Myths about Russia. Part 1. I found one interesting list of myphs about Russia. I can say, is it true or false :) 1.Russian gather in the kitchen and late into the night talking about the "life". I think, it's true. Each family member finishes the job at different time, so, in the evenings they gather in kitchen and discuss the previous day. 2.Russian nothing is thrown away. Never. May be :D It's about it's about the elderly. Theу believe, that every thing can still be usefull. 3. Russian believe that the move from the west to Russia for permanent residence - that's silly. Yes, I think so :) Despite the different development programs, Russia lags far behind the West. 4. Русские пьют чай с сантиметром сахара на дне чашки. Hmm, usually it's 2 teaspoons :) 5.All Russian, from young to old, overused emoticons. Yes! For example, me :D However, older people often use a lot of exclamation marks instead of emoticons. 6. On New Year's do not be surprised if you are invited at 11:30 pm, drink champagne and cognac to 6 am, eating herring under coat and a salad "Olivier" in the kitchen, and then the festival continues for three days. That's true, we love Hew Year very much :) To be contunued...

Something about Russia. Part 3. The 2nd one: http://www.italki.com/entry/350499 And again about Russia :) 7. There is very beautiful nature. It is not exotic, but very nice. There are many plains at European part of Russia , and many mountains at Far East. The symbol of Russia is a birch tree, and it's true. I love this tree very much. 8. The most of grandmothers and grandfathers just crazy about dacha (country house with a vegetable garden)! It can be far away from their city apartment, but it's no problems. Bus with old mens and womens ususally go out from city very early, and they are so happy! And it's helps save money on vegetables. 9. I start talk about dacha and apartments, so, good moment to say several words about Russian houses. Most Russians live in apartment buildings. There are one-, two-, three- and sometimes four-rooms-flat. That's ok for everyone, but sometimes neighbors behind the wall, that drank a lot of vodka, can be a bit noisy. And you can call the police. There are children's playground between the houses. This is only a small part, I've got a lot to say to you :)

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