RUSSIAN CULTURE 

I find it adorable how they each compared Russians to a certain fruit who had a tough outer shell but is very sweet on the inside.

Russian culture is great in the way they express emotion. In America we have to be so careful in the way we talk to not sound rude but in Russia people are honest in the way they speak. It is refreshing to see that.

I really respect the blunt honesty of Russians. I would much rather someone tell me to my face they think I'm ugly and stupid like a Russian would then to pretend to be my friend and then tell everyone behind my back how ugly and stupid they think I am like Americans do. I really respect honesty more than anything.

Third guy really get the point. He understand Russian people.

In a few words we could see Russians are genuine and authentic. They are not superficial like Americans/Europeans. It really is the big difference.

I really respect the blunt honesty of Russians. I would much prefer that to the fake passive aggressive niceness that is the cultural norm in America. I would have far FAR more respect for someone who flat out told me they didn't like me and to leave them alone than the passive aggressive b*tch who is nice to your face and talks about you behind your back.

When they describe russians,I see how Serbs and Russians are truly similar:)

As an American I get much more connected to Russian cultures and norms especially when it comes to treating people

WOW THE 3rd GUY LITERALLY DESCRIBED North and Northeast Brazilian Culture!!! with the exception that we smile.... but everything else he said, wow! we are very blunt!

Wow you're answering so many cultural questions that I had being from Alaska

Damn the honesty thing, I really love that about the Russians

I like this video about my Nation, but Not agree about the food though. In Russia people eat healthier - almost no bad foods, not chips, or no fast food in US understanding of the word. We eat a lot of fish different kind, among them dry and cold smoked fish which is very hard to get in US, we eat river and lakes, because our lakes and rivers are not that polluted like in Europe f.e. We eat and drink a lot of sour milk product like Kefir, which is very healthy, but in US it became popular only few years ago. We eat more veggies than in US and bigger variety of preparing them. Lots of soups, not existing in US. We do not drink that much vodka, how in the west people think about us. We think smiling without no purpose is ill. We do not smile to unknown people. We have lots of tea parties and sittings and tea is usually served with pastries and pirogki, and 2-4 different cakes. We use any opportunity to celebrate, just to enjoy life and we are very conservative and value traditions. And if we trust you, we will do everything for you and for your life, but you have to deserve the love and trust.

Orthodox, like Catholics dont pray to Icons they ask saints to pray for them, the icon is just a reminder and supposed to inspire reverence.

I'm Cuban, but I'm in the U.S, and the culture is very plastic. That's not to be horrible, i'm very blunt. But I do agree that a smile is not always necessary and they are often cheapened. Americans have a habit of bastardizing things that are meant to be sacred. This video is pretty cool, and I can relate to a lot of this. With that being said, I still love the U.S., there's something about it that's very uplifting.

Americans are so sensitive and indirect

22:25 my grandpa's mom wouldn't talk to him for a few months because he was Lithuanian but he was marrying a Russian woman. Also, I went to a Lithuanian summer camp (because i'm part Lithuanian) and since I was Russian, my mom told me not to tell anyone that I was Russian. Unfortunately, my friend who knew that I was Russian, told a lot of people that I was Russian, because of that, one person wouldn't even go near me.

21:20 USSR didn't favor "Russian people", this is a popular misconception. They favored Russian culture/language, which was entirely pragmatic: they wanted to have this "communist melting pot" where the notion of ethnicity doesn't exist anymore and everyone is just "a Soviet man". And that kind new ethnos needed a common language/culture. So they favored Russian simply because it was already the most widespread language most people could speak (another option would be to adopt something like Esperanto). But the resulting culture was pretty far from the real Russian culture that existed before (in the 19th century) because it soaked in many elements from non-Russian cultures anyway. If you take a look at, say, modern "Russian" food: borsch is Ukrainian, shashlik is Georgian etc. etc. It's like saying in the US they "favor English people" just because you have to speak English to be understood... tl;dr USSR favored the most widespread culture everyone was already familiar with to base "Soviet culture" on

This was a really helpful video thank you

Russian people are nice and crative crafty respeful ..🇷🇺🇷🇺🌍🌎🌏🌎🌍🇷🇺🇷🇺

Guy Number 3 vers Smart!

