EDIT: The main character from ‘Mumu’ didn’t do a suicide but simply left the city and wasn’t seen again. I read this at the age of 10 and I guess memorised it wrong. Sorry for my mistake 🙌🏻
American literature: I will die for freedom. English literature: I will die for honor. French literature: I will die for love. Russian literature: I will die….
"Russian melancholy" or "toska" is the feeling of a person who wants something, but does not know exactly what, but knows that what he wants is unattainable. (C)
Melancholy isn't accurate at all, it's very light feeling of seeing a kid with cancer playing and laughing. It's a light and positive kind of sadness. "Toska", which is not even has a translation to English, is a spiral feeling of your own regret about being alive, which comes when you're born and raised in post-soviet country (surprise, not only Russia), it never stops, it just weekens a little bit around happy events and strengths around alcohol and burial. Have a nice day, try to never experience any of these ❤
You forgot the most important thing: Russians respond very deeply to poetry in a way I've never seen in any other people. I took a class of my college students to a poetry reading by San Francisco's Poet Laureate and my Russian students felt his words in their soul. It was beautiful to see. I'm glad the US military sent me to language school to learn Russian.
I worked with Russians in London over 20 yrs ago. Very stoic, matter of fact with a dark sense of humour, theres always a tinge of resolve. Most memorable was a guy called 'Yuri'. A Soviet soldier who headed West when they stopped getting regular pay in the 90s. When I asked how he got to the UK, he said he walked from Ukraine 😂. The other guys said it was a mixture of walking, hiking, camping out, hitching and stowing away. Any which way, it was a feat with barely no money, only spoke Russian. He had a pistol which they said he sold in France to pay a lorry driver to bring him across the Channel. When I asked why he came to work in the UK, he said: America, too far to swim...😂😂 I save money for plane...😂😂
True fact: in the US, Russians are the immigrant group with the highest relative percentage of self-made millionaires. Source: “The Millionaire Next Door”
Русские люди обязаны быть стойкими из за исторических испытаний. Моя бабушка 1909 года рождения проводила отца в 1914 году на войну, которую устроил Вильгельм и Николай 2 и больше его никогда не видела. Пережила революцию, гражданскую войну, великую отечественную войну, чудом её не задело пролетевшим осколком рядом (она была беременна моим отцом) , но разбомбило дом и она жила в уцелевшей половине дома ' а когда моему папе исполнилось 9 месяцев, бабушка смогла продать половину уцелевшего дома в станице Тверской ( краснодарский край) и поехала через освобожденный Сталинград на родину, к матери, в станицу Филоновскую. Всю жизнь работала как лошадь, моя бабушка, чтоб папа мой стал образованным и умным человеком. Я помню моих предков, они были как сталь!
Your story is remarkable. Thank you to share. As an American, I respect hard work! Americans have become too soft, living on the glory of golden days. Like Rome, one day we too will fall from greed.
“Toska” is a Russian word that doesn’t have a direct translation in English, but it describes a deep, spiritual anguish or longing. It can encompass a range of feelings, from a vague, melancholic yearning to an intense, existential sadness. “Toska” is often associated with a sense of longing or craving for something unattainable or lost. When the woman said, “we are Russians, we are not sad, we just feel ‘toska’,” she was likely expressing a profound, culturally ingrained emotional state that is more complex and nuanced than simple sadness.
in English there is no word for it because in England and the USA you would just go to the shop and buy or order that thing... now it's even available online and will be delivered...
@@kaebella2259 I understand. But laughing and having fun improves the immune system and health. Start with just trying to have fun. Do sports. Just throw a frisbee back and forth with a friend. Play ping pong, shoot baskets at a basketball court. Go jog. The more simple sports you do with a friend the more laughs you will get. Just go out of your way to have fun. There are Russian comedians all over Russia you know.
I lived in Russia for 15 years. I can assure anyone Russians are not rude. Behind the often unsmiling face is a big generous warm heart. When things get difficult they just shrug their shoulders and keep going. I received so much kindness and generosity from strangers and friends, it was just normality in Russia. But they wonder why Americans grin all the time.
I understand, freedom loving civilians in another country are killed with rockets fired from Russian soil and Russians just shrug their shoulders and keep going on.
Yup for any Russians wondering, it's just polite to smile at people. Slurping your food loudly is impolite here, but in Japan it is considered polite to slurp your food. It's just one of those things!
I know Russians from personal experience. They may appear unfriendly at first, but once you are accepted into their circle, they are the most heartwarming and caring people you can imagine. Every time we visit their family there, they treat me like a son and do everything they can to make me happy. I love them all from the bottom of my heart.
Русских, русскую культуру, язык и душу всегда любил. Чем более таких роликов с Русскими смотрю сейчас, тем более их люблю и вижу как они нормалные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим. Хочется сказать, лучше нас , Поляков, Чехов, Европейцов... А за нас мне сейчас встыдно, как смотрим на Русских, как относимся к ним. Гордитесь тем что вы Русские, вашой прекрасной родиной, вашой душой-нет такой другой в мире! Бог сохраняй на всегда Россию! Привет вам от Поляка. Oktawian
в школе я очень сильно возмущалась по поводу того, что учебник истории, которую заставляют учить, полностью состоит из дат сражений и войн. возмущалась, что нас со школьной доски заставляют ненавидеть страны, как историческую память, с которыми были войны. что мне сделали поляки? ничего. я испытываю уважение ко всем нациям. мне все равно, кто что делит там наверху, считая, что мы просто пешки. я не собираюсь испытывать неприязнь по фактам истории. это же бред! я могу не любить конкретных людей, которые не нравятся, но к нации это не имеет отношения. мне почти 40 и ничего не изменилось.
Эти «нормальные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим» в ходе подавления восстания Костюшко устроили резню, в ходе которой погибли до 20 тыс. человек, они устраивали массовые казни участников освободительных восстаний поляков в 19-м веке, вместе с Гитлером разделили Польшу в 1939-м, расстреляли 22 тысячи польских офицеров в Катыни. Сегодня эти великодушные и вдохновленные русской культурой, пришли добровольно убивать украинцев. Подавляющее большинство воюющих в Украине по собственному желанию подписали контракт с армией.
«Нормальные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим» при подавлении восстания Костюшко вырезали до 20 тыс поляков только в предместье Варшавы под название Прага в 1794. Они вместе с Гитлером разделили Польшу в 1939 и убили 22 тыс польских офицеров в Катыни. Они стоят в очередях, чтобы подписать контракт и прийти в Украину убивать. Большинство воющих в Украине - это люди, добровольно подписавшие контракт с армией. Интересно, что немецкая армия времен второй мировой состояла в большинстве из мобилизованных.
IM Finnish and i just learned that Finnish word “Tuska” ( meaning fealing when you experience agony, sadnes and pain combined) probably comes from Russian.
Lol, that's not how language groups work. North Indian languages belong to the Indo-European language group and South Indian belongs to Dravidian. Now we still have common words due to proximity. Words are much easier to swap among language groups than grammar, structure if a sentence, etc. @@user-ru1ki
@@user-ru1ki Finnish language has lot of words borrowed from Russian ( and Swedish). Language Group is Finno -ugrian. Hungarian and Finnish languages share the same origin and we have some original words that are same ( like old words meaning heart or stone), which shows that the languages have the same roots. There is no other similarities in Russian and Finnish, just the words we borrowed. There is still some small groups living in Russia who are speaking languages which are related to Finnish.
A good friend of mine who was born in Serbia into a poor family, was given a scholarship in Moscow. The language was no problem at all, but when she arrived, she smiled at everyone (that’s the way she is). No one smiled back. Finally, a female student she knew, told her, “If you walk around with a smile on your face, people will think you’re insane.” 😅 Long story short: in her time at the university, she made some of the best friends she ever had! She’s still in contact. She told me that Russians are awesome people. 👍🏻
@@nic-ci_66-77 🤣I agree, because they seem to share a few traits with Russian people. However, she arrived in the U.S. when she was 10, then went back to Serbia (she has lots of family in Serbia) when she was 19. That's when she went to Russia for the scholarship they so kindly awarded her. By then, she'd spent a few years in the U.S., and the smiling had stuck to her like glue. 🤷I will note that I did meet some of her family from Serbia, though, and they did smile at me, so maybe Serbians are a bit "smilier" than Russians? What do you think?
@@bulbajtube Would have been over in a week with a cease fire agreement and without the death toll if the West hadn't gotten involved so they could push their proxy war.
THANK YOU Eli from Russia!! Because I watched this video, I got the Audible book "Mumu" and I absolutely love it. Thank you again and again for teaching me something and getting me back to Russian literature.
