Russian culture | Habits you should adopt in Russia
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- What should you do to become a real Russian?
0:40 - why Russian girls dress up to go to a supermarket?
2:08 - you should know this when you use public transport in Russia
3:30 - being a guest in a Russian house
4:30 - bringing a gift every time when you visit a Russian friend
5:13 - always drink tea in Russia, samovar - a special tea pot in Russia
6:10 - clap hands when the plane lands
6:46 - take off your shoes in a Russian house
7:30 - sit down in silence before travels
7:57 - congratulating each other on successful bathing
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I am a Russian woman, i dont use make up and love to wear my track suits everywhere. Maybe that s why I had to leave abroad 😄
Truck or track? Leave or live?
@@vulgarisopinio I assume English is not her first language, cut her a break, we all understand what she's trying to say
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I just wonder how she can “leave” abroad.
@@vulgarisopinio she meant two things I think. To live abroad, and leaving her homeland.
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Maybe three - leave her alone🤣🤣🤣
As an American married to a Russian girl for 20 years now I have experienced all of these habits and customs. Most of them are just some of the nice things that make Russian culture so rich and wonderful.
Do you still value the ruZZian culture? Think about #Bucha #Butcha #Butscha !
Lucky duck. ;)
@@Eye_in-the-Sky check your mental health. Lack of free healthcare made a lots of hysteroids. Do you still not burn pretty women on the streets on suspicion that they are Russian?
Living the dream
@@Eye_in-the-Skylava Ukraina. We stand by you💜💜
I am Azeri from the northwest part of Iran (although I live in Canada) and we have so many similar things (no shoes indoors, Samovar, tea drinking nonstop, taking gifts to places we visit, feeding our guests a lot). :) I love Russian culture and traditions!
Welcome ! 🇨🇦
Qayıt kəndinə ❤
its also same here in pakistan.... and pakistani shia community has huge respect 4 irani culture ❤
I'm Chinese and I absolutely love all these things you mentioned, especially the public transportation one sounds so interesting. I used to work for Russian people and Polish people, I love how well mannered are Russian people and have very close cultural with Chinese about tea , and taking off shoes inside the house, I hate it when people come in my house walking around with their shoes on in America
Another commie
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C means China
That's right brother. Culture, respect and manners.
Well, if you are in America don’t expect different. I get it though, if it is your cultural pattern it feels completely out of place
I just fall In Love with Russian culture
All nationalities can fall in love with Russian culture and the women
@@AliBahadrKucukarslan most of the so called pretty ones are shipped in to Moscow from the Ukraine, and former USSR territories. 75% of them are nothing special to look at, but they like to imagine they are all Super Models, just because they have a nice handbag and put on lipstick.
@@phily8093 %25 is a really good rate to look at. I do not know where you live but my advice, to go out and look around who have nice handbag women. If you catch the %25 rates, you are the lucky one :)
that's so funny cz Russians don't like Russian culture:))))))
Go and see but Russian is a little bit Racist.
Russian culture is truly something special 🇷🇺 ❤️🪆
Hmmm.. Can i ask somthing
Would love to experience that someday soon
@@paulgodfrey6797 why?
agree
Russian culture and traditions are very beautiful, colourful and energetic ♥️🇷🇺
I thought the tradition of congratulating others for a successful bath sounded unusual, but there is never anything wrong with a gesture of congratulations, so I think it’s great! 😊
I am from America, by the way.
Yes, good bath is like second birthday 😌
I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina🇧🇦 and I can say that we have a lot of habits in common, like welcoming guests with food, taking off shoes and yes, we should never visit somebody empty handed, that's a big no😁 I have enjoyed your video🤗
Yes true! It’s outrageous to visit someone with bare hands ❤️
@@SNEZNA9 same in Hungary... that's why we do it all the time 😈
So when I go to Bosnia I should bring some ratafia? (Catalan version of Rakija) 🤔
In Argentina we also clap when the plane lands. Also, I don't think the "passing money to the driver" custom would work in my city, it would never arrive to him because someone would steal it lol. Love from Buenos Aires!
