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Russian culture and language. Differences between Russians and Americans
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IntroductionRussia
Languages in RussiaRussian language
Russians vs Americans
Russia, Russian language and Russians
Ekaterina Vylomova
Fulbright scholar at Montclair State University
March 19, 2014
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IntroductionRussia
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Brief Bio
MSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
BSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Yandex School of Data Analysis (Moscow Institute of Physics& Technology)
E. Vylomova Russia, Russian language and Russians
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Brief Bio
MSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
BSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Yandex School of Data Analysis (Moscow Institute of Physics& Technology)
E. Vylomova Russia, Russian language and Russians
IntroductionRussia
Languages in RussiaRussian language
Russians vs Americans
Brief bio
Brief Bio
MSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
BSc, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Yandex School of Data Analysis (Moscow Institute of Physics& Technology)
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Brief Information
the largest country in the world
bordering with 18 countries
65% of its territory is permafrost
the lowest temperature is -71 C(-95.8 F)
Population
143 million people
Moscow: 12 million people
Saint Petersburg: 5 million people
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Moscow. Red Square
Ìîñêâà. Êðàñíàÿ ïëîùàäüMoscow.Red Square
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Saint Petersburg
Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã - îêíî â ÅâðîïóWindow to the West and the Venice of the North
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Saint Petersburg
Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã - îêíî â ÅâðîïóWindow to the West and the Venice of the North
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Ïîåçä Ìîñêâà-Âëàäèâîñòîê! Moscow-Vladivostok train!
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Ïëàöêàðòíûé âàãîí(Platzkarten-Wagen) - èäåàëüíîå ìåñòî äëÿîáùåíèÿ! Couchette car: a perfect place for communication!
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Èëè ïîåõàòü íà ìàøèíå...or go by car...
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Àëòàé. ÃîðûAltai mountains
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Óðàëüñêèå ãîðûThe Ural mountains
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Àëìàçíàÿ âîðîíêà, ã. Ìèðíûé, ßêóòèÿMassive diamond pit in Mirny, Yakutiya
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Êàì÷àòêàKamchatka
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Ïåòðîïàâëîâñê-Êàì÷àòñêèéPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
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ÊàðåëèÿKarelia
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ÀíàïàAnapa
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Most common languages
more than 100 languages
92% are Russian native speakers
Most common: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, German,Tatar
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Ethnics
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Brie�y
Turgenev I.S.,1882
Âî äíè ñîìíåíèé, âî äíè òÿãîñòíûõ ðàçäóìèé î ñóäüáàõ ìîåéðîäèíû,- òû îäèí ìíå ïîääåðæêà è îïîðà, î âåëèêèé, ìîãó÷èé,ïðàâäèâûé è ñâîáîäíûé ðóññêèé ÿçûê! Íå áóäü òåáÿ - êàê íåâïàñòü â îò÷àÿíèå ïðè âèäå âñåãî, ÷òî ñîâåðøàåòñÿ äîìà? Íîíåëüçÿ âåðèòü, ÷òîáû òàêîé ÿçûê íå áûë äàí âåëèêîìó íàðîäó!
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Turgenev I.S.,1882
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fortunes ofmy native land, you alone are my support and stay, o great, mighty,truthful, and free Russian language! If it weren't for you, how couldI not help falling into despair in view of everything that is takingplace at home? But it is impossible not to believe that such alanguage was given to a great people!
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History of Russian language
Slavic language of Indo-European family
IX cent. Cyril and Methodius(Thessaloniki) established Russianalphabet
IX-XVII church language only
Peter I reforms: beginning of Russian literary language(Derzhavin)
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History of Russian language
XVIII: Russian poetry era
Alexander Pushkin: founder of modern Russian literarylanguageRussian language proved to be suitable for the poetrydevelopment. This is the best criterion for estimation ofphonetic properties of language.
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Àëåêñàíäð Ïóøêèí
ß âàñ ëþáèë: ëþáîâü åùå, áûòü ìîæåò,
 äóøå ìîåé óãàñëà íå ñîâñåì;
Íî ïóñòü îíà âàñ áîëüøå íå òðåâîæèò;
ß íå õî÷ó ïå÷àëèòü âàñ íè÷åì.
Alexander Pushkin
I loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their �re retain;
But do not let it cause you more distress,
I do not want to sadden you again.
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Number poems
Cheerful
2(dva) 15(pyatnadtsat') 42(sorok dva)42(sorok dva) 15(pyatnadtsat')37(tridtsat' sem') 08(nol' vosem') 5(pyat')20(dvadtsat') 20(dvadtsat') 20(dvadtsat')!
Sad
511(pyat'sot odinnadtsat') 16(shestnadtsat')5(pyat') 20(dvadtsat') 337(trista tridtsat' sem')712(sem'sot dvenadtsat') 19(devyatnadtsat')2000047(dva milliona sorok sem')
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What does Russian speech look like?
