I think it's true.

Check out this photo. What can you say?

   I think it is a form of excessive stereotyping.

 I do not see "Russians" that way at all. I have Russian students  with whom I practice English.    Russians are very intelligent people with a strong moral sense.

I know them to be   compassionate, articulate,  and very much interested in improving their lives in every context, such as   Fine Arts, Business,   and the Professions.

  I can understand that a person may have read or seen things which lead them to believe that a stereotypical view is common,    as these pictures suggest; but it is not my understanding that  the majority of people hold such a conception.

     Moreover,  I haven't seen this sort of stereotyping   published about any people in a forum like this, which would lead me to think that such model of Russians is taken seriously?

      I wonder  if you have seen something specific which leades you to feel this way?

Have you experience some sort of negativistic encounter with another person?

   How, I wonder, do you percieve yourself  Максим?   

   I will tell you this about people and how I see them.

I do not always  believe what people tell me; but I will believe what they show me.

 ---Warm Regards,  Bruce

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