I live in Italy and was thinking the same when I saw the money-passing scene :-).
@@domif.b.7657 Well , I would add that Argentina Is made by Italians for at least 50% of their people , so We share DNA and habits 🇮🇹❤️🇦🇷
@@piersp38 indeed. My great grandpa emigrated to Argentina at a very young age. 🤗
@@domif.b.7657 Mine as well in Barrio Palermo in Buenos Aires . I went there lots of years ago , looking for descendents but when I have opened the phone book looking for my family name in the Town , I saw more than 200 families . Then I drop off and did just a Holiday 😂
Viva Argentina. Not only for great Diego but also for your great culture. When I was a child Iranians celebrated holy messenger ( Mohammad) when the bus started to move.
Similar habit here in Arab countries.. we're greeting guests like gift from God.. we're not entre to people's house empty handed and we're take off the shoes before entering houses 😊😊
Many in America do the same thing as you mentioned.
same in Pakistani Culture.
Which country specifically? (If you are uncomfortable with sharing, that's OK 👌)
@@quickdraw2532 I take off my shoes when I get to my room. Yes, I'm American
@@ethangill9437 bro i already said:
Pakistan
In Hawaii we also take off our shoes and leave them outside the house or just inside the door.
As a British bloke, I also love tea!
I’ve always enjoyed meeting Russians and have some Russian blood in me. I have to admit that Russian women are some of the most elegant and beautiful in the World and you totally prove that, Eli!
Thank you for the cool video!
Cheers
This is crazy: so many of your habits are similar to the ones we have here in Switzerland - I think if I ever visit Russia I will feel like at home :)
agreed...I am in Aargau and we have MOST of those habits including clapping when landing and taking off shous etc. BUT the Swiss are not so dressed up and actually oftem have bad eating habits..scruffy dressed to go out in Jeans and Tshirt and lraning elbows on the table in a Restaurant is common, as is eating with only a fork and chasing food around the plate..mYUK
The short clip of passing money was hilarious 😂 😂 Great Video 👍
Agree, it was very well done. Such diverse clothing, too!
It is 100% true and given how packed public transport is in the cities it's really the only practical way to do it. It's analogous to how Americans pay for a hot dog or beer at a baseball game.
That would not work well in Chicago
@@mbradley274 LOL Chicago, you'd get a gun pulled out on you, or they'd be too scared to touch you. One of the two.
Most transits in the United States is paid either in advance or when first boarding.
I think you have not travelled enough to see other people clapping when the plane landed, Love your video
My Italian family and friends clap as well.
Its what lower class or unsophisticated people do.
Yes in the US we clasp as well
@@MeusChapeus my point exactly
@@phily8093 lol 🤷♀️
I am from the US and visited Russia for 4 months. What you shared in this video was spot on with my experience!
I love the food and tea part. It is quite similar to ours in Nigeria. Taking gifts to guests is something that we do also, and I love it. I am from Nigeria 🇳🇬.
Great video. I love it. I love your personality too 😊
Love and respect from Russia to your God blessed country!
Hi. I'm Malaysian. Taking off shoes before entering house is also our culture in Malaysia. :)
Neyh, Taking off shoes in houses is common on the world except in North American and Europe.
And in the north western USA as well, although not the "house slippers". In those cases owners and guest either go in barefoot or with their socks on. Usually indicated passively if host has shoes on or off. Depends on layout or condition of their "mud room". The entry area where coats and shoes are stored.
Lots of shoes or dried mud/water or snow means today take off shoes. Same in summer if floor is dry and freshly cleaned. If there are no shoes keep yours on unless host does not. If host has shoes on, then ask to where you place yours. If they show you, take them off. If they say do not worry leave them on.
Even in Africa
@@nikharrith9625 well, from what I saw in comments of similar videos elsewhere the only country where they don't put shoes off is USA and just a part of it. Otherwise it's a standard practice for the rest of the world, my country in central Europe included :-)
@@nikharrith9625 I thought all Europeans take off their shoes at homes, but it could be only northern Europeans. I was more surprised about that Malay people take off their shoes as I thought it was a thing for people living in countries with snow as the shoes get very dirty and wet.
