\">\u0414\u0435\u0440\u043a \u0438 \u0422\u043e\u043c \u0421\u0430\u0443\u044d\u0440\u044b<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438 \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u044c, \u043d\u043e \u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span> \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u0446\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438, \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0445 \u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0449<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044b \u0432 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435.<\/strong> [People&#8217;s lives have improved, but they have become more cynical and obsessed with money, and stopped caring about changes in society.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0412 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c <strong>\u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0434\u043e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 25\u201326<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #151515\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">, \u0430 \u0432<\/span> \u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0436\u0435 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0410<\/span>\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 15 \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435. [In Moscow, you can achieve a lot by the time you are 25 or 26, while in England it would take 15 years longer.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u042f \u0432\u0435\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0446,<span style=\"color: #000000\"> \u0430<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> \u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0432\u0435\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0430\u043c \u043d\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u043e.<\/strong> [I&#8217;m a vegetarian, and vegetarians have a hard time here.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/francuzskiy-klubnyy-dizayner-o-pravoslavii-royzmane-i-muzhskom-striptize\/\">\u0416\u0430\u043d-\u041c\u0438\u0448\u0435\u043b\u044c \u041a\u043e\u0441\u043d\u044e\u043e &#8211; \u041f\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0436<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\">\u0412 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u0436\u0435, \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f, <strong>\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438 \u0438\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0442 \u0432 \u043a\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u044b \u0432\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span> \u0441\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span> \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0443<\/strong>. [It seems to me that in Moscow people go to nightclubs to have fun and not to find a partner.]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u0410 <strong>\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b \u043a \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u043c<\/strong>.<\/span> [And Russian women are demanding of men.]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #151515\"><strong>\u0417\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c<\/strong> \u0436\u0435 <strong>\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0439<\/strong>. [Here \/as compared to France\/ people are pround of their country.]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/gorod.afisha.ru\/people\/amerikanskaya-zhurnalistka-o-lyzhah-i-proshchalnyh-vecherinkah\/\">\u041b\u0443\u0438\u0437 \u0414\u0438\u043a\u0441\u043e\u043d &#8211; \u041c\u0438\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0430\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0441, \u0421\u0428\u0410<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e <strong>\u0442\u0443\u0442 \u0434\u0451\u0448\u0435\u0432\u043e \u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c, \u043a\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0438 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0449<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0435<\/strong>. [So, it&#8217;s only cheap to drink, smoke, and ride public transit here.]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u0417\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0436\u0435 <strong>\u043a \u0434\u043e\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0442\u0443\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043a\u0430\u043c \u043e\u0442\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0451\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0435<\/strong> \u2014 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0441\u044e \u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c. [People take home gettogethers much more seriously &#8212; it&#8217;s an all-night adventure.]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Does any of this sound like your own impression of Russia? What would you add?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have visited Russia, you have probably been asked by your Russian friends or by your family back home how you liked Russia. Some of the questions\u00a0might have\u00a0been \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435\/\u0432\u0430\u043c \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f? \u0422\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438? \u0422\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438? 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