Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]

In difference from Russian Ukrainian use ``i`` instead of ``и`` ; ``и`` instead of ``ы`` ; ``e`` instead of ``э`` ; ``є`` instead of ``e``.Letter `` ї `` sounds like ``ji`` (йи).It would be good if you will point to words that you would not be able to understand.


I decided to check dictionary of Turic borrowings in Russian and there seem to be not so many borrowings as you may think.One such list gives around 50 words,another approx. the same amount if not to count names of cities and countries and different forms of the same word.

turkportal.ru/projects/slovar-zaimstvovanij/tjurkizmy-v-russkom.html#А

But those words still are thematic and do not belong to most often used words in Russians with just a few exceptions.
Still I have doubts regarding some of them.For example they believe that such words as: tovarisch,bogatyr`,barsuk and tovary are Turic borrowings.But in Polish there is also words: towary,borsuk,bohater and towarzysz.I do not know if some of them are borrowing from Russian.

Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]


Is Polish your native language?Do you understand Russian alphabet?Ukrainian alphabet is a bit different from Russian.Or you want me to give you Ukrainian text which is writen in Polish or Latin alphabet?If you know Russian alphabet but not Ukrainian I will explain you differences and try to give some text in Ukrainian.

Personally as Ukrainian I think there is more important questions than language.What Ukraine really needs now is political,social and economic development.I could speak both Russian and Ukrainian and do not see any serious problem there.I even like that there exist differen languages,it allows for example to listen to music and poetry writen in different languages what gives unique flavour and taste to songs and versas.

As I know 60 % of Ukrainians use Russian lang. in everyday life up to now and 90% of Ukrainians could speak in it.In Kiev or Eastern parts of Ukraine there is often situations when one person speaks in Russian and other answers in Ukrainian and they do not make trouble from it.Ukrainian of course have some borrowings from Polish but it doesn`t only make difference with Russian.Some Ukrainian words are rather more similar to Czech in pronounciation.For example: zvíře - zvir (beast) , děkuji - djakuju (thank you), střecha - strikha (roof).

Off-Topic / What Slavic language is closer to Lithuanian? [16]

It is mentioned in Russian in upper right courner of the linked article.
But I have doubts that Lithuanian and Latvian share 45-47% of similar vocabulary
with Russian.Not even likely.

Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]


And in the same time Russian have much more borrowings from Western languages than from Eastern.It is clamed to be 10% similar to German due to borrowings.Start from a few: vagon,compjuter,divan,mebel`,stol,stool,lampa,careta,stal` (steel), moneta.And Polish words ``kon```, ``kobyla`` and ``oko`` which stand for ``loshad`` and ``glaz`` sound and mean the same in Russian.

Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]


Which exactly movies those pictures you posted are from?When those movies were shot?


I speak Russian and Ukrainian and often I could understend up to 70% of Polish text or more,though it depends on text.
Better if somebody speaks slowly and clearly like in documentary movie and use uncomlicated literature language.Pronounciation requires some adjustment but it is not very difficult to do.It depends on text though.Often I could understand a lot,sometimes not even a general sense.Quite difficult to undersand a speach that young Polish people use in informal conversation on differen tok-shows on TV.Those who use more archaic,simple, villegers language are way easier to undestand and sometime it resumble Russian to me.Some expressions are fully undestood.For example:

``ludzka podłość nie zna granic`` or ``Nienawiść wrosła w serca i zatruła krew pobratymczą``.

Off-Topic / What Slavic language is closer to Lithuanian? [16]

Is this research based on vocabulary similarities?I have doubts in it...

Off-Topic / What Slavic language is closer to Lithuanian? [16]

It difficult to tell because all of Slavic languages are distant enough from Lithuanians.
Slavic,Baltic and Germanic languages separated few thousand of years ago.

Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]

And Russians from Polish movies:

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Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]


Tataro-Mongol vocabulary?Well I decided to present here pictures of faces wich in my mind is common
for ethnical Russians:

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History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


I suggest that Western or Eastern Europe is almost purely geographical term,not cultural.For example if native English will, for same reason, migrate to Ukraine and with time constitute majority of population there and will bring there their own culture,will Ukraine become Western European country?Pure absurdity to me.And geographically there is no sense to divide Europe into Western, Central and Eastern.It is effectivly cut in two parts: Western and Eastern.With Scandinavian countries due to their special georaphical position going to Nothern Europe.Sometimes they refer to Czech republic as Central European country to emphesize its unique geographical and cultural specifics.But Praga is situated almost on the same longitude as Berlin what is really unique.But still both Czech and Poland is regulary Eastern Europe geographically.

Life / What is the reaction of Poles to Russian? [95]

Do you personally dislike Russian language?What language sounds beautier to you Polish,
Russian or Ukrainian?

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]


But do not forget that many Polish words stand for Russian archaic.For example ``oko`` was used in Russian
before ``glaz`` as well as ``Ja wiem``, ``lepo``, ``lepota`` (lepiej), ``chelo``, ``usta`` and many other words.

History / Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]


My citation was no more than a joke which is based in widely known stereotipes and didn`t contain claims or pretentions to anyone.

History / Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]


Why Russian?As I know you cannot speak Russian in Lviv without threat of being immidiately proclaimed as ``moskal```.

Genealogy / Typical Polish Eye Color [77]


In entire world blue eyes seem to be more common than grey ones.Still grey eyes are more common in Russia,Finland and Baltic states.But even there they may not be more common than blue or blue-grey.You need to provide reference if you want to state the opposite.

History / Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]


So you believe that Holodomor is direct outcome from fact that Soviet Union was not socialist?But in the last 40 years there was no mass death from starvation.Probably you have to provide more arguments to prove it.

