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Stereotypical Russians Greetings comrades! I am not sure, if this greeting is correct, but that's how do most of the "bad Russian mobsters" greet each other in the Hollywood pictures. No, I am not a Russian mobster, but I always find it funnily, when one of them is shown in the movies. You know, those speaking with huge accent and armed with AK-47 stereotypical Russians. I've always been curious how do we (Russians) look like to other nations. Do we look like as an aggressive bandits that are shown in the movies? Is it because of language that sounds aggressive? Or maybe we do look like a lazy fanciers of booze? Oh well, that's not a nice examples at all. But you got the idea. I guess that image of the "bad Russian guy" had come from the times of cold war between USSR and USA. And one of the most recent example of such movies is the "Iron Man 2". Do you remember that film? I am talking about the antagonist whose name was Ivan Vanko. There are plenty of badass Russian villains in the American movies. Probably you could remember a few by yourself. :) So, how many stereotypes about Russians you could remember? Feel free to post a comment below.

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Stereotypical Russians

Greetings comrades!
I am not sure, if this greeting is correct, but that's how do most of the "bad Russian mobsters" greet each other in the Hollywood pictures. No, I am not a Russian mobster, but I always find it funny, when one of them is shown in the movies. You know, those speaking with a huge accent and armed with an AK-47 - stereotypical Russians.
I've always been curious how do we (Russians) look like to other nations. Do we look like as an the aggressive bandits that are shown in the movies? Is it because of the language that sounds aggressive? Or maybe do we do look like a lazy fanciers of booze? Oh well, that's those are not a nice examples at all. But you get the idea.

I guess that image of the "bad Russian guy" had come from the times of the Cold War between USSR and USA. And one of the most recent examples of such movies is the "Iron Man 2". Do you remember that film? I am talking about the antagonist whose name was Ivan Vanko. There are plenty of badass Russian villains in the American movies. Probably you could remember a few by yourself. :)
So, how many stereotypes about Russians you could could you remember? Feel free to post a comment below.

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Those were the days of cold war. We even have a classic cartoon, "Bullwinkle", whose antagonists were Boris and Natasha, Soviet spies to destroy the world. Then we have the bad ass Russians as we see them in James Bond movies... The Russian commisar, smoking Cuban cigars, drinking English whiskey and cavorting to some young sweet blond - most proabably some newbie party member... On the other hand we see, the greatness of Peter and Catherine the Great, the agony of Anatasia (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman), the delight of Babayaga and the seductive nature of Rusalka. We know what is fact and fiction. People tend to magnify and dwell on stereotypes.
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I think Russians are seen as quite tough in the USA. Where I'm from, the image of them is quite positive.
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Oksana, спасибо за комментарий и похвалу. К сожалению, с грамматикой у меня действительно совсем беда. Буду стараться... Так получилось, что над учебниками с грамматикой почти сразу заспыпаю, еще со школьной скамьи. То есть, фильм посмотреть на оригинале или что-то почитать - это всегда в радость, а вот с учебником не сложилось. Буду стараться.
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Some people stereotype Russians as stiff, cold and brash, mostly from watching movies about Soviet Union. Just a stereotype. It might be the biggest misconception about the Russians. I'm Malaysian. We practically do not stereotype Russians as we think that Russians are just the same like other Caucasians. That's called generalisation. But Russia, its people, language and culture never fail to spark my curiosity.

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