History / just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]


Bandera collaborated with notorious Ante Pavelic in early 30s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_Paveli%C4%87

Aphro, no one wants to change anything in Ukrainian identity. My question was different... :) nevermind...

History / just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]


Sean, didn't I say that Nat had been right to some extent?
Did Bandera fight for Ukraine? Yes, he did. That's where I am with him.
But he did that using criminal methods, alied with criminals. And what kind of Ukraine he eventually wanted to see? Authoritarian, with a cult of leader/führer, where ethnically "clean" Ukrainians could only live. On orders of Bandera and Schukhevich were killed many innocent people, mostly from "intelligencija" social stratum who were suspected of any ties with Russian/Poles.

Wouldn't be out of place to also mention that the whole organization of Ukrainian nationalists were found as a terroristic organization who considered Russians, Poles and Jews enemies. They were openly looking for support from the German side however they failed to rightfully interpret German needs. They treated Ukrainians as subhumans who could supposedly help them fight Soviets, whereas Bandera thought Germans would give them what had never been given by Russians or Poles - independence.


No more than what I said. :) Just interesting what version is taught in Ukraine/West. I'm not saying mine is trustworthy but that may help me discover the truth in case I'm mistaken. :)

History / just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]


Be sure I find it as well weird when people express their admiration to stalin here, even though "heroes" were of a different scale. Josia was for sure far more intellectual thug since he's never ridden the horse of nationalism.


I agree that for millions in Ukraine he'll remain this symbol (thankfully not for all or otherwise Ukraine as a state would already cease to exist), same will stalin be for millions of Russians. But my point was that Ukrainias could have chosen the real hero, not the straightforward nazi who exterminate people basing on their nationality ("our foes moskali, poliaki i zhidi"). :)


And just out of interest... :) We all know about Christianization of Kievan Rus'. Would you call people who were christened at that time "Ukrainians"?


That says it all.


I just feel deeply sorry for that you prefered false past to true present. That's it.

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]


That means some like that I think: "Polskie kobiety są bardzo piękne"

History / just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]


I wish you didn't have that glaze of deception over your eyes. That's true that the Ukrainians at different times had to deal with mistreatment from both Polish and Russians and your independence and healthy patriotism is out of question but the form of nationalism Bandera proclaimed was the worst on could think of. He was in fact even more hardcore nationalist than Hitler in his reasoning. He openly proclaimed "Ukraine is for Ukrainians only" which is precisely the slogan of today's brain-dead Russian Nazis (well of course one has to replace the word "Ukraine" with "Russia"). This is what the "fact" is. And now you express the admiration by his deeds... weird...

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

Оксана, I was about to ignore this thread either when I ran onto your post(s). I'm not going to comment each of them but the general impression you've made ironically paves the good way for the further bashing Russians. In other words you render us a disservice (медвежья услуга, if you've got idea of what that means). Being specific, with the bad manners you've demonstrated here so far, broken, vulgar, illiterate Russian (which makes me feel that you're just a plastic Russian raised abroad) you accurately represent the kind of a "Russian lady" I avoid like the plague no matter in Moscow or anywhere else.

Now topic:

Torq said it all. There're many beautiful Slavic women. As for personal traits which inhere in them I can't speak for Polish ladies, as I've never communicated with one from Poland but judging by this forum they appear very decent and facile (with a little exception).

And the last but not least... I'm not sure if Poles know about that but in Russia we've got a stereotype that Polish women are (the most) beautiful. It's not a bad stereotype though, is it? :) I remember my father told me when I was a kid: "Польки - очень красивые женщины".

Travel / When is the best time (month) to see Poland? [31]


There was a poll about that on here. That may help you too.

Off-Topic / Europe according to Poles and other European nations [44]

Well... gotta give it a try. No offense, guys!

France - frogeaters

Great Britain - wannabe-gentlemen, occupants of old Slavic tribes

Germany - first elevens of Polish and Turkish national teams

Czech Rep. - Pivo dělá hezká těla! One word is missing though...

Slovakia - Oh... here it is...

Hungary - Peas-suppliers

Ireland - lost tribe of Russians lol

Scotland - lost Polish tribe

Italy - Makaronniki!

Ukraine - western Russia (sorry Nat&Torqy)

Lithuania - Ivans Ivanovichus live there

Finland - Estonians with Russian manners

Sweden - snub-nosed blonds incubator

Turkey - a resort for Russian pin-striped masses

Bulgaria - Wangaland

Serbia - the land of tall lazy-bones who love Russians more than they do themselves

Off-Topic / Europe according to Poles and other European nations [44]

Ha-ha, Torqy... that's hilarious!
I liked Hungarian "alcoholic relatives" and French "meatball eaters". Kind of sad that we appear at every other map as gas suppliers but... that's the way it is. :)


lol :)

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]


You bet, Szar!
Here we go

And here's a Russian gal...

Nothing in common.

Oh.... wait... Alicija probably has a point.



