Directions: You are a reporter asked to learn about Russian culture for an upcoming article. Access the links below to learn about Russian food, music, fashion/style, family structures, history and language. Write a paragraph summary of what you learned and answer five (5) of the questions below:
Customs & Culture
Comparing & Contrasting Russian and American culture
Russian Culture - (this site was created to inform men about potential internet-ordered Russian brides but it still has good information about the culture and people)
Culture & History
Russian Cuisine
Russian Music
Remember - you have to write a paragraph summary of what you learned and answer five (5) of the questions below (You cannot answer the same questions as the poster directly above you):
1. Describe how a typical Russian family lives
2. Describe gift giving etiquette in your own words. Compare to gift giving in the US.
3. Describe Russia's "communal spirit" - what does this mean and from where does it come?
4. Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
5. What is the major difference in running a private business in Russia and the US?
6. Describe how Russian holidays differ from those celebrated in the US.
7. What are some of the major issues in Russia's population decline?
8. What is "dusha" and how does it relate to past class topics?
9. How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in the US?
10. Describe modern Russian music - compare/contrast to American music.
11. Russia is a multi-ethnic land much like the US. Based on what you have learned, is Russia more successful than the US in creating harmony in diversity?
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Answer one: Russian families live in small groups of like 2 to 3 people not that many gerneration.
Answer two:The compare between woman in russia and woman in the U.S are mainly the same stay home take care of the kids our work and have a job.
Answer three: A meal in russia feels alot differnt because you are not used to eating there food it will make you sick because your stomach is not used to it.
Answer four:Amercan Music and Russian Music are the same they have their on version of hip hop in there language they make up their own dances.
1. Q: Describe how a typical Russian family lives?
A: Russian families lives in little apartments like ours, but only like Russians have like only 2 to 4 people in the apartments.
2. Q: Describe gift giving etiquette in your own words. Compare to gift giving in the US.
A: Gift giving etiquette means to me is when giving or receiving for a holiday season. For example: Christmas or Valentine. Gift giving etiquette and US are compared cause we give special things on holidays like Christmas.
4. Q: Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
A: Most women in Russia want to live in a nice house and only have one or two kids. Most women want to work outside of their house and become a successful person. Most women in the US sometimes live with their parents and want to leave and have a husband with a few kids and have a job to support their kids and have food on the table and clothes for herself, her husband, and her kids.
6. Q: Describe how Russian holidays differ from those celebrated in the US?
A: Russian holidays are differ from the US because they don't want to celebrate the same date with the US, that's why Russian celebrate Christmas on 7 of January, but they celebrate New Years Day on the same days.
9. Q: How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in the US?
A: he food that is served will primarily depend on the time of day. Traditionally, as in most other cultures, there are 3 major meals per day: Zavtrak (breakfast), Obed (lunch) and Uzhin (dinner). In the US, we sometimes eat any where and anytime.
1. How does a typical Russian family live?
A. They live in a small apartment with 2 or 3 generations sharing little space.
9. How does a typical Russian meal differ from meals in the US?
A. They have to wait a certain time of day and the US we just eat when we feel like it.
6. Describe how Russian Holiday differ from those celebrated in the US?
A. Russians dont want to celebrate their Christmas with us they want to celebrate it on January 07.
3. Describe Russia's "communal spirit" - what does this mean and from where does it come?
A. It's songs and poem they write to show their feelings. It means that no matter what you do they are going to be their for you.
5.What are some of the major issues in Russia's population decline?
A. The Russian population decline is mostly because they have diseases.
Question One: How does a typical family lives?
Answer One: Most families live in small apartments,families are small up to 2 to3 generations and all the families members dependent upon all its members.
Question Two: What is a womans role in Russia? Please compare your answer to a womans role in the US.
Answer Two: Most women have only one child because most women hvwe to work outside of the house and having their responsibility of the house hold and childrearing chores. The US woman role is to move from their mother house and to live in another to raise the child. The similarity is that they still have to take responsibility for their infant.
Question Three: What is the Russia's " communal spirit" what does it mean and where did it come from?
Answer Three: Russia's communal spirit are poems and songs to emphasize the collective rather than de-emphasize the individual. It mean no matter what the faith might be related you from with in matters.
Question Four: How does a typical Russian mean differ from a meal in the US?
Answer Four: Half of the Russians were in ethnic groups since ancient times to the present thousands are traditional in the US similar to those in other Western countries foods.
Question Five: What are some of the major issues in Russia's population decline?