And how social structure of truly socialist country would differ from that of USSR?

Well if some Poles have claim to Lviv and nostalgia,why no to go there and not live there?Sombody prohibits?
Or Ukrainian lang. if way too difficult for Poles?

History / Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]


Honesly I do not care if Bandera was ``pro-Soviet`` in any meaning of this word or not.My question did not contain any word about him.In reality it was:


I meant that Poles seem to like modern Ukrainian nationalists for their anti-Soviet/Russian rethorics and welcome Ukrainian nationalism as a phenomenon but in the same time themself claim terribly suffered from Ukrainian nationalists.There is some irony in it,is not it?Personally I have nothing against of those Ukrainians who like existnce of their own state or if they are cotious towards Russian government,it is up to them, but at present stage any rhethorics which is able to spark ethnical hate between ethnical Slavs such as Ukrainians and Russians is rather unnecessary in my view.Currently size of Slavic ethnicities is quickly shrinking and ethnical Russians no way threat to Ukraine by demographical expansion.I think there is time to unite for all Slavic nations to compete against old and newly arised powers.In 13-th century Slavic princes already quarrelledwith each other and many died painfully from Mongols.


Interesting.Could go give your own view on socialism?

History / Ukrainian-occupied Eastern Poland [135]


What remained from their buildings now?


Do Poles prize ukrainian nationalists for their anti Soviet/Russian views?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Could you detail it?Thanks.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Interesting.Could you describe this cultural difference in detail?What do you meen exacly as cultural?
For example consumption of pure alcohol per capita in Poland (13.25 liters/person/year) is comparable to that of Ukraine
(15.60) and Russia (15.76) and Czech republic is even higher (16.45).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

Polish GDP per capita both nominal and PPP is similar to that of Russia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Interesting.Could you describe this cultural difference in detail?What do you meen exacly as cultural?

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]

You don`t need to have totalitarian system in order to have some kind of artificial reproduction.This is what could be done by private individuals or organisations.For example what prevent some political party in Europe to purchase stem cells from man and woman and hire some surrogate mothers in Third world countries?And after, grow those children in special, highly comfortable boarding schools?At least those children will have some biological parents and could be accepted by them at any time.What is totalitarian here?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Strange map.I never heard of UK or Ireland as part of norther Europe.
I thought that only Scandinavian countries fall in this category.Neither
Baltic States.They are usually part of Eastern Europe.Former Yugoslavia as well.

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History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

In Soviet Great encyclopedia Poland is reffered as part of Central Europe.
Even though there is no exact difinition of Cental Europe itself.
Probably Poles didn`t want to be in Eastern Europe even under communism.
But personally I feel that term ``Central Europe`` is a bit pretentious and rather
politically than geographically motivated.So for seriuos person there should no
Central Europe unless he wants to use it in present political sense.From what
I know georaphically and even culturally Poland is rather Eastern Europe.
Czech republic is a bit different thing, but still...

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]


Probably you mistook Orwell for Aldous Huxley and his ``Brave New World``. But honestly I do not find the world he described a really bad place to live.It may be even better place than our world in some aspects. Though I do not propose to grow people of different quality as he did: such as alphas, betas, epsilones.I`m not against if all new children will be ``alphas`` or at least nobody will grow some mindless biorobots. I think that principally any person or group of people have right to reproduce in any possible way, either natural or artificial.And if they want their children or ``offsprings`` look in some particular way is up to them and nobodies else concern.This is human rights violations in some country that should be concern, not a way of reproduction.

Money stimulos to have children in Eastern European countries most likely will fail as they did in the West.Alcoholics will use most of those funds.

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]


The more technologically advanced society becomes the more educated people we need.Demand for low skilled positions falls every year or is stagnating.They more likely to become drags for society more and more.

Not all people are capable to get degree or want to do it.Children of drug addicts or alcoholics are less likely to do it.That`s obvious.I do not propose to prohibit them to have children but when it comes to stimulation it is quite different.

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]


I didn`t wrote that this is what I personally propose.This is just theoretical assumption.
In which exactly country government support to parents helped increase fertility really much?
Native european population of developed countries principally do not want to reproduce.Economic
methods seem to be almost no use there.And first who will use such social programs will be lowest
shares of society who are not otherwise capable to care about their children and support them.
We need high quality,educated people who will support themself and move countries forward.

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]

I think that those tendencies could be reversed in foreseable future only if farther things will be invented
or implemented:
1)Scientist will invent method to extend human life and youthfulness drastically.In this case there will be
less need for reproduction.
2)Some kind of artificial reproduction will be implemented.For example surrogate mothers in third world
countries will grow european children.
3)Europeans will be obligated to have at least two children by law.And medical comission will check if
they are fertile or not.

News / What should Poland do to solve the population crisis? [101]


I`m afraid that much less than that if you assume all current tendencies will remain
and there will be no immigration.Birth rate 1.3 means that population should become
smaller almost halved with each new generation.It something close to 50 years timeframe.
If now Polish population is 38,500,000 it means in 2063 it will be approx. 20 mln.
Especially if to count immigration from Poland.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]


I think that sufficient part of this dark haired polish admixture may have come from ancient
Pontic admixture.As well as in Ukrainians and Southern Russians.In case of Northern Slavs it is
used to call ``North Pontid`` type.
humanphenotypes.com/NorthPontid.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontid_race

Also Alpines , who constitute large part of population in South East Poland (Gorid variety) also have tendency to have
dark pigmintation.
humanphenotypes.com/Gorid.html