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To: sergey1973

There is a veneer of civilized Westernized Russians in Russia, and in the United States. It is a very thin veneer.


20 posted on 10/27/2005 2:15:10 PM PDT by gaspar
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To: gaspar

In Russia itself you are right for now--unfortunately majority of Russians are AntiAmerican. It's partly thanks to the Clinton Administration carousing with the corrupt Yeltsin regime, partly to the Cold War left overs and partly its due to centuries old antiWestern sentiments often induced by the ruling clans to justify their absolute hold on power.

However, in the United States, you can find that most of Russians are well integrated into the American life if you look deep enough. If your knowledge of Russian Communities in the US is limited to the Brighton Beach nightclubs, restaurants, or grocery shops, you might think otherwise, but Russian/Russian Speaking Americans are Spread across the country and you can meet them in a number of large or medium sized companies and colleges working, studying, etc.. In a New York as far as I know, younger Russians try to live in places like Manhattan, New Jersey, etc--not Brighton Beach enclave.

Here is some interesting statistics of the Russian Speakers in the LA Area I digged.

http://www.prgroup.info/news/26102005.72/article.html


21 posted on 10/27/2005 2:49:05 PM PDT by sergey1973 (Russian American Political Blogger, Arm Chair Strategist)
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To: gaspar

> There is a veneer of civilized Westernized Russians...
So, in your opition, civilisation == westernisation?
:) What about multiculturalism?


32 posted on 11/08/2005 1:35:59 AM PST by A Russian
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