When we did Russian history at "A"-Level our lecturer introduced the subject as follows. "Prepare for 4 weeks of repression, murder, torture, famine, war, revolution, repression, torture, repression, civil war, murder, more repression, more war, revolution, starvation and then we get to Stalin."
There is so much to admire about the resilience of the Russian people. I wish Americans had an ounce of that sobriety that Russians stand out for. May our good Lord unite us in the one true Orthodox faith one day. 🙏☦️
Since i'm learning russian language i tried to make russian friends, i thought it would be hard making friend (because i'm used to my own people who hate the word "friend" lol) but no i was wrong and that's what i like about russians is that they are very friendly and can accept you as a friend so fast, and they are happy to help anytime)))
Hello from 🇨🇦 - Several years ago I read Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago and have watched the long movie version many times. I like most Slavic people (and other ethnic people in Russia) plus I appreciate their outlook on life. My dentist is Russian. Also loved Russian composers during my childhood piano lesson days plus the late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Latvian Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov plus Anna Pavlova and countless other Russian ballet dancers and figure skaters. We shouldn’t judge a country or its peoples by its leadership. Thank you for your videos! 🌹🌹
"Toska" for me, a Russian girl, is when you feel that something is missing, but you don’t know what, when you are lonely in your apartment, when there is no hope for the future, when you don’t understand what to do next, the loneliness that many experience. It's just a feeling of emptiness, fatigue and despair, but we experience this point so often that it's already something permanent.
Also there is such a thing like “toska” which you feel when you’re far away from your family and home, and you feel that everything around you is not what you need or love, and you start to get this desire to do something to return and you can’t
My russian Friends are warm hearted people with a sense of good humor, always helpful and friendly. They are the most educated and literated people I know. ❤❤❤
When I was 16 or 17 I read a Novel "SMOKE" by a Russian writer Ivan Turgenev with a Character called Irina, so captivating. I've since been fascinated by Russian literature and the Rich history. I could have been Russian in an alternate Universe.
My Ayurveda teacher told : laughing without a reason is a sign of increased Vaat. My Yoga scriptures told : Always smiling without a reason is a sign of inner happiness. An Australian psychologist researched : Faking a smile on job is not good for health.
Russia always got better, the west has only degenerated for centuries now, Rossiya has made incredible advances. We are so far above you you cannot comprehend it.
@@daseapickleofjustice7231 that's hilarious. You have a form of government we stopped using three hundred years ago. A lower percentage of your people have indoor toilets than Namibia, which is 90% desert. Russia could be a great nation. It is very far from one now.
Growing up in Ireland in the 80’s we used to get the big Russian factory ships into Castletownbere . They would come up to my old lads place to buy old bangers of cars and parts they would fix in the ships on the return journey to Russia. My mother would make them tea and sandwiches. I remember them hugging my mother in thanks and giving the old lad cartons of Russian cigarettes even though he didn’t smoke. Lovely people who obviously had been through quite a lot with some lads fresh from Afghanistan but never once complained. Worked with a lot over here in the US now and have nothing but admiration for a people’s who have come through what they have and still have a sense of humor.
Так Круто!!!!!!Я учусь здесь, в России, и мой русский не очень хорош, но я все равно нахожу вашу литературу очень интересной, это так здорово, что литература не всегда должна быть мягкой, счастливой и милой, чтобы быть Ценится.
One does not become more intelligent. One gains knowledge, and the more you know the more depressed you get. But you die with the same brain you're born with.
Господи, у меня до сих пор травма из-за «муму»!! Ну как можно в 5 классе давать такое читать? Я буквально рыдала за книгой, а потом в классе половина одноклассников рыдали, пока разбирали книгу((
Хотела написать тоже самое... до сих пор в дрожь бросает, когда кто-нибудь упоминает Муму 😢 Никогда не забуду, какая у меня была истерика, когда я дочитала это произведение 😢 А самое ужасное, что этот рассказ до сих пор входит в школьную программу, это значит каждый год, где-то рыдают 5ти клашки читая Муму ...😮
Зато вы к настоящему миру подготовлены больше. Тут смерти, голод, войны и болезни присутствуют. Когда ребенок ходит в розовых очках, а потом видит все это…. Жуть, что в мозгах происходит. Так много подростков с крыш летят. Ужас.
Yes, suppose you have to be prepared like that. Otherwise, how could you wage a war in Ukraine for absolutely no reason and continue your day to day life while your "people" are killing innocent Ukrainians.
I. We are Dutch! We are farmers, hard workers, innovative and love our land and our animals. We also have our literature and history like Russians. One of your tsars Peter the Great studied in Holland. We are all connected ❤ Love Marianne from Holland
I love your channel and I think I watched most of your videos. I learned lots about Russia which I didn’t know before. Keep up the good work. Lots of love
@@salad7776 the Americans using Ukrainians as proxies should also become familiar with it. Go read the Rand Corporation's policy paper titled "Overextending Russia". They don't even try to hide their intentions.
@@salad7776Your uokaranians have bombed the city of Donetsk for 10 years, in violation of the Minsk agreements. But you do not care because you believe that Russian women and children do not have the right to be alive.
@@victoriadedicova i mean. they both took part in genocide. Stalin's regime had millions more victims than H*tlers (around 50mln vs 12mln). The only reason its not talked bout is because after WWII the west has basically sold half of the europe to stalin to appease him, and he kept blaming nazis for absolutely everything till he finally croaked and west believed him. I mean the world thought Katyń (mass murder of polish soldiers and higher ranking officials in the woods of Katyń) was by german hands, because soviets used very VERY old nazi weapons to do the job. IN RUSSIAN WOODS. Knowing that every person even smelling of germany was being sent to Siberia on sight. So i wouldnt be fast to talk about Stalin as if he saved people. He murdered people, he forced people to work in labor camps (which were the same as nazi death camps, they just had a better name), basically everything Stalin did is create an authoritarian regime but he slapped a picture of communism on top and called himself a socialist so people wouldnt notice his dear leader cult. He was smart. But he was selfish and maniacal just as h*tler was. But he wasnt helpful or revolutionary at all
@@croissant2882 he was in power for 29 years. You think that he had the same temperament when he began as when he died? I don't understand why yanks have a hard time understanding that people change and are complex creatures. Life is not a childish fairytale of good vs evil. No one is wholly good or wholly bad. He started with the Bolsheviks, war after war, blockades and destruction of cities and millions of people killed, drought after drought, an infrastructure problem at every level, then managed to build cities and railroads/roads/electricity, stabilize the food system, reestablish industry and domestic security. I mean what do you think that takes for the largest country in the world? Not saying all he did was good or all he did was bad. I'm saying it's a very complicated period in history and a guy that did a lot of good and bad in almost 30 years in power. By contrast, when I lived in US, there was a road that needed expansion from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and it was over 30 years to get that approved, not even built, I don't think it has been built yet and I left a decade ago. You saying that victims were all Stalin's doing just shows your lack of understanding. Famines actually swept through several countries. Multi year droughts with no infrastructure will do that to agrarian societies. Do more research on this, there were millions upon millions of people that died during this same time from China, India and through Europe. Wars upon wars. Stalingrad had half a population die and Stalin actually managed to evacuate over a million people during the siege. Yes. Many people died during his nearly 30 years, but giving him all the credit is just lazy and ignorant.
I have never thought of Russians as rude by nature. Serious? Yes. Rude? No. My impression of the Russians I have encountered is that you have to get to know them before they reveal their sense of humor. They are not silly people, but they definitely do laugh.
@@МаксимДухастович okay I'm seeing a picture of a dog and some psychobabble that I don't understand. How do you want me to respond?? How about my earlier response take a hike
@@МаксимДухастович okay I'm seeing a picture of a dog along with some kind of gibberish that I can't read. So I'll give you my stock response and that's take a hike
"Quiet Flows thd Don" has absolutely been one of my favorite reads ever. Reading it made me cry on several occasions, and it made me grow more interested in the history and culture of Russia. In a somewhat different way, "Crime and Punishment" also had that effect .
And of course they just survived those revolutions and not started them, of course they didn't love Stalin, of course they didn't want to annex Europe just like nowadays, etc etc etc.
@@i-km7dm Properly understood, propaganda is the absence of information -- too little, not too much. Propaganda is the war making state keeping citizens in the dark, suppressing context, telling us that history began on -24 Feb 2022- 07 Oct 2023, pretending that everything that happened before that date "Never Happened", denying that the several million people of the Donbass have been under bombardment for the last eight years, or even that these people exist, covering up the Nazi affiliations of the terrorists who gained power in Kiev as a result of the 22 Feb 2014 regime-change operation. Once the propagandist has created this perfect information vacuum, he can then fill it with lies and use the term "propaganda" to mislabel those who try desperately to allow bits of truth into this information prison.