Wow this is the first American I've heard who has 100% perfectly described Russia

thanks for sharing this video

I love Russians ...recently i got a friend from Russia

I live from India and your culture and thinking very good so very beautiful you

The first one looks like Russian 😁

I love Russian culture (:

Oh my gosh I totally related to 47:40 about Russians being unfazed with everything. I'm Russian and a lot of times when I'm with my friends and they're freaking out about something I'm just like "mm. that happened. Cool." and they're like "HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM ABOUT THIS" 😂😂 So that's extremely relatable LOL.

4th guy didn’t mention that Russian tsar Peter the Great bought these Baltic lands at that time ( not country’s) from Sweden 300 years ago).

I love you Russia or India

Slavs are not similar because of the USSR! They come from the same cradle.

29:48 = Not fathers/men day!! Its litrely called as "Defender of the Fatherland Day" 23 of February , it is a hollyday for all men that were in the army or that are going to deffend the country in the future. pff... fathers day))) don't be silly!

Woah is it just me or did that first girl who talked pick up a Russian accent or something? That's so cooolll

The first guy reminds me so much of Nash Grier

These are Americans that came for missions trip so their view is a view from an occultist point of view. They obviously think they are a superior culture that came to save people from their way of life. They have some appreciation for things of Russian but over all have a distorted view because they were initially had ideas told and then tied to them(brainwashed) so everything they saw they put in that box. My perspective on them comes from my American born background from a Russian baptist family. Have been around many religious people from American baptist to Russian baptist and even they are occult like in my perspective.

I'm from Togliatti

Just ti clarify: they DO have houses!!! LOL And not everyone has double doors!

American russians I would say ....not the same thing

Culture depends on the location. In Moscow it's high

ok, blazers. from this video I've learned that we Russians are like a pineapple, a watermelon...what else...ah, yeah - a chocolate covered sugar bunny^^ and you know what? this is all true:* get sum hug there comrades

What is it about the tea and not drinking it?

although we are what americans would call "racists" its just protecting the people and their culture, and people and myself included are kinda annoyed to see tourists

What should be taken to the deceased's house to offer condolences in Russia?

You say soviets opressed estonians, lithuanians and latvians. But these 3 republics had the highest standard of living in the whole of USSR. Higher than in Moscow. Try looking at a bigger picture and check your facts first/

I like Russian culture

...not sure where you were going with that but chocolate covered bunny? Only ones I’ve seen are chocolate bunny shaped shells that are hollow inside and empty...what you trying to say brah!??

looks like they are friendly people. americans usually have 'empty' eyes IMHO. even best actors in Hollywood movies have dumb empty eyes. But guys from this video somehow looks sincerely.

It's not Father's Day!! It is the Veteran's Day. February 23.

Coconuts aren't very good for that analogy. They're bitter on the inside, not sweet.

Sadly this is true , believe me I live there . Btw I'm not Russian .

48:09 lapchka isn't a real word in Russian and doesn't translate to anything, it's just a thing old Russian ladies call you. Sometimes they'll call you kotik which means kitten

1st

Few know that Pushkin was black.

the last girl was cute enough

When the German army initially swept through Russia, they told of capturing entire Russian divisions who were unable to fight due to being drunk with vodka.

i love russian women better than american woman,they honest & dont cheat.....

Ukraine is very similar to Russia because it is Russia, lol Basically like Texas and US before civil war, that kinf of thing

THEY ARE NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT COLD. THEY DO NOT WASTE SMILES LIKE IDIOTS. THAT IS ALL

what is your mission? you can give russia nothing

Why do these Americans have such an awkward accent