What does Russian speech look like?
I have always thought that the Russian language is a mixtureof Spanish with a rounded 'r' , French with a 'zh' sound addedand rough German sounds. (Jeremy's teacher, USA)
For me, the Russian language is something between a walrus'growl and a Brahms' melody. (Abe, an accountant, UK)
Russian language is like a very badly adjusted radio: it is full ofextra rustles, crackling and squeaking. (Maria, a translator,France)
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Tongue twisters
Tongue twisters
Øëà Ñàøà ïî øîññå è ñîñàëà ñóøêóSasha walked down the avenue and sucked a biscuit.
Íà äâîðå òðàâà, íà òðàâå äðîâà,Ðàç äðîâà, äâà äðîâà, òðè äðîâàÍå ðóáè äðîâà íà òðàâå äâîðà.There is grass in the yard, there are logs on the grass, don't
chop the logs on the grass of the yard.
Íå õî÷åò êîñîé êîñèòü êîñîé, ãîâîðèò, êîñà êîñà.A hare does't want to scythe and says that the scythe is skew.
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Facts about Russian lexicon
Facts about Russian lexicon
Almost all the words starting with 'À' and 'Ô' have foreignroots: àëãåáðà (Arabic 'al-gabr'), àëüáîì (Latin 'albus'),ôóòáîë (English 'football').
Many words from France, Germany, Holland (Peter I), Greece,Poland, Turkic and Arabian origins. Very few from China andJapan.
Nowadays there are plenty of English words (from IT &business areas): êîìïüþòåð(computer), äåâàéñ(device),ïîðò(port), òèì-áèëäèíã(team building),äåâåëîïåð(developer)
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Facts about Russian grammar&syntax
Highly in�exional morphology
The word order is usually SVO, but it's not �xed (ß ïîøåë âøêîëó. (I went to the school). Ïîøåë ÿ â øêîëó. Â øêîëóïîøåë ÿ. Â øêîëó ÿ ïîøåë.). The semantics of each case is abit di�erent
There are no articles(no the/a/an), so many Russians haveproblems understanding them in languages like English
There is incredible number of exceptions to the rules. Justrepeat and memorize!
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Examples of di�erences
YOU
Di�erent meanings of 'You': 'âû' if talking to many people, 'òû' iftalking to your friend/family member or person of your age and'Âû' if talking to somebody you don't know/a person older thanyou
False friends
Ìàãàçèí(magazine) - shop, Ëóê(look) - onion,
Àðòèñò(artist) - actor, Ïðîñïåêò(prospect) - avenue
Êëåé(clay) - glue, Ëèñò(list) - leaf
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GreetingsSmiling and humour senseCultural and mental di�erences5 cents of positive
Greetings
Greetings
Two forms of greetings: 'çäðàâñòâóéòå'('zdravstvuite', polite,formal) and 'ïðèâåò'('privet',informal)
Russians usually don't ask "how are you?"everyone, but oncethey are asked they start giving full and detailed answer:)
Russians say greetings just once. If you keep saying 'Privet'many times during the day to the same person, he/she will beconfused and saó 'Ìû óæå çäîðîâàëèñü'('My uje zdorovalis').
Russians don't say 'Hi' to anybody on the street and peoplethey don't know.
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Smiling and humour sense
Smiling
Most of Russians don't just smile. Russians perceive smile like aninformative sign meaning there is a great sympathy or any othermix of feelings
Sense of Humour
Russians have a great sense of humour and love telling short funnystories (we call them "anekdoty")
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Comfort zone
Russians stand very near to each other in lines, and the 'comfortdistance' in general is much shorter than in Europe.For Russian people CZ doesn't extend beyond their ownapartments/cars/clothes/etc. They don't care much about othersand everything out of their CZ.
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Buses
if a person is running after bus, the bus most likely will stopand let the person in
if you want to get out of a crowded metro or bus, you keepasking the person in front of you, if she or he is also gettingout('Âû âûõîäèòå?'), and go on like this until you reachperson that is going out, and wait peacefully
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Most of Russians
are very friendly to foreigners
believe in faith
always complain about their lives/president/politics
ascribe every ailment known to man as 'äàâëåíèå'(pressure)
believe that black cat crossing their road is a bad sign
consider whistling brings bad luck and no money
celebrate SO MANY holidays(New Year, Christmas,International Women's Day, Victory's Day, Independence Day,etc.) having 3 more weeks each year for vacation (which isusually 28 days a year).
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Most of Russians
don't pay for their education (our Govt pays for it)
travel for vacation to Turkey, Egypt and Goa(India)
'êîñÿò îò àðìèè' - try to avoid serving in Russian army (eachmale is required to serve one year)
like playing with words and �nd origins ('âðåìÿ'-'âåðòåòü'):)
are very hospitable:)
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Ñïàñèáî!Thank you!
Âîïðîñû? Questions?
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