I had a Russian friend named Yaroslav and he smiled a bunch. He laughed all the time and was in general a really happy person, even if he didn't speak (he wrote notes in English but he never spoke it)
Russians are sincere,logic minded, dont smile much, dont do much small talk and seem a bit shy. Thats my experience after being engaged to a russian man visiting his lovely country several times.
Totally peaceful, definitely not warmongering. They love the gays too, and are respectful of international law. Women have the right to not be beat by their husband there which is nice. Truly a great people.
@Kievskaya-Rus The person said on 'social media'. I am not mind crushed enough to take my experiences from what I see on a screen and then voice my opinion
Don’t believe anyone tells Russians are cruel and hate others. We are the same like people in Europe and America, Asia or Australia. Just we have some specific moments. But all nations have the same! These beautiful girls in video tell stereotypes. 😊
As a clueless teenager, I discovered Dostoevsky and Chekhov. BOOM! Woke me up. Changed my life. Мой отец воевал с немцами и всегда говорил: «Боже, благослови русских».
Hun, I am an American, and I feel the mutual respect especially when the control of situations are out of the control of every day common people, I want the leaderships of nations all around the world 🌎🌍 to use common sense in truth in the purpose of respecting with knowledge of all humanity and the value's in helping each other,...🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🌍🌎🙏💯%✔️
I'm a Navy Vet. I have friends in the Teams. They say "the only easy day was yesterday". Back in the 1990's, the Soviet Airborne said "we've been thru worse". I played hockey with them & yes they still called themselves Soviets.
@@marinafedina4688 There is always a reason to smile and laugh if and when one has proper food, drink and a roof over one's head. Laughter is good medicine.
We are Russians/Americans, we give the impression that we are happy and in control, but we sadly live in a false system where the public have zero control over the attrocities commited by their government to themselves and other nations 😂😂😂
Jako polak ten brak uśmiechania się albo brak śmiechu bez powodu potrafię zrozumieć.Chodzi o szczerość,a rosjanie takich postaw u siebie sztucznie nie wymuszają.Kiedy widzisz ich uśmiechniętych wtedy wiesz,że są szczerze szczęśliwi.
Oof, one of my main storybooks as a little kid was my father's book of Russian fairytales. Even the kids stories weren't happy like American literature, my favorite was Stupid Emilien
Dude, it’s not toughness. Have you ever seen shelter animals who were so abused in their lives they have hard times trusting even social workers who care for them, and whose 1st natural response is aggression? Dogs saved from fighting pits for instance. I doubt you’d call them tough.
@@mphomosoeu6624 I’m sorry I didn’t get the question. Ask anyone from Russia - not in refined TH-cam propaganda shorts but in real life - and they’ll confirm that “life is suffering” is a nation wide ideology. The Orthodox Church that preaches suffering is a bliss (in fact the highest feat you can do in life is something called “uyrodstvo” - the act of pretending to be insane beggar to endure the hardships of the low life, to earn the spot in heaven by forfeiting the pleasures of earthly life). Parents raise their kids telling them everyone is a liar. Grownups keep their excess money in cash at home, because you cannot trust anyone (not even banks that are formally insured and are guaranteed to return all investments). Everyone keeps their heads low because there’s no law to protect you, a policeman is always a threat (much as for blacks in the US I imagine, but for everyone regardless of their color and gender). Fatalism, neglect, indifference, envy, spite - that mix is hardly “toughness”. So my comparison with an abused dog who stays in a corner of a cell and growls at anyone who comes closer because it never experienced any kindness and compassion seems legit, don’t you agree?
It was the traitors to Stalin and USSR who caused the “civilizational collapse,”- i.e. the illegal dissolution of the USSR, which the vast majority of its citizens in all its republics wanted to preserve.
This is the best sentiment I’ve seen you give in your videos! Thank you for this and bless your heart always. ♥️ I will be more Russian today and I will let my smile grow because of your input to us. Thank you. I have no Russian blood in my ancestry but I will do the right thing in my way of being and embrace the Russian in us all. 😉
To be fair, we Russians make even Dutch uncomfortable at times, I've had this experience with my colleagues occasionally. But overall it's great talking to Dutch people, as you don't really need to think about this kind of crap compared to the rest of Western Europe. Shit is shit and good is good with them, and no need to dance around too much and pretend. So keep on being direct and to hell with those complaining people. If they think this way, I believe you shouldn't even waste your time on talks like that - what's the point if you can't even speak your mind? Being unable to face reality and speak the truth is one of the main problems of Western World nowadays, so at least we know that the Dutch are not affected that much by this and it's good for them.
@@hnrccaa really, wow they do have resemblance with their red hair 👩🦰, very beautiful girls, Eli is adventurer while Nesty is funny even she’s not trying and both are intelligent,creative and love their country and representing . I’m a fan of both.
How is it possible your channel does even exist? I never had any insight in your country and yet, you provide it during times of special operations and repression like you live in Europe🤯 Keep up the Good Work!
My uncle used to say that if haven't read Russian literature, then you have missed out in life.... i think he was right and ironic really given then sense of stoicism and melocholy pervading it. Cheers to my Russian brothers and sisters...
Это и есть свобода. Какую эмоцию бы ты не испытывал,ты имеешь на нее право. У нас даже продавец не обязан улыбаться клиентам. Он живой человек, а не робот. Вежливость - да, но улыбка - это личное дело каждого. Притворство по приказу - отвратительно.
Of course! And nobody is forcing you to change that. But, mind you, if you can’t realize or appreciate the power of polite smile, then in psychological sense you have some form of depression. You can still enjoy being depressed though. It’s still your choice, but don’t expect to get much respect from most of the world! Remember, most humans do not like grouchy look on their fellow human. This is a psychological fact! 🤷♂️
It is your choice of course, BUT, you must understand underlying reason. Someone in this thread wrote this interesting explanation and I think you should pay attention: "Russian melancholy" or "toska" is the feeling of a person who wants something, but does not know exactly what, but knows that what he wants is unattainable. (C)
@@BM-ub9ghотказ улыбаться незнакомцу вовсе не говорит о тоске. Есть и другие чувства. Задумчивость. Внимательная сосредоточенность. Погружение в молитву. Созерцание. Все эти чувства внутри, а не снаружи. Я лично хочу быть кем-то, а не казаться кем-то. А тоска - это грех уныния. Отсутствие надежды. То, что человеку невозможно, то возможно Богу. Так что "русская тоска" - это всего лишь один из этапов отношений с Богом. Когда Он отступил и ты должен найти себя. Временный период охлаждения веры, чтобы стать немного взрослее и умнее духовно. Если же притворяться как фарисей, то себя не найдешь и не поймёшь.
@@vitabrevis2812 Well, in this time and age, not many people are into “god” and spiritual zone. Attitudes are more straightforward and honest. Polite smile (even towards stranger) is not a fake expression. It’s polite! Overall, philosophy aside, which expression is better? A normal, polite smile, or scowling, or a cold, non-expressive, robotic stare? It’s pretty easy to answer, unless you dive into philosophical details to make it complicated. :) Ps. When you are sad, you are sad and it’s natural to express sadness, whether you live in America, Russia or anywhere. No one contests that.
@BM-ub9gh maybe in our countries. But most Russians, even if they aren't religious, are still a spiritual and superstitious people. That being said, the vast majority are still religious.
EDIT:
The main character from ‘Mumu’ didn’t do a suicide but simply left the city and wasn’t seen again.
I read this at the age of 10 and I guess memorised it wrong. Sorry for my mistake 🙌🏻
That's a drastic miss of memory 😂
@@infaroyyaalkarimahmuhamad1439yes, that’s how I remembered this story… but how he killed his dog stays as my childhood trauma forever 🥹😂
You are Russian ok but I am a western man ! Who is on border of Poland in a challenger 2 waiting to blow up your borders but your still beautiful x
Yes, you are Russian. Now, please, tell your countrymen/women to stop ruining Thailand and just leave.
Not the dumb (тупой), but deaf (глухой)
American literature: I will die for freedom.
English literature: I will die for honor.
French literature: I will die for love.
Russian literature: I will die….
meanwhile in America: slavery and systemic racism
@@MrKvp1 in your dreams, maybe, we abolished serfdom by several centuries sooner than black got rights under gunpoint
true!!
@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц Смешно! Но, их было их очень долгое время. Больше времени чем в Америке. Расизм еще продолжается там и здесь. Жалко конечно.