Drinking tea, Samawar, taking off your shoes outside the house, compliment after bathing, and waiting a few minutes before travelling are ALL Persian traditions too!
My wife is Russian. I leaned a few new things about Russian culture in this video, I know about the sitting, we sit for a minute or so before we go on a long trip. Sometimes she tells me about jokes in Russian, you can't always translate to English, loses its meaning. She teaches me few extra Russian words every now and then. We visited Russia (and Belarus) in 2016. It was nice, we went to various museums, the Gum (гум) shopping arcade in Red Square, stayed in her friend's apartment close to Moscow. Their metro stations are like art galleries. I can read Russian but can't understand too much.
I am an American. Many years ago, I remember going to the movies and applauding at the end. That doesn't happen anymore
You seem so chill :) The effort you put changing clothes and doing the “passing the money to the driver” skit was very commendable. Great job 👍
so chill, are you sure? possibly so cheap?
@@terwit1549 Wow you must have a miserable life
@@x78340 nop bro you have a misarable brain and terrible women around you, I happily live in Russia and do not suffer from a lack of female attention. But at the same time I am happy that in my 40s I am divorced from my wife of model appearance. It so happened that all my life I worked and developed, and my wife did not strive for anything while sitting at home. It’s no longer interesting to me. Therefore, bro, read better at the russian women forums , where a more realistic picture is shown about Russian women than the one that developed in your head suffering from spermotoxicosis and self-satisfaction due to the lack of beautiful women around you who would show interest in you.
@@terwit1549 huh?
@@x78340this is russia dude and spermotoxicosis is a dangerous disease
I love their values. I hope they never get tempted to forget them.
Russian have poor values and are taught at a young age to hate ethnic minorities who don't submit to Russian cultural retraining
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I've never been more jealous of a heel in my entire life.
Hello Eli, I really enjoy and appreciate the Russian culture....The one regarding removal of outside shoes before entering a home is such a healthy and hygienic practice- same in Asian or Chinese homes. Thank You...Ahahaha!!! and the generous part about making sure that all friends/guests are being well fed is so true for us too...Such a great/happy practice.
In Romania we have alot of russian traditions too! We got the clap when plane lands , shoes in the house policy , eating habits (we have a saying that when you visit a romanian house , you wont leave "ne-omenit" which translates to you wont leave without being s t u f f e d with food , drinks , and food , and more food , and even more food to go along!) and honestly i cant wait to finish highschool since i wish to study in Russia!
All true. My wife is Romanian. Don't ever refuse palinca or tuica.
Thats true, I've spend 5 months this year in Romania and plane and shoes are the same, its also same for Czechs, to be honest I think many of those traditions are kinda same for former Eastern block.
Travel to Curaçao and dutch and antillians do the same we clap after a long flight
Hi, im from moldova, and its odd that when we got in guests (in Bacau) there wasnt really like this, to stuff u w/ food, instead simply wine was more common, but when visiting someone in Moldova you cant drink wine and eat nothing, like thats not ok to us, and im pretty sure is quite unhealthy, especially if u do it many times
It’s exactly the same in Italy 🇮🇹!
Oh my... In Mexico also we pass the money from person to person on buses.
I'm feeling like Russian 😎
We do this in Egypt too🇪🇬
Phillipines too
In south Africa too. In the taxi particularly
I'm Italian, and, I can say that we have a lot of things in common 😅. Except for the tea. We are more coffe type (I'm tea lover, I don't like coffee at all).
And I LOVE that I just discovered that we are not the only ones who applaud when the plane lands.
You're so beautiful and kind..
Thank you for your video❤️
Thank you again. This is so interesting. A lot of the Russian culture like food and how to be a good host for guests is so similar to how I grew up in a Lithuanian/East Prussian family. It is also very funny with the greeting after taking a bath. When I was little people would say... Oh, the sun is shining again, or you are shiny like the sunshine. I have no idea why,but this was also an old tradition.