Dobranoc, guys. Sasha goes to bed... :)

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]


Hello,

could you post your picture here just to make sure? :)

By the way, why do Russians look like six asterixes? I checked that's not true... :}

Genealogy / Szczyglinski Sluchaj, possibility of being Russian? [33]


Here it's the same. :) Slushay/sluchaj (colloquial)="hey, listen!" imperative form of the verb.

Genealogy / Szczyglinski Sluchaj, possibility of being Russian? [33]


May be well Polish, but there're lots of people in Russia bearing the last name Щеглинский. It means same bird as in Polish.

Genealogy / Lach or Kapusciarz in Poland [5]


And Russians... literally "an agricole" from old Slavic.

Life / Horribly cold in Krakow at the moment , how do you cope with such temperatures ? [124]


At -35 and I just asked my colleague at -55 it wouldn't freeze while it falls either. :) The other things are that pee:
- have a temperature of a body ~36.6 when it comes out
- higher density due to salts it contains and lower point of congelation thereof
- the stream is not so dispersive

It also depends on you height. The taller you're, the more chances it would freeze before the ground. :)

Now we can compare that with the initial question... lol

Life / Horribly cold in Krakow at the moment , how do you cope with such temperatures ? [124]


- Eat more
- Choose proper clothing
- drink hot tea or whatever but not alcohol. As aphrodisiac rightfully noticed that would only cheat your system.
- grow a beard (just kidding) :) might be helpful for males though

You may as well follow this example:


I'm just back from outdoors ice-skating. And it's -20 in Moscow.

Although I agree that this winter is colder than any usual, even here in Moscow.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]


I would only love to know what are your criteria to define two fraternal nations? :)

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]


Not only Polish... I hung out with English and Irish people in the US (they were there on business, same as me) and I can tell you I'd never ever seen before in Russia people drinking that much. Even Finns in Saint Petersburg drink less.

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

You puzzled me. :) It's 2nd who is with vodka. Sean said he was Scottish.

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]


:( That's not fair... I couldn't recognize what was written on the bottle of the Polish hero.

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]


No, sorry I meant number three. The second is clear - Polish. :) Right?

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]


Gosh :))))) Mac... I can't stop laughing. Did you make it yourself? Who's the second one?

Language / Usage: Freedom in Polish and in English [30]

Thanks for the explanation! :) That crossed my mind but here they marked it as an adjective for some reason. That confused me.


You can say "nezaniaty" in Russian too but it would sound too informal. The formal one is "nezhenaty".

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]



Like this? :)



I got what you were saying. In the SU everyone went by a Soviet, no matter how wide-opened your eyes were. Being honest the "white" ones hadn't been always educated and well-mannered too.

As for your babushka it's absolutely understandable... the best we can do is to change the poor state of affairs in our generation. ;)

Language / Usage: Freedom in Polish and in English [30]


God kväll, min vän! Vad är "sakta" då? :) Finns det något för skillnad mellan de två?

Russian:

- wolny (вольный) - free mostly about a man but you can also say it about let's say wind (volny veter, вольный ветер)

- swobodny (свободный) - free about people (including their relationship and marital status) but also a (rest)room (if it's occupied or not). Swoboda slowa (Свобода слова) - freedom of speech.

- besplatny - something you don't have to pay for. bez (без) - without. platit(платить)=to pay.

- we also use a noun "haliava" (халява)=freeby

- for those who think slow we mostly use the word "tugodum" (тугодум). It's a noun. Dumat=to think. tugoy (adjective)=tight, tough

- strzyga

As far as I see you're not originally from Poland. Where are you from? :)
UPD:


AFAIK, it's somewhat of a false-friend for those who switched from German to Swedish (as I did). To the best of my knowledge ledig is only about seats, jobs etc.

For "single" they use "ogift". vara gift=be married. For divorced "skild".
Let's wait Sweda v Polshe.

P.S. en armbandsklocka :)

Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]


Great list! :) I had fun. Too bad you didn't put there Russians too.

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

The US is fine, Szar. People are very nice over there, but... there's a black sheep in every flock, you know... So stay where you are. :)

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

Honestly, I feel safe as long as we don't have the dumbest lady I've ever beheld in my life. I've always tried to ignore your posts but looks like you went a bit too far this time. Btw writer, what's the language you write in?

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

And both Polish and Russian ones smarter than one from LA.

Genealogy / What certificate is this?; birth certificate from the greek catholic church [63]


Check google maps for "Сливниця Украина" There's a high possibility that with years initial Сливницi turned into Сливниця and it's surprisingly not so far from Tarnavka and located in Lvivskaja area. :)


Sure, anytime! Not everyone uses it though. My father does, but neither my mom nor me. :)


Kiya. Kiy was a guy Kiev was named after. :) Anyway I've heard of anybody called a girl "Kiya".


I think so.


Sorry I missed it. :) I was concentrated on decyphering of the document and there were not a word about it.