@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8цYes, US did it 4 years later.
Sounds like Russian classics are pretty accurate to life. 90% suffering and 10% beauty of nature, sounds about right.
To their life maybe
@@Tom_McMurtry welcome to the all american happy dude!!
Russian literature is amazing it's just the fricking characters names are too similar.
@@sciarrillotoxic capitalist positivity dude 😂
Or the other way around.
"Russian melancholy" or "toska" is the feeling of a person who wants something, but does not know exactly what, but knows that what he wants is unattainable. (C)
Man... to put a word on it speaks volumes
@@cynwraeth1943and i would argue its not even entirely accurate, it's a very difficult thing to describe
And is perfectly fine rolling around in that misery!
its not 80 degrees with big waves outside but thats okay ill just read doestovsky
Melancholy isn't accurate at all, it's very light feeling of seeing a kid with cancer playing and laughing. It's a light and positive kind of sadness.
"Toska", which is not even has a translation to English, is a spiral feeling of your own regret about being alive, which comes when you're born and raised in post-soviet country (surprise, not only Russia), it never stops, it just weekens a little bit around happy events and strengths around alcohol and burial.
Have a nice day, try to never experience any of these ❤
You forgot the most important thing: Russians respond very deeply to poetry in a way I've never seen in any other people. I took a class of my college students to a poetry reading by San Francisco's Poet Laureate and my Russian students felt his words in their soul. It was beautiful to see. I'm glad the US military sent me to language school to learn Russian.
Iranians too. They are pretty wonderful people and, like Russia, their political people not so much
Bengalis are also profoundly sensitive to poetry.
I worked with Russians in London over 20 yrs ago. Very stoic, matter of fact with a dark sense of humour, theres always a tinge of resolve. Most memorable was a guy called 'Yuri'. A Soviet soldier who headed West when they stopped getting regular pay in the 90s. When I asked how he got to the UK, he said he walked from Ukraine 😂. The other guys said it was a mixture of walking, hiking, camping out, hitching and stowing away. Any which way, it was a feat with barely no money, only spoke Russian. He had a pistol which they said he sold in France to pay a lorry driver to bring him across the Channel. When I asked why he came to work in the UK, he said: America, too far to swim...😂😂 I save money for plane...😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 America is too far to swim!!!!
😆😆
The number of dad stories he can tell is just phenomenal🗿
True fact: in the US, Russians are the immigrant group with the highest relative percentage of self-made millionaires. Source: “The Millionaire Next Door”
That's too far to swim??!@
We a russians, and we have one more termin for western folks - Pizdabol.
What's the difference between Russian tragedy & comedy?
Not everybody dies in the comedy...
-What's the difference between the Russian wedding and funeral? - Just one person is missing)
«Такую песню испортил, дур-рак!»
What's the difference between an American and a car, the chances of a car to die of an overdose are low
I heard that one differently.
Of course, in both, everyone dies. In the Russian comedy, however, everyone dies happy.
@@ericsuarez834 Is that a joke Russians tell each other to make themselves feel better about not being Americans?
“What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.”
Anton Chekhov
Isn't this English literature, Edgar Alan in the Raven? 😂
Isn't that an Ian Curtis song?
Haha 🤣
I would suggest you choose the latter😅
@@teddyroyan7012 Poe
Русские люди обязаны быть стойкими из за исторических испытаний. Моя бабушка 1909 года рождения проводила отца в 1914 году на войну, которую устроил Вильгельм и Николай 2 и больше его никогда не видела. Пережила революцию, гражданскую войну, великую отечественную войну, чудом её не задело пролетевшим осколком рядом (она была беременна моим отцом) , но разбомбило дом и она жила в уцелевшей половине дома ' а когда моему папе исполнилось 9 месяцев, бабушка смогла продать половину уцелевшего дома в станице Тверской ( краснодарский край) и поехала через освобожденный Сталинград на родину, к матери, в станицу Филоновскую. Всю жизнь работала как лошадь, моя бабушка, чтоб папа мой стал образованным и умным человеком. Я помню моих предков, они были как сталь!
Your story is remarkable. Thank you to share. As an American, I respect hard work! Americans have become too soft, living on the glory of golden days. Like Rome, one day we too will fall from greed.
Мы все стараемся работаем ради лучшей жизни...
Тоска👍🏻👍🏻
Oh wow, she lived in the other half of the house that was still functioning after the bombing.
@@vimalaradhika4190one day? How about now?
We are Russians. 90% of car crash videos on TH-cam are from Russia.
We are Russians. We have the world's worst drivers.
You should learn how to drive safely
@@johnsnow3457 its also because of mandated dash cams
And the other 10% are from Birmingham
And 98 % of those were drunk ;)
“Toska” is a Russian word that doesn’t have a direct translation in English, but it describes a deep, spiritual anguish or longing. It can encompass a range of feelings, from a vague, melancholic yearning to an intense, existential sadness. “Toska” is often associated with a sense of longing or craving for something unattainable or lost. When the woman said, “we are Russians, we are not sad, we just feel ‘toska’,” she was likely expressing a profound, culturally ingrained emotional state that is more complex and nuanced than simple sadness.
in English there is no word for it because in England and the USA you would just go to the shop and buy or order that thing... now it's even available online and will be delivered...
Spleen не подходит, как перевод? Или melancholy?
Melancholy
I am American with Russian blood. Toska describes me perfectly. And smiling for me feels and looks fake.
@@kaebella2259 I understand. But laughing and having fun improves the immune system and health. Start with just trying to have fun. Do sports. Just throw a frisbee back and forth with a friend. Play ping pong, shoot baskets at a basketball court. Go jog. The more simple sports you do with a friend the more laughs you will get. Just go out of your way to have fun. There are Russian comedians all over Russia you know.
I'm British, we have sarcasm. I approve of toska.
British humor is helping me keep faith in humanity
Love the Brit humor.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. I'd never lower myself to such a level...
You also have BoJo the clown 🤡
@@pookiewookie7679 we are painfully aware 😂
I love Russians. I find Russians intelligent, resourceful, and sentimental.
I lived in Russia for 15 years. I can assure anyone Russians are not rude. Behind the often unsmiling face is a big generous warm heart. When things get difficult they just shrug their shoulders and keep going. I received so much kindness and generosity from strangers and friends, it was just normality in Russia. But they wonder why Americans grin all the time.
Thank you for your kind words!)
I understand, freedom loving civilians in another country are killed with rockets fired from Russian soil and Russians just shrug their shoulders and keep going on.
Thank you :) you understood us perfectly
Yup for any Russians wondering, it's just polite to smile at people. Slurping your food loudly is impolite here, but in Japan it is considered polite to slurp your food. It's just one of those things!
So what? Putin calls, the Russians follow. As in Germany 1933. War crimes included.
We are Poles. We experienced Russians
Мы русские и мы испытали поляков.
We are Russians. We experienced Poles.
You also experienced Ukrainian УПА who killed your people. But your current government forgot about it.
@@ik1408 and not once, but many times 😭
dint poles try to take over Russia on several occasion
I know Russians from personal experience. They may appear unfriendly at first, but once you are accepted into their circle, they are the most heartwarming and caring people you can imagine. Every time we visit their family there, they treat me like a son and do everything they can to make me happy. I love them all from the bottom of my heart.
Yeah come to Kharkiv and see how good Russians are: very kind!
@@NS-mm6jqnah better if he goes to Lugansk to see how good Ukrainians are for the past decade
True. I have two russian friends, they are really ride or die if you earn their trust. If they don’t trust you…. don’t even try
Yep, it's absolutely true❤
Really if Russians were so cool they wouldn’t have started a war with Ukraine.
Русских, русскую культуру, язык и душу всегда любил. Чем более таких роликов с Русскими смотрю сейчас, тем более их люблю и вижу как они нормалные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим. Хочется сказать, лучше нас , Поляков, Чехов, Европейцов... А за нас мне сейчас встыдно, как смотрим на Русских, как относимся к ним. Гордитесь тем что вы Русские, вашой прекрасной родиной, вашой душой-нет такой другой в мире! Бог сохраняй на всегда Россию! Привет вам от Поляка. Oktawian
в школе я очень сильно возмущалась по поводу того, что учебник истории, которую заставляют учить, полностью состоит из дат сражений и войн. возмущалась, что нас со школьной доски заставляют ненавидеть страны, как историческую память, с которыми были войны. что мне сделали поляки? ничего. я испытываю уважение ко всем нациям. мне все равно, кто что делит там наверху, считая, что мы просто пешки. я не собираюсь испытывать неприязнь по фактам истории. это же бред! я могу не любить конкретных людей, которые не нравятся, но к нации это не имеет отношения.