Answer Five: Population decline was mostly observed due to disease, starvation and/or emigration
What I have learn about Russia is that their way of teaching,the foods they prepare and eat traditionally, and how families are brought together.
1-4. Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
answer : A womens role in Russia is basically to be hard working, nurturing and long suffering. Women are the true heroes of Russia (:
2-11. Russia is a multi-ethnic land much like the US. Based on what you have learned, is Russia more successful than the US in creating harmony in diversity?
answer: I dont think Russia is more successful than the US at making harmony because they US is more welcoming to immigrants as long as they have their papers and ect. Russia could be more welcoming
3-8. What is "dusha" and how does it relate to past class topics?
answer: dusha is a term used to describe Russian spirituality. It dont think it relates to past class topics. It could connect to how we talked about Immigrants are more friendly than us , meaning the US.
4-10. Describe modern Russian music - compare/contrast to American music.
answer: what differs between american radio stations and Russian radio stations is that Every single radio station on the website thats linked to Russian music is a Live broadcoast . All the others out of Russia werent all live and some of them were like 30 minutes and an hour.
5-1. Describe how a typical Russian family lives.
answer: A russian families often live in small apartments. Russians families usually consist of 2 to 3 small generations. family is dependent upon all its members. Every family memeber plays a part and is needed .
Q-1 Whats the typicall russia home life like.
A-1 Peaceful,calm, and able to speak theri mind.
Q-2 How does russia meals differ from the US.
A-2 We eat anytime we want and they eat three times a day.
Q-3 The diifrence in hollidays?
A-3 They dont celebrate the same day as us. Theirs is Jan. 7th
Q-4 What is russias Communal Spirit
A-4 How they express their feelings in songs or poems.
Q-5 Russias major issues in population decline
A-5 Their diseases.
Question 2 Answer
Gift Giving Etiquette is silly to me but they only accept gives on holidays from a close friend or family. And when you are invited to a home you bring a small gift. Its like its their code giving a gift lol. The only thing thats the same as america is giving on Holidays.
Question 4
Women are responsible for the house. But in the US the women etheir works or is a stay at home wife that cooks an clean.
Question 10
The modern music for Russia is nice and fast. I would listen to it if it was very local but its not so Ha. And US music is the same to me.
Question 11
I think they have more harmony. Because russian people take pride in their cultural heritage and expect the rest of the world to admire it.
Question 7
The population worsen in result of economic and social upheavals of postsocialist period. Men start killing there self and bad working condition and also bad diseases.
Q1. most families live in small apartments and most be having only one kid because the parents have to do work out side the house hold.
Q3. communal sprit is songs and poems and it means no matter what poeple or your family will way have yo back.
Q6. they celebrate some of the same hoildays but at different date like christmas they have it on jan,7.
Q7. they population went up alot, had diseases.
Q9.you cant show up late if u was invited. dress up like you goin to an office. bring flowers but not yellow ones. after dinner ask to help clean up. In the USA we dont do all that.
1. Describe woman's roles in Russia. Compare to woman's roles in the US.
The role women play in Russia is big roles compared to the US. People really actually look up to women in Russia and they think of them as true heroes. Usually women of the society the responsible ones. In the US. there are some women like that but not for real. Also in Russia Women have their on day.
2.Describe how a typical Russian family lives
Well a typical family in Russia lives dependent upon all its members. Most Families in Russia aren't that big compared to the US. because women must work outside the house and bear responsibility for their household and children.
3.Describe gift giving etiquette in your own words. Compare to gift giving in the US.
Gift Giving etiquette is an arrangement of gifts between families and close friends in Russia. They have specific rules about giving gifts. Men that are sharing a gift must bring flowers but not any yellow flowers. Also people in Russia feel that it is bad luck to give a unborn baby a gift.
4.How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in the US?
A typical meal in Russia isn't just like an average meal in the US. because they have special ingredients that people may think wont taste right.
5.Describe modern Russian music - compare/contrast to American music
Well Russian music isn't that lyrical like ours. We have different types of music and all of their music sounds the same.
Some facts that I learned about Russia was that the population decline is expected to worsen in the next decade. Due to poor health conditions, industrial pollution and reliance on abortion for birth control it reduced fertility rates and maternal and infant mortality. Also I like that is Russia basically have their on Holiday. Which means for 24 hours people get to treat you like a queen and respect you for all the things you did and achieved. I really don't understand why babies cant get gifts before there born though but I guess that's their culture. Some last facts that I enjoyed was that some of the Russians food looks delicious and they have similar taste just like Americans.