Dominicans🇩🇴 also clap when the plane lands!!!! I'm so happy to see others do this too :)
Clapping when plane lands seemed unusual to me. Also, as an Indian, I can tell it wouldn't take very long for me to adapt to these habits when I visit Russia. That bus-habit, tea, removing shoes definitely exists here in India.
On Israeli Airlines we always clap as we land..we are happy to be there😃
Nigerians clap too. Haha
Having flown on some Russian planes (the older Tupolevs) I can fully understand why people clap after landing. Yeah . . . we are still alive!
@@berniehasenbein8536 I was thinking that is what started the tradition.
Caribbeans clap as well upon a successful plane landing.
Love your videos! I am American but I am familar with Japanese culture. It was nice to hear the similarities to Japanese culture of bringing little gifts when visiting, no shoes in the house, and wearing slippers as well aa having slippers for guests as well!
You’re the best ambassador for Russia, Eli! ❤️
Ok, that's totally hilarious! We Filipinos have that tradition too with paying up the public transport and passing the fare to the driver and everyone is also crammed into the 'jeepneys' basically face to face. We sometimes joke that our faces could practically bump and switch to each others face...
A jeepney is like a mini bus which takes people all over the place, kinda practical if you ask me but also very chaotic at the same time because the passengers could just yell that they wanna get off anywhere they wanna get off which causes traffic jams.
I want a jeepny
@@jefflee1189 go and buy yourself one, no one's gonna argue with you about that
@@leocalinawan8429 I want a jeepny. But I cant afford one. In America we just had our taxes raised to 47.1% total income earned. Or in other words half of everything I make goes to my corrupt government
@@jefflee1189 your taxes aren’t that high unless you’re making over something like 150k a year, and in that case you would still have more than enough money to buy
@@ethangrant8736 i like you ethan. i like you because you seem like a really smart guy.
i will bet your smart enough to tell me whether youre paying 200% in taxes per gallon pf gasoline you buy. you are that smart aren't you? you do know youre paying at least 200% in taxes per gallon of gasoline dont you? :P you might be paying up to 230%. but you know that already
Hey ☺️. Here in Norway we all so clap when the plane lands safely and we take off our shoes when we enter our homes ☺️.
I'd be pretty insulted if I was the pilot . We've gone past the days of ' Look , big iron bird fly in sky ! '
I love the segment on passing to the driver. ❤ you have a great production values!
The money passing part was really cute. The crowded transportation was very similar to the New York City subway. I was raised to bring a gift to someone's home at Christmas or a party etc. There are some cities in the US where the women dress up a lot like here in Dallas and often in the South eastern US generally. Definitely not on the West coast here. I knew a woman from California that was so self conscious about everyone dressing up a bit here that she had to move back to California to be comfortable. Love your videos.
That passing-money-in-the-bus segment cracked me up hahahahahaha
@@anthonykleon1279 do you not pay when you get on the bus? Also how do they know how much it is for where your going? I’m going to Russia some point soon and I feel so unprepared 😂
we have the same thing in Turkey when we are at Dolmuş (little bus)
Same with Filipinos. They pass around the fare until the driver gets the money
A related practice that my family, German, had was if you forgot something, you'd sit down for 10 seconds of silence before you left the house again.
This explains many things about my family, thank you Eli.
5:13 ...... That's why we are friends 😄.🇮🇳❣️🇷🇺
The congratulations on bathing and showering. That is adorable)) I had no idea.
I have to have you the thumbs up for the "passing money to driver" act. Love it.
love these Habits and customs they really do make things better.❤
Hi! Nick here from Vermont USA. We always clap our hands and cheer when the plane lands here too. Thank you for your videos Eli we appreciate you!
Omg, beautiful video! ❤️
The Russian culture is very similar to that of the Indian culture. I'm an Indian and most of what you said (removing our footwear, offering tea, never going empty handed, passing money to the driver/conductor and actually clapping when we land lol) is what we do as well on a daily basis. Absolutely beautiful and I'm so glad and honoured that we have similarities! Bless ❤️🤗
Right
Oh so cool to know you do that too! From R with ❤️
I am learning russian and i love russian culture . Today saw your channel and liked it . Subscribing .Спасибо
You are a wonderful person Eli. Thanks for these videos.