мне почти 40 и ничего не изменилось.
Эти «нормальные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим» в ходе подавления восстания Костюшко устроили резню, в ходе которой погибли до 20 тыс. человек, они устраивали массовые казни участников освободительных восстаний поляков в 19-м веке, вместе с Гитлером разделили Польшу в 1939-м, расстреляли 22 тысячи польских офицеров в Катыни.
Сегодня эти великодушные и вдохновленные русской культурой, пришли добровольно убивать украинцев. Подавляющее большинство воюющих в Украине по собственному желанию подписали контракт с армией.
«Нормальные, человеческие, без ненависти к другим» при подавлении восстания Костюшко вырезали до 20 тыс поляков только в предместье Варшавы под название Прага в 1794. Они вместе с Гитлером разделили Польшу в 1939 и убили 22 тыс польских офицеров в Катыни.
Они стоят в очередях, чтобы подписать контракт и прийти в Украину убивать. Большинство воющих в Украине - это люди, добровольно подписавшие контракт с армией. Интересно, что немецкая армия времен второй мировой состояла в большинстве из мобилизованных.
IM Finnish and i just learned that Finnish word “Tuska” ( meaning fealing when you experience agony, sadnes and pain combined) probably comes from Russian.
Finnish language belongs to Hungarian group and has no similarities with Russian language, which belongs to Slavic group and came from Polish.
Lol, that's not how language groups work. North Indian languages belong to the Indo-European language group and South Indian belongs to Dravidian. Now we still have common words due to proximity. Words are much easier to swap among language groups than grammar, structure if a sentence, etc. @@user-ru1ki
@@user-ru1kiyou're right that finnish is not related to russian but the word "tuska" and some other words are in fact loanwords from russian
@@user-ru1ki Finnish language has lot of words borrowed from Russian ( and Swedish). Language Group is Finno -ugrian. Hungarian and Finnish languages share the same origin and we have some original words that are same ( like old words meaning heart or stone), which shows that the languages have the same roots. There is no other similarities in Russian and Finnish, just the words we borrowed. There is still some small groups living in Russia who are speaking languages which are related to Finnish.
@@norax3212 That's exactly what I've stated. Those groups are Samoyeds, by the way. Yes, linguistically it belongs to Finno - Ugric group.
A good friend of mine who was born in Serbia into a poor family, was given a scholarship in Moscow. The language was no problem at all, but when she arrived, she smiled at everyone (that’s the way she is). No one smiled back. Finally, a female student she knew, told her, “If you walk around with a smile on your face, people will think you’re insane.” 😅 Long story short: in her time at the university, she made some of the best friends she ever had! She’s still in contact. She told me that Russians are awesome people. 👍🏻
@@sarahm9723 it's funny that she was a smiling serbian. I'm trying to imagine if she was from a latin country..
@@nic-ci_66-77 🤣I agree, because they seem to share a few traits with Russian people. However, she arrived in the U.S. when she was 10, then went back to Serbia (she has lots of family in Serbia) when she was 19. That's when she went to Russia for the scholarship they so kindly awarded her. By then, she'd spent a few years in the U.S., and the smiling had stuck to her like glue. 🤷I will note that I did meet some of her family from Serbia, though, and they did smile at me, so maybe Serbians are a bit "smilier" than Russians? What do you think?
I still feel this way when I see random strangers smiling for no reason
@@Dreznik88 A cultural thing.
And another thing some people(altough not all) that smile too much is because they are psychos.
I really like Russians. They make sincere friends. Let's hope things improve for all of us.
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WE ARE RUSSIANS SATAN IS WITH US
Tell that to Ukrainians
@@bulbajtube I'm sure many would like to, but you might have to bribe them first
@@bulbajtube Would have been over in a week with a cease fire agreement and without the death toll if the West hadn't gotten involved so they could push their proxy war.
THANK YOU Eli from Russia!! Because I watched this video, I got the Audible book "Mumu" and I absolutely love it. Thank you again and again for teaching me something and getting me back to Russian literature.
"Love" is a strange term in context.
I had a russian professor at uni who said "in russia we don't ask 'how are you?' Because in russia people would never answer that they're good"
as a russian my only and every response to 'how are you?' is 'normal'
Yes, the most positive acceptable response is “normal” / “fine” lol
Those Yeltsin era professors suck
@@ericsuarez834факт
That's a good one.
When we did Russian history at "A"-Level our lecturer introduced the subject as follows. "Prepare for 4 weeks of repression, murder, torture, famine, war, revolution, repression, torture, repression, civil war, murder, more repression, more war, revolution, starvation and then we get to Stalin."
pretty accurate
Well the lecturer wasn't wrong.
Wonder why? Russia hasn't put out much positive n u get what u give
I must break you...
Bonus points if with a Russian accent and a smile
"We are Russians... in the last century, we've survived civil war, 3 revolutions, 2 world wars... and Stalin" 😂 Love it!
Look up Afghanistan, it's whole history is one big civil war with sprinkles of couple of month of peace😂
And for some reason decided to start another
And started 5 more wars
Nono not Joe Biden started the war. Some Nazis and the GPTQ community...
Why don't you, Russians, count the wars you started?
There is so much to admire about the resilience of the Russian people. I wish Americans had an ounce of that sobriety that Russians stand out for. May our good Lord unite us in the one true Orthodox faith one day. 🙏☦️
I'm English and I loved the humour. Definitely like our deadpan sarcasm 😂
Since i'm learning russian language i tried to make russian friends, i thought it would be hard making friend (because i'm used to my own people who hate the word "friend" lol) but no i was wrong and that's what i like about russians is that they are very friendly and can accept you as a friend so fast, and they are happy to help anytime)))
Hello from 🇨🇦 - Several years ago I read Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago and have watched the long movie version many times.
I like most Slavic people (and other ethnic people in Russia) plus I appreciate their outlook on life. My dentist is Russian. Also loved Russian composers during my childhood piano lesson days plus the late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Latvian Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov plus Anna Pavlova and countless other Russian ballet dancers and figure skaters.
We shouldn’t judge a country or its peoples by its leadership.
Thank you for your videos!
🌹🌹
"Toska" for me, a Russian girl, is when you feel that something is missing, but you don’t know what, when you are lonely in your apartment, when there is no hope for the future, when you don’t understand what to do next, the loneliness that many experience. It's just a feeling of emptiness, fatigue and despair, but we experience this point so often that it's already something permanent.
Also there is such a thing like “toska” which you feel when you’re far away from your family and home, and you feel that everything around you is not what you need or love, and you start to get this desire to do something to return and you can’t
@@liudroms yep, you're absolutely right, thank you❤
I know this feeling too, I’m trying to solve it. I think I almost got it
In galician we have a simillar feeling: "Morriña"
There is a name in German that has similar meaning
Sehnshucht I believe it is.
Longinh for something that one never had
My russian Friends are warm hearted people with a sense of good humor, always helpful and friendly. They are the most educated and literated people I know. ❤❤❤
THEY ARE SO EDUCATED .... THEY VOTE FOR DICTATORS ... EDUCATED PEOPLE INVADE PEACEFUL COUNTRYS ,,,, THEY ARE THE SKVM OF THE EARTH ...
and they helping in Ukraine now to get rid of old buildings and overpopulation most probably now.
Sort of like a grizzly bear having a grass salad ...
@@TestTest-ch7wq the increasing amount of massive douchbags on TH-cam scares me.
@@TestTest-ch7wq the number of massive douchbags on TH-cam is increasing rapidly, and that scares me.
When I was 16 or 17 I read a Novel "SMOKE" by a Russian writer Ivan Turgenev with a Character called Irina, so captivating. I've since been fascinated by Russian literature and the Rich history. I could have been Russian in an alternate Universe.
Huh... There's a novel from my Slavic country called Tyutyun (Tobacco) which also has a character called Irina.
Coincidence? 🧐
@@quokka_yt Irina is popular name 0 not like Elena or Anastasia but not still it is
@@vadimkiruhin1226 Yes but also in a novel called Tobacco, when the other one is called Smoke
@@quokka_yt oh wow didnt notice that
Who gives a crap😮😅
We admire you. You are an important part of the World. Without you the World would be boring.
My Ayurveda teacher told : laughing without a reason is a sign of increased Vaat.
My Yoga scriptures told : Always smiling without a reason is a sign of inner happiness.
An Australian psychologist researched : Faking a smile on job is not good for health.
What is Vaat?
@@Greencarrots22It's "that" in a German accent.