Russia is in Northern Asia. The capital is Moscow. The climate is humid and warm but can tend to get slightly cold along the Artic coast. Russian has an immense population of about 143,782,338 people. The ethnicity in Russia is 81.5% Russian, 3.8% Tartar, 3% Ukrainian, 1.2% Chuvash, 1.2%, 0.9% Bashkir, 0.8% Belarusian, 0.7% Moldavian,other 8.1% other. The religion is Russian Orthodox, Muslim, and other. The government is a federation.
A russian family depends on each other support. Most Russians are situated in small apartments with 1 or 2 generations living with them. Most families are small with only one child because women bear jobs and must also take care of daily chores and the whole household.
The greeting of Russians is a very firm handshake with direct eye contact. When men shake hands with women the handshake is not as firm. When female women meet as friends they kiss on the cheek three times beginning with the left cheek then proceeding to the right cheek. When Male friends meet they give each other pats on the back or hugs suffice.
When giving a gift there are certain things to remember like bringing a small gift when invited to someone's home, males always are expected to bring flowers. Yellow flowers are not ot be given in any case scenario. A baby gift shall not be given until the baby is born...for doing so before hand is considered bad luck. Russians protest when often given a gift, reply to them its just a simple little something, something and they shall accept it.
When invited to a Russian's house arrive on time or no more than 15 minutes late. Remove your shoes...You will be offered slippers to wear. Dress respectably, casual type clothes will suffice. Expected to be treated very generously. Offer to help clean up after a meal is served.
Relationships & Communications
Russians are the type of people who do not need to form a bond before meeting a person to do business. A network of people you know is trust is a good idea for you not to be so zoned out or feeling like an outcast. A good idea is to be formal when first making contact with people. When someone asks you a favor that is a sign that you may have developed a trusty relationship for them to ask you a favor of them.
1.Russia's communal spirit is how a community functions with politics and the economy. it is taking pride of your economic state whenever possible. It comes from something that was establishe damong the Russian people as a whole.
2.In Russia running only legal orginizations and associations were created and cintrolled by the government. In the U.S. we have a freedom of starting a company and they were ran by the entreprenuers or a private company. Private companies in Russia are owned and run by the creators. The government has no say in the policies or limitaions of the compnay.
3.When Russians celebrate holidays are first and foremost are on different days. There are some holidays in Russia that are never going to be considered in the U.S. and vice versa. Russia has a sense of community when celbrating a holiday. They could have a big parade while U.S. citiziens are with their own families distant from each other. U.S. and Russia share internatinal holidays, such as Christmas. they also have their own diverse custom and beliefs on celebrating this holiday.
4. Dusha is soul...It symbolizes the various trials Russia went htrough to get to the way it is currently.
5.I think Russia is more succesful in cretaing harmony in diversity because they have a sense of family and unity. They can resolve their conflicts peacefully. You do not hear much about them in the media baout petty situations that could be resolved with negotiating.
1. A typical Russian family lives in small apartments and their familes are small. They have one child and the women must work outside of the house. Their responsibilities are to clean up the house and take care of their children.
2.Gift giving ettiquete is when you have alot of respect. You have to have eye contact, shake a womens hand gentally and bring flowers. They cannot be yellow and you cant give a baby a gift until after birth. In the U.S males shake womens hands firmly. Most of the time we dont have respect or give eye contact. We have baby showers for babies when their not born yet and give them lots of gifts.
4. In Russia the women should wear coloured business suits with skirts that cover their knees. The Russian womens jobs and responsibilities are alot compared to ours. In the U.S we can wear short skirts and booty shorts. I mean not to school but in public.
9.A typical Russian meal is way diffrent from ours. They cant be more than fifteen minutes late. But here black people always late. The'll show 20 minutes late. In Russia they have to take off their shoes and the Eldest person is served first. You cannot eat until they say you can. But in the U.S black people will eat while you are blessing the food. In Russia it is polite to soak your bread in sauce. That is disguisting.
10. Russian music is diffrent to ours.Theirs is like more pop and jazz like. Ours is way better. We have better beats and really good artists.
Question 2 Answer
Gift Giving Etiquette is silly to me but they only accept gives on holidays from a close friend or family. And when you are invited to a home you bring a small gift. Its like its their code giving a gift lol. The only thing thats the same as america is giving on Holidays.
Question 4
Women are responsible for the house. But in the US the women etheir works or is a stay at home wife that cooks an clean.
