Western Europe and America vs Russia WWII - chances of Poland being saved

So bad, yes?

You think that's going to help him get elected. Gee, how many jewish presidents has america had ??

When your billions in the red, muscles and a Kennedy wife will not save your neck. He's not exactly in the most popular party right now. We just voted down his referendum to raise taxes. What do you think is next, Feldwebel?

I have no idea! He is YOUR corporal...

I bet he will change parties like Spector did.

Aww schade, you just said you wanted to take over. That's your honorary rank. Wasn't that Adolph's? FOR THE HONOR OF SACRED GERMANY.. LOL.

That was long ago and far away!

Cool. :) Both are in the list of my favourites.


True. In terms of that we're similar to Americans as we have the whole bunch of ethnicities flowing in our veins. One part is Baltic (specifically Lithuanian) the other - Russian (my father's relatives were deported from one place to another by soviet regime). I'll probably take one day DNA test to learn more.


That's almost right if I got you correct. The word which was in use long time ago for all who didn't speak Russian was "nemec" that had derived from the adjective "nemoy" - literally "mute". Since the majority of foreigners in Russia were from Germany that nick stuck to them and nowadays it's only used for Germans. "Nemec" - German male, "nemka" - German female. Surprisingly all other Slavic languages seem to use the same naming convention.

What I don't understand is him being a republican in the first place. Those Kennedys are all over the place! He should switch sides so he can be just like Ted.

Interesting man, thanks. Russians like Germans huh? Why does Dostoevsky often portray Germans as villians? For example the character, Amalia Ivanovna. I think he usually portrayed them as villians and he is one of your best and most famous writers.

That's an interesting question. Is that part of the Russian psyche? To see Germans as villians, or is it a coincidence? I notice nations, races and ethnic groups can get into the habitual cycle of villianizing each other.

True.


He was chauvinist, his opinion about Poles wasn't better.

He was anti everything except Russia. I only read one book of his Crime And Punishment in History of World Lit 2 in college.

I read Dostoevsky was abused a lot by his father. Might explain a lot of his works. For instance, when his father was sleeping Dostoevsky had to stand over him and shoo flys away.

That doesn't surprise me at all because it was a different time. It was the time before PC. He was bigoted and surrounded by harsh, unforgiving people. Sucks but at least he wrote some okay books. You have to take him in context and realize his weaknesses.

According to census of 1989 the USSR had about 3 mln of Germans. Historically we've never had problems with those Germans who lived on Russian territory. Hence there's no reason for dislike. WWs of course spoilt their image in Russian eyes but people mostly realize fringe lunatics like Hitler inhere in every nation (we had Dzhugashvilli).


Maybe because he had some Polish roots? :)) lol
Amalia Ludvigowna Lippewechsel? :) Not that she was portrayed as villain, she was rather quarrelsome. Your last name is story-telling: die Lippe - a lip, der Wechsel - change. So this is someone moody who likes to always screw lips up. Nice to hear that people abroad read some Russian literature.

Dostoevsky is very interesting personality with non-standard views on things. For instance he was convinced that Russia shouldn't have ever helped any of other Slavic countries (some kind of "anticrow" rhetoric).


Could someone explain why Poles call Italy Wlochy? Does anyone know the etymology?

He claimed that Russian should conquer them instead.


Most of them in current Kazachstan where they have been deported...

Well Russians have long tradtion of freindship with Germans.

Partitions of Poland. Invasion on Poland together with Hitler in 1939 ... I doubt that it will soon change. There is long tradition of this friendship.

...because Italians are hairy??? *just guessing* :)

Germanic tribes called Northern Italians "Walh". According to Brückner Poles changed a little bit this name and here are "Włochy".

pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Włochy

Really? I never heard of that...hard to believe.
What should "Walh" mean?
The first time the germanic tribes had come in contact with "Italy" was with Rome as far as I know.

Hmmm...wiki says:


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walha

The word "Welsch" I know! :)

I am not linguistic expert but as can read in quoted by me source at the begining all Celts were called in this way... by Germans. Poles borrowed this word and only Italians are called in this way.

BB ! Since Alsace was once German territory, and now French.. What is the dominate language now? Do you know?

official language is French but many people speak German.
When I was in Poland, I've met quite a few locals in Mikolajki and Gdansk who spoke fluent German and claimed to be Germans.

The Germans
heheh

what are you talking about man? lol

At the war time it was still german even as it had official been french for some years, that I know.
But today either french or bilingual I think...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace#Language

in France speaking German or actually any other language but French....hmmm, can you imagine that? lol
French are pretty arrogant unless you speak French and it better be a pretty good French too.

Yeah...the french took care to destroy the german roots and heritage in the Elsass after the war.
The wiki article shows that just recently there did a movement start to preserve the old traditions...

There is something wrong with this map. I am waiting for the light form Kazachstan !!!

KaAaazachstan turn on the light! give us the sign ! We know you are there !

OH OK, sorry, didn't want to disturb your inner peace
Have a good 1