@@Greencarrots22acidic level of body is best I can come up with (i am Indian)
@@Lee-bv6iv They're talking about Vaat in Sanskrit not german
It's vata, one of the three doshas or humours of the body according to ayurveda. Look it up: there's kapha, vata and pita.
We are Russians, our party costume is Spetsnaz uniform 💀
Take no prisoners comrades 😂😂
Meanwhile in Joe Biden's military there are biological males wearing dresses
in russia, depression gets russian
VERY HIGH SUICIDE RATE ....
@@i-br9oz
That’s news to me…
In post-Soviet Russia...
...depression gets you. 🤒
@@normanclatcher HOPE PUTIN GETS YOU
Главный депрессант это - правительство, как и в любой другой стране. Совпадение? Не думаю
We are Serbs from Belgrade 😃
and Ми љубљу Вас 💟
Because you are crazy…a lot😂
Especially, women😁beautiful, crazy and cold as a spritzer
We are Americans where women cannot define what a woman is.
Gaslighting troll comment.
@@billschillerstrom583 😂😂 bill. You’re only saying that because you’re guilty of it.
@@billschillerstrom583some comments also gaslighting Russians, so cry about it
@@billschillerstrom583He has a point would you like it or not
A woman is someone who identifies as a woman. Only transphobes have any problems defining what a woman is.
The two redheaded Russian girls I watch. This is the collaboration that always needed to happen.
You mean we might see some redhead on redhead action?
@@grahamcook9289get away with your p brain rot and stay on your designated websites
Only one of them has red hair.
@@grahamcook9289 Porn has rotted your brain 😐
@@kij7412but they are both good looking. Russian women seems good, but their mindset is so weird. You admire, but don't date Russian women 😂😂😂
Russian history in five words: "And then it got worse."
Russia always got better, the west has only degenerated for centuries now, Rossiya has made incredible advances. We are so far above you you cannot comprehend it.
@@daseapickleofjustice7231 that's hilarious. You have a form of government we stopped using three hundred years ago. A lower percentage of your people have indoor toilets than Namibia, which is 90% desert. Russia could be a great nation. It is very far from one now.
@@daseapickleofjustice7231Breathe in and out
@@angeloalvarez5520 as I said, lack of comprehension, brain aneurism
@@daseapickleofjustice7231 Inhale... exhale. Think of something peaceful
Growing up in Ireland in the 80’s we used to get the big Russian factory ships into Castletownbere . They would come up to my old lads place to buy old bangers of cars and parts they would fix in the ships on the return journey to Russia. My mother would make them tea and sandwiches. I remember them hugging my mother in thanks and giving the old lad cartons of Russian cigarettes even though he didn’t smoke. Lovely people who obviously had been through quite a lot with some lads fresh from Afghanistan but never once complained. Worked with a lot over here in the US now and have nothing but admiration for a people’s who have come through what they have and still have a sense of humor.
Так Круто!!!!!!Я учусь здесь, в России, и мой русский не очень хорош, но я все равно нахожу вашу литературу очень интересной, это так здорово, что литература не всегда должна быть мягкой, счастливой и милой, чтобы быть Ценится.
You're not welcomed here.
Но читать Муму в начальной школе это слишком. Мой ребенок уже вырос, но до сих пор помнит этот шок.
У тебя отличный русский ❤
@@Faceless166 Муму это про ту РОссию что мы потеряли, где хруст французской булки итп.
@@sova3fulхорошо сказано
The more intelligent you become the more you suffer inside
That's not true. Be careful because you will experience whatever story you tell yourself.
One does not become more intelligent. One gains knowledge, and the more you know the more depressed you get. But you die with the same brain you're born with.
@@cynwraeth1943in Russian "intelligent" means refined not in reference to intellectual abilities.
@@sarasimamanheimer307 That's a Russian phrase?
@@cynwraeth1943 not a phrase, when someone is referred to as интеллигентный человек. Not about intellect.
Господи, у меня до сих пор травма из-за «муму»!! Ну как можно в 5 классе давать такое читать? Я буквально рыдала за книгой, а потом в классе половина одноклассников рыдали, пока разбирали книгу((
Хотела написать тоже самое... до сих пор в дрожь бросает, когда кто-нибудь упоминает Муму 😢
Никогда не забуду, какая у меня была истерика, когда я дочитала это произведение 😢
А самое ужасное, что этот рассказ до сих пор входит в школьную программу, это значит каждый год, где-то рыдают 5ти клашки читая Муму ...😮
Зато вы к настоящему миру подготовлены больше. Тут смерти, голод, войны и болезни присутствуют. Когда ребенок ходит в розовых очках, а потом видит все это…. Жуть, что в мозгах происходит. Так много подростков с крыш летят. Ужас.
Yes, suppose you have to be prepared like that. Otherwise, how could you wage a war in Ukraine for absolutely no reason and continue your day to day life while your "people" are killing innocent Ukrainians.
@@lollipopbrb if you think that something going for absolutely no reason means that you dramatically misinformed ;)
Это развивает эмпатию и учит сострадать. Прекрасное произведение, именно в нужном возрасте его преподают.
You just summed up everything, now I won’t have to explain anything to my friends! I’ll just send them this video! Спасибо! 😂❤
That Gopnik outfit with that Gopnik squat!😂
and the reckless golden necklace 😂😂😂
Slavchavs
Yeah @AgentNesty is awesome!
@@RebellionAlpha And sometimes "raw-some"!😁👍👌
Ы is indeed a grimace of a letter hahahaha
I. We are Dutch!
We are farmers, hard workers, innovative and love our land and our animals.
We also have our literature and history like Russians.
One of your tsars Peter the Great studied in Holland.
We are all connected ❤
Love Marianne from Holland
No you only love to conquer Indonesia
And since our Peter the Great studied in Holland we have many Dutch words in Russian😊
Also we are direct, some see that as rude
not good enough to keep belgium tho
belgium rules
As a citizen of the Netherlands I refuse to hate the people of the Russian Federation. ❤ from the Netherlands.
I love your channel and I think I watched most of your videos. I learned lots about Russia which I didn’t know before. Keep up the good work. Lots of love
Russians and Germans have more in common than one might think.
Блять, ну зачем прямо по больному, а!
Hum no they do not.
YES PUTIN IS THE NEW HITLER ....
YES PUTIN IS THE NEW HITLER ...
PUTIN IS THE NEW HITLER
Russians are humble generous brave caring tough people
L💝VE RUSSIA & RUSSIANS
And volunrary killers - the majority of fighting in Ukraine signed contract with the army.
I love Russians, too!
@@arianemontemuro7901 Apparently tastes vary and aggressors and killers are loved by some.
@@arianemontemuro7901Tastes vary. Some apparently love killers and aggressors.
Yeah they humbly imposed the holodomor and generously invaded in 2022. Real nice people the Russians.
I must be dumb as fuck because I laugh all day lol
So do I even though I got the ugliest smile 😂..i laugh(not intentionally )over serious matters
Well, no, but actually yes.
It's ironic how people always comment on Russians not smiling in public but they never try telling them a joke or doing something funny.
I have learned from my Russian students that Russians have a sense of humour that is significantly more subtle than British humour. 😉
Ukrainians are currently familiar with this humour.
@@salad7776 the Americans using Ukrainians as proxies should also become familiar with it. Go read the Rand Corporation's policy paper titled "Overextending Russia". They don't even try to hide their intentions.
@@salad7776Your uokaranians have bombed the city of Donetsk for 10 years, in violation of the Minsk agreements. But you do not care because you believe that Russian women and children do not have the right to be alive.
@@salad7776 ты под каждым комментом это пишешь. Тебе не надоело?
@@AstralLice83And you, haven't been tired since February 24, 2022?
Modern Russians:"we survived stalin"
Soviets: "stalin is the reason we survived"
Omg, you literally don't know anything about Russian history, 1937's great terror, dekulakization and so on. But spread this western leftist bs
It can't be both? He revolutionized agriculture sector and food distribution. What did Lenin do besides dying as a nutcase?
@@victoriadedicova i mean. they both took part in genocide. Stalin's regime had millions more victims than H*tlers (around 50mln vs 12mln). The only reason its not talked bout is because after WWII the west has basically sold half of the europe to stalin to appease him, and he kept blaming nazis for absolutely everything till he finally croaked and west believed him.
