News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]


He might well be somewhat schizoid but the former Soviet countries haven't seen a leader who fought corruption as effectively as he did. He managed to transform Georgia. I wish he could serve Russia one day.

Genealogy / "Choroszucha" - Jewish family name? [19]

Bud' laska!


Not much. The former is more of a day-to-day speech and the latter is more of a lofty language, somewhat old-fashioned but sounds nobly.

Genealogy / "Choroszucha" - Jewish family name? [19]


Rather a pretty, beautiful girl. Yes, the word is archaic. It may still be in use in some distant regions but in Moscow or SP.


It cannot. The word migrated to Russian language as 'chiksa' (чикса). It means just 'a gal' but as it's mostly a criminal slang (Jews made a good portion of criminals in the SU and spread their language among other prisoners which later turned into the only Soviet criminal language - феня) so it's not to be used in a polite society.

Genealogy / "Choroszucha" - Jewish family name? [19]

Your interpretation is not correct. The word that you meant is chVorost (хворост), it's of Russian origin and that's indeed firewood (in Ukrainian it's chmyz - хмиз).

The word Choroszczucha derives from Russian choroshiy (хороший) - good, although the word choroszchucha (хорошуха) literally means 'pretty (woman)'.

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]

Right, it would be spelled as Волошин in Russia and if Gospodin Волошин moves to Poland he can spell his last name whichever way he wants (or what he's told too) and I guess chances are high that this is what he was told to.

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


You last name is perfectly Russian. There were plenty of Voloshins through out Russian history. It's said to originate from the old germanic 'walsch' - foreigner, stranger and adopted into Slavic languages first as 'Voloch' or 'Volosh' (Волош). Welcome home, comrade! :)

Seriously speaking, you're what you think you culturally are. And I believe you're American.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Voloshin is of the famous ones in Russia. One of numerous Putin's henchmen.

Food / What are my chances if I open Grill of Serbian cuisine in Poland? [14]


I can't say for Poland but there would certainly be a demand in Moscow. Although Moscow is a big city with an actual population nearing that of Mexico there are very few restaurants that serve Yugoslavian cuisine and literally none katana like. So if I were you, I'd seriously consider this option. I think you'll have hard times here to keep your cuisine authentic and soon learn the verb 'podmazat' (to bribe).

By the way, have you already been to this notorious 'Putin bar' in Novi Sad? How come that Serbs betray the whole Russian nation naming a bar after a #1 Russophobe?

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Maybe they should or... maybe they should change something on a larger scale first.
Well to make it all clear from the beginning I should have probably started from the point that Russian Orthodox Church seized to exist at the very same time when Russia (in traditional understanding of the word) did. Since then, official church has been an obedient servant of the government. Whatever direction the authorities were up to, they could count on church's approval and blessing.

But it's not that the Church had been altogether separate from Tsarism before 1917. It actually hadn't but it hadn't been an obedient extension of the power either.


Somehow many Poles including this board on many occasion have pointed out this affinity if you will of the ROC and the authorities. I have never said it's groundless but that the reality we must deal with.


Aha, got your point. But this might have come across as 'cut off the nose to spite the face' syndrome for many Russians. Or simpler said it may be that you consider things done by Russia utterly wrong and by Ukraine mostly right. The latter is by the way exactly my situation. I side with Ukrainians I sympathize with them just because I believe that they are the victim party in the conflict.


That is largely correct speculation.


That was an interesting choice of nations. My personal rating would be 1. The Poles 2. The Finns 3. The Romanians 4. The Hungarians. The selection is based on that I know very few Romanians and very fewer Hungarians to know a lot about their culture and be attracted to it by virtue of that. I dare say that my rating will look the same at the domestic level. The Poles will overcome the Finns with closer culture, language and temperament.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Sadly I agree. Nowadays it is not.


I beg to differ!

youtube.com/watch?v=zY1MVQeeStY

Genealogy / Looking for city of Pluslaw Russia [16]

Andy, do you approximately know the area where the city was located?
Can that be: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pereslavl-Zalessky ?

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


I sincerely wish you were right.


It's true both ways.


They are not. You mean to say they are not as fixated as the Russians?


I'm not saying it is a problem somewhere more than elsewhere, I'm just emphasizing it's one of the separating factors, a pretty strong one. As you pointed out the Russians are fixated on this, yes I agree and many Poles are fixated on this as well. I do not compare (though have a feeling that overall the Russians are indeed obsessed more with that distinction as they want to feel like a 'bigger brother'), that's not my point.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Might not this be that overlook it for you're an atheist? I would think that it's nearly as important for relationship as speaking a common language.

Good example for me as a Russian: Serbs and Croats. Basically the same folk, the latter oftentimes colder than the former. (not to mention relationship between these two).

Life / Rydze - mushroom hunting in Poland - Help I need to find these suckers!!! [16]

James season for Lactarius delicious is early to middle September in Moscow but it really depends on weather conditions, type of forest and even a year (last year I managed to find some this year none yet).