So good for me to learn from you...I really like the hand clapping when a plane land sooooo coool.
"Russian girls do her makeup even when taking out the trash" 😚🥰😍💋💯
actually it's a stupid stereotype cause that's not like this at all
@@user-rv7jj2vh7u good thing for Russian husbands, if my wife was this inefficient we would have to have a discussion 😅
@@user-rv7jj2vh7u yeah I thought so too. it seems like she likes to perpetuate old fashioned stereotypes about Russia 😅
So it means how ugly can some women be if they need make them up all the time
In Morocco and Italy we also applaud at the of the flight. In Morocco when someone had a shower we usually tell him/her "bssahha" wich means "with health"
Phillipines too applaud
@@deardeer6139 We just say "thank you" in my house.
"Bssahha" sounds close to arabic
Superb video done, Elina.
Great video, one of your best. I applaud when the plane lands. Thank you for your videos!
Hello! I loved this video. Every single thing you said are the same things we Persians do. If you haven't been to Iran, I hope you can visit someday and experience it yourself. :)
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Brazil is pretty much high standards in beauty treatment and body care. In the south, near Argentina, temperature goes below zero in winter but it is definetely not an excuse not to have their feet cared or waxing done bc it is cold .....women there are ALWAYS perfect!
Yeah, i remember a cold winter at Curitiba where girls were using a winter top, exposing the belly, but it was a coat.
You’re so pretty and I love your personality! I’m so happy I found your channel, I’ve been learning so much
Thank you for this information. I find all of these habits to be very endearing, especially receiving good wishes after completing a shower. I will do this from now on!!
Thank you for this very informative video. Very good stuff to know if I ever visit Russia. Taking off shoes upon entering a friend’s house is normal among most of my friends and family in Virginia, U.S.A., but where I live it’s more normal to offer someone water or a cold beverage when they stop by for a casual visit as it is often very hot and humid outside.
Omg the transport one 😂 that’s how it’s like in the philippines as well 😂
Interesting, good to know these unique cultural attributes. Thanks for sharing.
The jokes and efforts for each were classy, loved it! 5:06 Flower arrangement was delicate, quite lovely.
Russian girls are the best lookers in my experience, I love Russian people and your language anywy
You should visit other countries . Ukrainian woman are more better looks
White American girls are better
very helpful to learn as im planning to go to russia for expedition possibly in 2025 for a while. Some customs are similar to my own culture, Maaori
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I loved this video !
I Really Love this Video Eli , I am going to adopt one of your Traditions and that is Clapping when the and lands , everyone should do that , too many crashes these days . Thank you for teaching us . Thank you Eli.
Hi Eli, thanks. I have been watching all of your videos unexceptionally from the very first post of your video. This year, I am coming to Russia to Carry on my study. Your videos have helped me a lot in understanding the circumstances, culture, language, food, tradition, believe, and much more. I love you so much Eli ❤️
This is really a great channel. I enjoy learning about Russian culture. Keep up the excellent content!
Eli, you are so pretty, wholesome and delightful in your spirit and smile. It is a joy to listen to you. Thank you.
Congratulations for a successful bath. That is one I have not known about. Very good. Thank you.
Love your long hair, and education about traveling Russia!😘😊😘
You deserve a million subscribers!! You put a lot of efforts to make your videos high quality,Best editing skills.
Keep uploading 😊👍
very informative video on this channel, thank you friends
thanks Eli i always look forward to your videos signed adoration of great respect duff
I really love all the Russian traditions as you mentioned....😍
The only time I heard the passengers applaud was on a short flight from London to Italy, and most passengers were Italian, but the landing was soooo smooth that you could not feel a bump at all. It was cool!
My new favorite channel. People in my country also cheer for the pilot and crew when a plane lands safely.
I loved all the habits! Thanks for sharing!
I am from the Midwest USA, where it is very cold, just like Russia. So I have done the sauna many times and I love it! The best!