Question 10
The modern music for Russia is nice and fast. I would listen to it if it was very local but its not so Ha. And US music is the same to me.
Question 11
I think they have more harmony. Because russian people take pride in their cultural heritage and expect the rest of the world to admire it.
Question 7
The population worsen in result of economic and social upheavals of postsocialist period. Men start killing there self and bad working condition and also bad diseases.
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1)Describe how a typical Russian family lives.
A)A typical Russian family is dependent upon all its members. Most families live in small apartments, often with 2 or 3 generations.
2)Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
A) Their women almost also work outside of the house in addition to bearing sole responibility for household and childbearing chores. But in the USA we can work anywhere and we don't do everything for everbody.
3)What is "dusha" and how does it relate to past class topics?
A)"Dusha" is a word that descibe Russian spirituality. It really doesn't relate to pass class topics. But it could connect to the immigrants are more friendly than us, meaning the US.
4)How does a typical Russian meat differ from a meal in the US?
A)To me there is really no difference because they eat some the same thing we eat like apple pie and seafood. So there really is no difference.
5)Describe modern Russian music Compare/Contrast to American Music.
A)To me they are the same types of music because we make up dance and a songs to go with it so its no difference.
Russian is a tribe that gained political ascendancy in view and other slavic towns and lend it's name to the economic culture and state.Five hundred years of politically and culturally dominant in adapt area.The music or radio that they listen to is 101HummorFm ,101 Bard Radio,Chanson Radio , Dacha Radio are so just so great.The type of foods that they eat are pasta,beef,bread, and the language they speak are Russian Federation,
This article under costums and culture is telling me good information about religion population and luanguege of russia.
Q1.The russian family is dependent on all members if the family.Most live in small apartments and often with one child because wemon have to work out side of the house.
Q2.Russia is alot like the U.S. when it come to giving gifts it happens on birth days and orthodox christmas.But they also have small spacific rules to gift giving.
Q4.Wemon have to work out side of the house mutch like we see in america alot now a days.
Q5.Russia is also alot like america when it come to bisness for example,appointments are necessary make them as far in advance as possible,and you should arrive at meetings on time.
Q6.Some ways that russian holidays differ from U.S. are male are exspected to bring flowers always and do not brig yellow flowers,and do not give a baby gifts till its born.
1: How does a typical family live
Answer: They live somehow like we do now.
9. How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in US?
Answer: The meal is more harder to prepare because they have more ingrediants.
4.Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
Answer: Women with families are forced to work because of lack of child allowences and unemployment.
10. Describe modern Russian music - compare/contrast to American music
What I learned about was the gift giving thing it really diddnt make to much since to me.Its like if you get invited to a house you have to bring a gift thats kind of crazy to me. But thats what i learned.
Question 11
Yes it is well to me anyway.
Question 1
A typical Russian family is a big family. There family's always come together and are verry close,
Question 4
The role of women was all equal. they all were treated the same but there main goal is to take care of the household.
Question 8
Dusha is a musical. It can compare to a topic from when we was talking about the musicians in Latin America.
Question 10
The comparison with music over here and over there is we both make it a big deal and somewhat thrive off of it.
#1
The typical family lives in apartments and they depend on each other. Usually the mother has to do more work on top of taking care of the home. Most of the Russian families does not have a lot of kids.
#2.
To me Russia has more etiquette than people in the U.S. From my point of view, they can show more appreciation when they exchange gifts. They give gifts for families or even family friends. The etiquette usually takes place during birthdays, New Year, and their Orthodox Christmas. Like Russia, We in the U.S. should appreciate each other more.
#4
Womens roles in Russia and in the U.S. is similar. Most of the mothers have to work and take care of the house as well as mothers in the U.S.
#10
Music in Russia and in the U.S. are similar as well with differences. They share common music artists like Katy Perry and Kanye West. In music both Russia and the U.S make music usually about the same thing like love and money. The differences in this is the language and the flow of their music.
#11
To me, the U.S. is more successful than Russia because here we didn't separate different people and since that didn't happen we could finally get used to the different ethnic groups and cultures. Since Russia did the opposite there reaction is not mutual.
1. Describe how a typical Russian family lives.
A typical Russian live in small apatments with 2 or 3 generations.
2. Describe gift giving etiquette in your own words. Compare to gift giving in the US.
In Russia they give gifts for the cost of it . In the US we give gifts for special days, and to show that we care.