I mean the world thought Katyń (mass murder of polish soldiers and higher ranking officials in the woods of Katyń) was by german hands, because soviets used very VERY old nazi weapons to do the job. IN RUSSIAN WOODS. Knowing that every person even smelling of germany was being sent to Siberia on sight. So i wouldnt be fast to talk about Stalin as if he saved people. He murdered people, he forced people to work in labor camps (which were the same as nazi death camps, they just had a better name), basically everything Stalin did is create an authoritarian regime but he slapped a picture of communism on top and called himself a socialist so people wouldnt notice his dear leader cult. He was smart. But he was selfish and maniacal just as h*tler was. But he wasnt helpful or revolutionary at all
@@croissant2882 he was in power for 29 years. You think that he had the same temperament when he began as when he died? I don't understand why yanks have a hard time understanding that people change and are complex creatures. Life is not a childish fairytale of good vs evil. No one is wholly good or wholly bad. He started with the Bolsheviks, war after war, blockades and destruction of cities and millions of people killed, drought after drought, an infrastructure problem at every level, then managed to build cities and railroads/roads/electricity, stabilize the food system, reestablish industry and domestic security. I mean what do you think that takes for the largest country in the world? Not saying all he did was good or all he did was bad. I'm saying it's a very complicated period in history and a guy that did a lot of good and bad in almost 30 years in power. By contrast, when I lived in US, there was a road that needed expansion from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and it was over 30 years to get that approved, not even built, I don't think it has been built yet and I left a decade ago. You saying that victims were all Stalin's doing just shows your lack of understanding. Famines actually swept through several countries. Multi year droughts with no infrastructure will do that to agrarian societies. Do more research on this, there were millions upon millions of people that died during this same time from China, India and through Europe. Wars upon wars. Stalingrad had half a population die and Stalin actually managed to evacuate over a million people during the siege. Yes. Many people died during his nearly 30 years, but giving him all the credit is just lazy and ignorant.
@@croissant2882such bs
I have never thought of Russians as rude by nature. Serious? Yes. Rude? No.
My impression of the Russians I have encountered is that you have to get to know them before they reveal their sense of humor.
They are not silly people, but they definitely do laugh.
….But not often, and not much. Let’s face it who can blame them ‘They are Russians’
What I have seen is they are very hard working and also smart as well. And I agree with you Gary as well.
Smiling = silly???
kidding right? my experience is theyre borderline obnoxious. very unpleasant people to be around. no manners.
You're not rude, just gorgeous
Я даже знаю, что занимает те самые 10 процентов описания природы. Толстовский дуб.
Take a hike😢
@@edljnehan2811 С чего вдруг?
@@МаксимДухастович okay I'm seeing a picture of a dog and some psychobabble that I don't understand. How do you want me to respond?? How about my earlier response take a hike
@@МаксимДухастович okay I'm seeing a picture of a dog along with some kind of gibberish that I can't read. So I'll give you my stock response and that's take a hike
😂😂😂
"Quiet Flows thd Don" has absolutely been one of my favorite reads ever. Reading it made me cry on several occasions, and it made me grow more interested in the history and culture of Russia.
In a somewhat different way, "Crime and Punishment" also had that effect .
Damn..Russians survived 3 Revolutions, 2 World Wars, Stalin, Great Depression...I get it.
Представь нас селекционируют
And they loved all of them, surprisingly
And of course they just survived those revolutions and not started them, of course they didn't love Stalin, of course they didn't want to annex Europe just like nowadays, etc etc etc.
Plus Putin is still there… 😮
Agent Nesty!!! Love the collaboration!! Hugs and kisses from Minnesota
In america, I drive a truck and have met many people from Russia.
Beautiful attitude, honesty respect and very kind
Co-laboration or Anti-laboration? I fear that dear Eli will fall under Nesty's spell and will end up "on the wrong side of the mirror".
I like irony because it speaks of the sad truth of being flotsam on the tides of political history.
AGENT COMMIE PROPAGANDA ...
@@i-km7dm Properly understood, propaganda is the absence of information -- too little, not too much. Propaganda is the war making state keeping citizens in the dark, suppressing context, telling us that history began on -24 Feb 2022- 07 Oct 2023, pretending that everything that happened before that date "Never Happened", denying that the several million people of the Donbass have been under bombardment for the last eight years, or even that these people exist, covering up the Nazi affiliations of the terrorists who gained power in Kiev as a result of the 22 Feb 2014 regime-change operation. Once the propagandist has created this perfect information vacuum, he can then fill it with lies and use the term "propaganda" to mislabel those who try desperately to allow bits of truth into this information prison.
I had a Russian friend named Yaroslav and he smiled a bunch. He laughed all the time and was in general a really happy person, even if he didn't speak (he wrote notes in English but he never spoke it)
Sometimes that could be a coping mechanism, don't take it at face value
And he was happy cos he lived abroad
Maybe he skipped reading the literature in school 😂
Did you know that Yaroslav is predominantly a Ukrainian Male Name
This is so funny because I know a guy named Yaroslav, and he's the exact opposite. I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a serial killer
Not rude, just direct! Russians skip the ‘how are you’ and go straight to the ‘why are you!’ 😂. Great video and content.
TEXAS STEER COMMIE ...
We are Slavs we hold together
🇷🇺❤️🇸🇰❤️🇭🇷❤️🇲🇪❤️🇧🇾❤️🇧🇬❤️🇧🇦❤️🇵🇱❤️🇨🇿❤️🇸🇮❤️🇷🇸❤️🇺🇦
Russians are sincere,logic minded, dont smile much, dont do much small talk and seem a bit shy. Thats my experience after being engaged to a russian man visiting his lovely country several times.
All the Russians I've seen on social media are fantastic.... lovely, clever people
Totally peaceful, definitely not warmongering. They love the gays too, and are respectful of international law. Women have the right to not be beat by their husband there which is nice. Truly a great people.
@@blutraub Russians are smart, thats why we not let the western world rule us because western world had brain anurism
So you have no actual experience but just have to say something?
@Kievskaya-Rus The person said on 'social media'. I am not mind crushed enough to take my experiences from what I see on a screen and then voice my opinion
GO TO UKRAINE AND SEE HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE ...............
I am a senior American, and have the greatest respect for your people and country. Now free, there is nothing that can stop you!
А Путин для чего?
Huh?! Russia is free?!! WTF!!!
Lmao 😂
Free??
Don’t believe anyone tells Russians are cruel and hate others. We are the same like people in Europe and America, Asia or Australia. Just we have some specific moments. But all nations have the same! These beautiful girls in video tell stereotypes. 😊
I love Russian people. Authentic and strong character. Never change.
JUST BRAINWASHED BY PUTINS MEDIA LIES ....
Ukrainians love them too.
As a clueless teenager, I discovered Dostoevsky and Chekhov. BOOM! Woke me up. Changed my life. Мой отец воевал с немцами и всегда говорил: «Боже, благослови русских».
Slava Stalin ZOV 🤙🏻
Ukrainians are all into gratitude for their shelling RIGHT NOW.
🤝Fank you, my man 🤝
Eli and Nesty! My day has been made. 🌷
Now the world will end.
As a American living in American I found Russian living here very nice hard working people.
my mom is russian and lived through the collapse of the cccp, and my dad in bengali. genetically im half happy and half sad lmaoo
That's such a random combo i love it
@@princetb3208 yeah they met in japan of all places, they were introduce to each other by a tall friend because they were "the same height"
@@leejahahaha hmm the plot thickens lol
Совок в латинской речи звучит как CSCP 1991 "Утраченное величие"
Omg my Bengali friend just married a Russian man! What a cool combination. I'm Telugu and Dutch :)
Hun, I am an American, and I feel the mutual respect especially when the control of situations are out of the control of every day common people, I want the leaderships of nations all around the world 🌎🌍 to use common sense in truth in the purpose of respecting with knowledge of all humanity and the value's in helping each other,...🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🌍🌎🙏💯%✔️
I'm a Navy Vet.
I have friends in the Teams.
They say "the only easy day was yesterday".
Back in the 1990's, the Soviet Airborne said "we've been thru worse".
I played hockey with them & yes they still called themselves Soviets.
Love the track suits 😍 where didnu get the red one?????
Smiling and laughing is not stupidity.... it puts health into your body and bones. ❤
The main thought here lies within the first part of the saying "laughing WITHOUT a REASON is a sign of stupidity..."
@@marinafedina4688. 😮
@@marinafedina4688 There is always a reason to smile and laugh if and when one has proper food, drink and a roof over one's head. Laughter is good medicine.
@@marinafedina4688Ваши действительно очень серьезные. Чересчур. Проще надо воспринимать мир. И жизнь легче будет казаться.
@@helloworld-ti5zs Я не так уж и строго ко всему отношусь, просто в каждой поговорка как и в шутке есть доля правды!