Elina, I enjoyed listening to this video! I have lived in Canada for some time and grew up with taking off my the shoes, which I still carry on at home with my family. As we also get lots of snow, we do the same hot bath and after enjoy snow playing as you showed on the video. I would love to visit Russia sometime in the future!
Good Video, a ton of stuff i sadly didnt knew about. Thank you for sharing your Info, highly appreciated. We also celebrate our pilots whenever they do a safe landing, elders more than teens, but still a lot do it. *germany.
OMG! I just watched this video and your first one posted in 2019 about university. You are so sassy in these early videos Eli! Ah..youth. You have a matured and grown so much as a videographer in the past couple of years. Still lovely and cheerful as ever. Congrats on successful bathing! Love it. 🤣
I definitely used to do all of these things but then I started to get lazy and adopt British habits in the UK. thank you for making these videos. I need to get back to doing all these things because they make me who I am
What British habits? Streets are immaculate in England this is why people don’t take the shoes off. Also in Britain people take gifts. Britts feed guests.
Great video! I agree with everything. The way you enjoy speaking about the Russian culture habits is evident throughout the video.
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Hi Elina, I'm brazilian and I love your channel!
Hi Eli, The last one I think is very wearied & crazist habbit in Russia, but drinks lots of tea 🍵 and opening shoes out side of 🏠 house is common in our both countries.. & thank you so much for making this channel & introduce your culture. & I like Russia & russian people ❤️
Love your channel, especially the topics about your culture, people and places vlogs- Hi, from Zamboanga City, Philippines
Thanks for the video, am ready to dive into the ice!
Do it AFTER or during a Banya session, it feels GREAT and not cold at all. The same for rolling naked in the snow as breaking the ice the diving into freezing water. The air temperature in the banya can be very hot so jumping into snow just makes you feel fully refreshed and not cold. The most relaxed a human can be is the result of a long banya session.
We Belgians applaud too when the plane lands! Nice to hear Russians do it too! 😁
Thank you for making these videos, my previous searches for Russian culture and cities have been lackluster at best. Awesome content!
I'm from Turkey. And it is so suprising that we have got so much in common. We just didn't clap our hands when plane landed. But except this almost all other habits are same even big tea pot that called semaver. We use same word for it.
Also a semaver?? Really 😲
I thought it was absolutely Russian
Love this video. Many of the habits are matching with Indian habits too like passing money, overloading with food, bringing gifts, taking off my shoes before entering the house, changing street shoes and of course LOVE FOR CHAI ( tea) :)
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I am Canadian and I often spent part of winter in Cuba, each time when our flight (Canadian airlines) landed everyone onboard clapped (to celebrate that we didn't crash) just like what you said in Russia so I think this habit isn't Russian enough !!😁 Oh and the same goes for what happened on public buses as well... same thing in Cuba because you couldn't always get on from the front sometimes you got on from the rear exits so you asked for other people to pass on your fare to the front (assuming you were a responsible person 😁)
The passing of the fare used to happen here but not now. The landing applause is enchanting. Love it. Rest very similar. Australia here ❤
Eli I recently discovered your channel and enjoyed your videos so much.
Actually sometimes swedes also applaud after a plane lands. I think it's most common after charter flights southward than regular flights. Thanks for an interesting video.
I am learning Russian ♡!
It's such a beautiful culture with such beautiful people!
You are "the Best"! Spasibah!
Lovely video. Thanks.
More than a few of these habits are familiar to me (Asian person living in the Caribbean part of South America), but the most surprising similarity was the shower thing! I think it's weird, but literally just yesterday my mum kind of complimented me after just exiting the shower... She and her relatives commonly do that haha.
I’m an American and I have been on a plane that cheered upon landing, I believe in USA. Also I was raised not to wear shoes in houses. However to be bare-footed in our home only. Also when guest remove their shoes/ you can smell foot odor sometimes. So now I prefer some guest to keep on their shoes/boots to reduce the odor of their feet and socks.
The most important thing I have always admired about you Eli, is your heart. Your videos show me you have a good, kind, heart, and that is all that truly matters. The most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or touched but can only be felt with the heat.
It's not your good looks that matter, but your heart. And that is what makes you special, is that you have a good heart.