3. Describe Russia's "communal spirit" - what does this mean and from where does it come?
Russia's "communal spirit" comes from songs and poems. They write songs and poems to show their feelings. It also means they are always there for you.
4. Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
Womens roles in Russia most families are small, often with only one child because most women must also work outside of the house in addition to making food and household and childrearing chores. In the US we go out and buy food and take care of their kids.
7. What are some of the major issues in Russia's population decline?
Russians major issues in population decline is Their diseases.
What i learned from these articles was that Russia isn't that different from America in some of the things they do and food they eat. Though somethings are different such as the language of the music they listen to and some of the foods they eat, They still share many similarities with the US.
Question 3: Describe Russia's "communal spirit" - what does this mean and from where does it come?
Answer: Communal spirit is apart of communalism. It a way people treat each other, hand how they treat one onther. It shows togetherness, and how well the people in the country inteact. In the article it said that many Russian sit with strangers at resturants rather than sitting by themselves, and they tell everybody everything. Communal spirit comes from the village Commune.
Question 4:Describe women's roles in Russia. Compare to women's roles in the US.
Answer: It said that life for most Russian women are the same. The role of a woman in Russia is to basically go home,go to work, take care of her family, and take care of the house. Even though her husband might have a job, the woman must work also.
Women in Russia have it worse than we do. They have to take care of there house, family, cook dinner, and manage a job. Though some women in the US do do this, they have a choice. the women don't have to work, they don't have to take care of the house if they have a husband. They can depend on the man to provide for them. Sometimes they don't even have to cook. We also get ther luxury of cars. We are able to drive anywhere we want.
Question 6:Describe how Russian holidays differ from those celebrated in the US.
Answer:Russian holidays are different from the ones we celebrate here in the US because they celebrate different holidays than we do. They celebrate there women in that country. Men buy flowers and gifts for the women in their lives. They also celebrate an Independence day, but they celebrat there seperations from the Soviet Union. They have a holiday celebrated by communist who miss the Soviet in power, and they celbrate New Years, but they decorate a New Years Tree, and have a celebration with that. Though we do have similar holidays either they are celebrated different or they are different holidays all together.
Question 7: What are some of the major issues in Russia's population decline?
Answer: Some of the issues are becuase most of Russia is really cold, and and there is alot of crime in Russia people are moving to places with warmer climates.
Question 8:How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in the US?
Answer:The people in Russia rarely eat out in resturants because it is too expensive, and because they believe that resturants don't provide food as good as it is made at home. Unlike in the Us, where you might find a family in any fast food or food resturant anywhere. The food that is eaten the most is bread. The vegitables they eat the most are potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and beets. They use alot of onion in there cooking. They also eat alot of meat. Most meats are affordable for all and are sold all over just like in the US.
1. A typical Russian family are usually small. They live in small apartments, most of the families are small which usually one chid.
2. Gift Giving Etiquette happens between family and close friends on just a few holidays. They do not give a gift until the baby is born. They also do not give yellow flowers.
4. Most women in Russia wants to work outside of their house. They like living on their own with their husband and family to support their child or children.
5.What I have learn about Russia is that their way of teaching,the foods they prepare and eat traditionally, and how families are brought together. I really like how they do things differently down there from how we do things down here in the U.S.
What I learned about russians that they are alot similar to us. Russia isn't that different from America in some of the things like there food, music alot variety of stuff.
How do russian familys live ?
1. They stay in small apartments. Only aloud to have like only 2 to 4people in the apartments. 2 to 3 generations and all the families members dependent upon all its members.
2.How are the women role differnt in russia then the women role in U.S ? Are mainly the same stay home take care of the kids our work and have a job. Most women in russia wants a nice house, nice family, basically nice everything. Women in U.S sometimes live with there parents because some mother are teen mothers. But russian women it is very hard work, they work very hard. U.S women do to but not as much as russian women.
3.What is "dusha" and how does it relate to past class topics? dusha is a term used to describe Russian spirituality. It dont think it relates to past class topics.
4.How does a typical Russian meal differ from a meal in the US? A typical meal in Russia isn't just like an average meal in the US. because they have special ingredients that some U.S people would think its very nasty.
5. Describe modern Russian music - compare/contrast to American music?
Russian music is nothing like ours, we have ALOT differnt variety of diffent things in our music and there is like the same every time.
What I learned from russia is that there women are very strong. The food, music, the way they live, its alot differnt. There population decline is going be worser in the next decade. I like russians have ther own hoidays.
But I have learned alot about russia.
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