We are Russians/Americans, we give the impression that we are happy and in control, but we sadly live in a false system where the public have zero control over the attrocities commited by their government to themselves and other nations 😂😂😂
Земляне, ну или Человечество
мы должны свергнуть эту гнилую систему. однако большинству людей кажется, что они никогда не проснутся.
ты прав!
I have the feeling she is missing something...
A BRAIN
A BRAIN .....
A BRAIN .........
Wisdom
Well, her channel on TH-cam started suffering in 2022. Dhe can't get paid, so she's angry.
We feel *toska*, as a Russian I laugh the heck out😂😂😂❤
Love your content❤
Love from Saint Petersburg❤
Jako polak ten brak uśmiechania się albo brak śmiechu bez powodu potrafię zrozumieć.Chodzi o szczerość,a rosjanie takich postaw u siebie sztucznie nie wymuszają.Kiedy widzisz ich uśmiechniętych wtedy wiesz,że są szczerze szczęśliwi.
Dzieki, to jest prawda ❤
Or crazy.
Szczerość też znaczy mówienie prawdy. Rosjanie prawie nigdy nie mówią prawdy. Kradież i kłamstwo - to podstawy ich kultury.
@@olegnovitski6987 Teraz zjem śniadanie i pójdę kogoś oszukać i skłamać, inaczej dzień się nie uda
Russian literature shows cruelty and suffering and then praises it, since it is done as a "MUCHENNICHESTVO".
Martyrness, yes.
@@ConcentratedAcid yeah, forgot the word lmao
@@ConcentratedAcidmartyrdom, yes.
Without russians writers romantic literature would not be the same.
Oof, one of my main storybooks as a little kid was my father's book of Russian fairytales. Even the kids stories weren't happy like American literature, my favorite was Stupid Emilien
As an American, it is my dream to visit Russia one day.
Lol 😆 is there any reason to smile 😃. U made my day with that one. I love that Russian are tough, and most don't smile at stupidity
Dude, it’s not toughness. Have you ever seen shelter animals who were so abused in their lives they have hard times trusting even social workers who care for them, and whose 1st natural response is aggression? Dogs saved from fighting pits for instance. I doubt you’d call them tough.
@@xtrash1ovecomparing a whole nation to aggressive animals? How absolutely non-nazi 🤔
@@xtrash1ove Dude, what are u on about?
@@xtrash1ove brother in christ, what is your mental ailment
@@mphomosoeu6624 I’m sorry I didn’t get the question. Ask anyone from Russia - not in refined TH-cam propaganda shorts but in real life - and they’ll confirm that “life is suffering” is a nation wide ideology. The Orthodox Church that preaches suffering is a bliss (in fact the highest feat you can do in life is something called “uyrodstvo” - the act of pretending to be insane beggar to endure the hardships of the low life, to earn the spot in heaven by forfeiting the pleasures of earthly life). Parents raise their kids telling them everyone is a liar. Grownups keep their excess money in cash at home, because you cannot trust anyone (not even banks that are formally insured and are guaranteed to return all investments). Everyone keeps their heads low because there’s no law to protect you, a policeman is always a threat (much as for blacks in the US I imagine, but for everyone regardless of their color and gender). Fatalism, neglect, indifference, envy, spite - that mix is hardly “toughness”. So my comparison with an abused dog who stays in a corner of a cell and growls at anyone who comes closer because it never experienced any kindness and compassion seems legit, don’t you agree?
I can't stop laughing. Great collab 👏
Eli you look like a beautiful model!! And you are a GREAT actress!! I love your channel. Such a talent!
This is the collab i needed love you two❤
Stalin and 90s civilizational collapse
It was the traitors to Stalin and USSR who caused the “civilizational collapse,”- i.e. the illegal dissolution of the USSR, which the vast majority of its citizens in all its republics wanted to preserve.
you put it so aptly!!
Russia's been through the wringer.
Я очень люблю красивую Россию, и тоже от русской девушки моей я научился русской культуре и истории. Я всё ещё учу русский язык.
Canadian literature: Trudeau must resign
You are Russians: You experience emotions just like anyone else: It's in their expression where we can find differences.
This is the best sentiment I’ve seen you give in your videos! Thank you for this and bless your heart always. ♥️ I will be more Russian today and I will let my smile grow because of your input to us. Thank you. I have no Russian blood in my ancestry but I will do the right thing in my way of being and embrace the Russian in us all. 😉
I guess war crimes wouldn't fall under rude category, so it checks out.
I like this. Well done. 😊
As a Dutch person I always get this criticism as well 😅 people always think I am too direct… 🤷
Yes, If I talk to Dutch people I gotta remind myself of that.
As a Filipina who is expected to be warm & considering, I'm always called rude for being direct.
I call it being honest.
@@aramisone7198 👌🏻💯
To be fair, we Russians make even Dutch uncomfortable at times, I've had this experience with my colleagues occasionally. But overall it's great talking to Dutch people, as you don't really need to think about this kind of crap compared to the rest of Western Europe. Shit is shit and good is good with them, and no need to dance around too much and pretend.
So keep on being direct and to hell with those complaining people. If they think this way, I believe you shouldn't even waste your time on talks like that - what's the point if you can't even speak your mind? Being unable to face reality and speak the truth is one of the main problems of Western World nowadays, so at least we know that the Dutch are not affected that much by this and it's good for them.
Nesty and Eli, wow that’s great combinations,two simple beautiful Russia 🇷🇺 girls 👏.
Dont forget to mention her cousine 😍 (the colorful hair-do)
@@hnrccaa are they cousins ?
@chisomahamba379 yes, her Tatar "sister" (as she calls her)
She appears in older videos of Eli.
@@hnrccaa really, wow they do have resemblance with their red hair 👩🦰, very beautiful girls, Eli is adventurer while Nesty is funny even she’s not trying and both are intelligent,creative and love their country and representing . I’m a fan of both.
@@chisomahamba379 i hope that is /not/ her real hair-do tho 🙈
"Are you gangsters?"
"No, we are Russians"
Cringe
@@Kath1864-t9t ??? Cci cazzu oi ?
@@zapoi67 what?
How is it possible your channel does even exist? I never had any insight in your country and yet, you provide it during times of special operations and repression like you live in Europe🤯 Keep up the Good Work!
My uncle used to say that if haven't read Russian literature, then you have missed out in life.... i think he was right and ironic really given then sense of stoicism and melocholy pervading it.
Cheers to my Russian brothers and sisters...
Miss Eli, I do love your humor! You are as friendly and as funny as a sack full of possums! Now that is funny!
Это и есть свобода. Какую эмоцию бы ты не испытывал,ты имеешь на нее право. У нас даже продавец не обязан улыбаться клиентам. Он живой человек, а не робот. Вежливость - да, но улыбка - это личное дело каждого. Притворство по приказу - отвратительно.
Of course! And nobody is forcing you to change that. But, mind you, if you can’t realize or appreciate the power of polite smile, then in psychological sense you have some form of depression. You can still enjoy being depressed though. It’s still your choice, but don’t expect to get much respect from most of the world! Remember, most humans do not like grouchy look on their fellow human. This is a psychological fact! 🤷♂️
It is your choice of course, BUT, you must understand underlying reason. Someone in this thread wrote this interesting explanation and I think you should pay attention:
"Russian melancholy" or "toska" is the feeling of a person who wants something, but does not know exactly what, but knows that what he wants is unattainable. (C)
@@BM-ub9ghотказ улыбаться незнакомцу вовсе не говорит о тоске. Есть и другие чувства. Задумчивость. Внимательная сосредоточенность. Погружение в молитву. Созерцание. Все эти чувства внутри, а не снаружи. Я лично хочу быть кем-то, а не казаться кем-то. А тоска - это грех уныния. Отсутствие надежды. То, что человеку невозможно, то возможно Богу. Так что "русская тоска" - это всего лишь один из этапов отношений с Богом. Когда Он отступил и ты должен найти себя. Временный период охлаждения веры, чтобы стать немного взрослее и умнее духовно. Если же притворяться как фарисей, то себя не найдешь и не поймёшь.
@@vitabrevis2812 Well, in this time and age, not many people are into “god” and spiritual zone. Attitudes are more straightforward and honest. Polite smile (even towards stranger) is not a fake expression. It’s polite! Overall, philosophy aside, which expression is better? A normal, polite smile, or scowling, or a cold, non-expressive, robotic stare? It’s pretty easy to answer, unless you dive into philosophical details to make it complicated. :)
Ps. When you are sad, you are sad and it’s natural to express sadness, whether you live in America, Russia or anywhere. No one contests that.
@BM-ub9gh maybe in our countries. But most Russians, even if they aren't religious, are still a spiritual and superstitious people. That being said, the vast majority are still religious.