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shewcrafter
3 out 2015

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Pergunta sobre RÚSSIA

How does the average Russian person feel about Americans/English speakers? What about Americans who speak Russian?

My father is Ukrainian and I would like to visit Ukraine/Russia sometime. I am studying the Russian language, but I am not yet fluent.
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savv
4 out 2015

  • País ou região RÚSSIA

I think it’s fair to say that the average Russian is somewhat xenophobic, but to what extent? There are people with a wide spectrum of opinions ranging from nutcases who hate Americans indiscriminately and think they’re somehow responsible for all of their problems to people who love Americans and their culture and wouldn’t mind moving to the US if they could. Many Russians seem to direct their overwhelming hatred towards the American government instead of the American people, so it’s not _that_ bad.

It’s very uncommon for Americans to speak Russian well (if at all), so I’d imagine such a feat could gain you a lot of respect even from people who feel uhm… unenthusiastic about most foreigners.


A local news site runs a series of interesting interviews with foreigners who share their experience of moving to and living in Russia. These people seem pretty content, but of course your mileage may vary. It could be an interesting read if you feel like your Russian is strong enough to tackle articles like these with a dictionary. Note the comments, some of them are from the interviewees themselves.

http://newslab.ru/article/623911
http://newslab.ru/article/640676
http://newslab.ru/article/614225
http://newslab.ru/article/643102
http://newslab.ru/article/664488

Source of the attached picture:
http://www.levada.ru/28-09-2015/monitoring-otno...

shewcrafter
4 out 2015

  • País ou região ESTADOS UNIDOS
That's about what I would have predicted. I think it's the same with Americans. I personally have many Russian friends and, to be honest, tend to like Russians and other Slavic people and their culture more than many Americans. However, there are people here that, unfortunately, very strongly dislike Russia, especially the government. I guess it just depends on who you ask. Thank you for your response!
bdiz
12 dez 2015

  • País ou região RÚSSIA

Hey) I'm improving my English communication skills and very often speaking with foreigners. We can connect by Skype and I can help you understand Russian spirit on the right way and can help with Russian. This is my skype: tavricheskiy-al
Hope to see you.

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Kruffyanna
20 jan 2016

  • País ou região RÚSSIA

As for me, it's cool, when someone from foreign country is interested in your native language and culture. But many elder russians may have USSR education and behaviour. Some of them are too conservative and don't like anything new in their life. But young people will be glad to get on with new people from other countries, I think.

scriptin
2 fev 2016

  • País ou região RÚSSIA

I work with several colleagues from USA and I'm totally fine with them. Most of my friends treat English speakers either neutrally or positively. If a native English speaker speaks Russian as well, that will be treated well most of the time among my friend, I think. I know some of my friends struggle to learn English, so they would definitely treat a bilingual person well just because of empathy.

Deleted user
30 jun 2016

@savv: I know your message here was 8 months ago, but I agree. I have never been to Russia, but I have spoken to many different Russian speaking people and there surely are varied opinions. Of course, I'm also half black, so that doesn't exactly help either. As for speaking Russian well? Some people have called me a liar (in a not nice way) when I tell them I am from the US. Most respect you if you can speak it though I guess. Also, it is common for Russian speaking people to try to make foreigners say bad words (usually about themselves), knowledge of Russian curse words and how to use them is quite helpful in that aspect. If you're interested in further discussion, feel free to send a message.

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