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Out of interest, have you been living in Russia, Palivec? Or maybe do you?

Off-Topic / Ukrainian language [50]


Why do you deliberately slip mentioning Russian as an option? Wait... I said 'deliberately'? Then no questions...
But that's funny.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


I used to think that too but now that I've witnessed the ugly transformation of the Russian society I see putin as nothing but an extent of an average Russian's will. It's not putin who's sick (although he at the end of the day is), it's the Russian society that's been apt to picking him for presidency or recklessly not giving a damn about endless election frauds that occurred.

History / Polish relation about Russians, Ukrainians? [281]

I'll capture it if you don't mind :)

History / Poles and Russians -- love-hate relationship? [209]


How do you want to be realistic then?

Now if we go back to Poland's role for Russia in the light of simple partnership, then Russia needs a strong and reliable e.g. trade partner anyway be it Poland or any other country that's willing to carry on trade. Military, Russia has always been in need of strong (and obedient) Poland as a client state, sort of an airbag against potential Western Aggression.

Now that the military means has changed drastically, client state strategy doesn't work any more and Russia will continue to fall apart until find a solid economical solution to stop this.

History / Poles and Russians -- love-hate relationship? [209]


Too generous estimate I think. Population of Kazan is a shade more than a million with yet a majority of the Russians. Nationalistic message among the contemporary Tatars is a way too weak, many are mixed with the Russians and rather adhere to nationalistic stance of the Russians than the other way round.

Although separation of the Southern Caucasus is a very likely thing to happen in case of more or less liberal movements. There's currently no reason to keep it but for the sake of sustaining putin's regime.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]


Some do, some don't. So you may or may not have it at all. You may equally well have Baltic or Jewish origins. Being Ukrainian doesn't imply you'll have a certain genepool or be of a certain complexion/have certain eye, hair color.

Funny to behold how no one wants to be a Turk or a Mongol in this thread.

News / Anti-atheisation institute in Poland emerging [110]

They should combine efforts with the Russian Duma which is considering blasphemy law. Any atheist will be jeopardized after its final passage.

History / Polish relation about Russians, Ukrainians? [281]

Vlad I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. Your fine getures you make here are somewhat pointless. You look like a surgeon who's sewing on a finger. By the time you wiil be done with just a single one your interlocutors will have cut a dozen off. The guys you're trying to address your noble impulse to are most likely over their 20s hence they are hard to learn, adopt other ideas which are beyond the reach of their understanding.

The Poles who think like you do, do not need this lecture; those who think otherwise won't fall prey to the exhortation. There is but your personal example of a good-humoured Russian that can convince them of the truth of your statement.

Besides being ethnically... whatever cannot and doesn't make you think good of the nation you belong to. I'm Russian, live in Russia but I hardly feel close to the lion's share of the Russian society. I don't like Russian history at least since the Soviets came to power nor I like the direction the country's moving to at the moment. In one sense I feel closer to the Poles for their turn of mind in spite of their factual origins. Hope that makes sense.

Life / Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people? [69]

The most convincing motive not to speak Russian anywhere in Europe is that if you speak Russian you'll be treated as a Russian. At least not at this miliestone of the Russian history.

History / People the Soviets planted in Poland [75]

I think the role of the Soviets in imposing communism in Poland is overestimated. It would have failed, had there not been a social demand within Poland.

Every era has its own feature. Now the time of communism is gone and it's not just Poland that left it behind. So did Russia but it seems like for many Polish people the fact is still inexplicit.

History / People the Soviets planted in Poland [75]


You give too much credit to Russian politicians of 80th. The USSR and communism have just collapsed for there no one who was able to foresee the drop in oil prices caused by the Afghan Campaign.


No, I think that's the Polish people you don't like planted their followers. Do you believe that if the Soviets didn't bring communism to Poland, the Polish people wouldn't invent it themselves?

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


True, unless money talks like they do in say the US.
Anyway, I rather meant their cultural conditions.


One may as well read Lermontov on the issue. Indeed it will never change. The Russians are badly lacking entrepreneural spirit to turn them into what the Hispanics are in the US.

P.S. It's nice to see people who still read classical literature.

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


It does explode occassionally. The Russians simply don't consider them Russian and that says it all.
The government cared to invest into military annexation but it didn't spend a copeck on bringing their cultural level up.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]


No, but it apparently makes some difference for people who live in these countries. One who's paid $1000 in Nigeria is better off than one who's paid $1500 in Poland (if we set aside political/cultural things).

I'm just trying to show you that money is far not the only reason to leave a country.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]


That was just my view from Russia... I would move for cultural, political reasons rather than financial. Poland doesn't seem to be that bad at either of the mentioned things, so you may well be generally right.

However one should keep in mind that higher wage doesn't always higher living standards. For $1 you can buy more food in Poland than in England.

Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]


Moving to another country is not always about the money.