Here in Milwaukee and Chicago I've noticed that Russians/Serb/Poles get along very well here in this part of the country, but is this the same over in Poland or Russia?
I know the politicians don't get along but what about the people? If I were to go over to Russia how would I be greated? and the same if a Ruskie came over to Polska how would they be recieved ? is there any hatred left over from the war?
A workmate of mine was telling me about the people with whom he shares a house. There is a mixture of Poles, Slovaks and a Russian. He said that the Russian bloke seems to think that being Russian means he's the boss. We've had the same kind of mix at work, and there was once a problem with a drunken Russian swearing and getting violent (he didn't like Poles or English people!) But by and large, other than him, they all seemed to get on alright.
You will go to Russia they will find out you are Polish they will think you are a spy and kill you!
Joke, right?
Wladyslaw, normal educated Russians have friendly and (or) even fraternal attitude toward Poles. Nobody is safe of course from hostile attitude but it's an exception rather than a rule. You don't have to worry if you come to Russia...
Can't say anything for sure about Polish attitude... but it seems to be worse judging at least by the topics.
What hatred spews from that mouth of yours... It is distorted view points like yours, from both the Polish and Russian side of the boarder, which are slowing negotiations down. It is in our best interests to cooperate and form a stronger economic partnership.
It is in our best interests to cooperate and form a stronger economic partnership.
enough of 'partnerships'! I'm tired of hearing about partnerships this, partnerships that.. annoying, annoying, annoying... it's all just so bloody annoying!
I have never met a Russian in Milwaukee/Chicago that has been rude to me or mean. They seem very happy to meet you then we usually go to the bar for a shot and were instantly friends, a sort of bond forms. This goes the same for Serbs and Ukranians as well. If some one is nice to me then I'm nice back.
From what I have seen, Poles and Russians (outside of their native habitats) are more likely to get on well than say, Poles and Lithuanians. Having said that, there may be a tendency amongst some (perhaps many) Russians to feel some kind of natural authority based on the history of Russia in relation to other eastern European countries... sorry, I mean eastern and central European countries.
I am an American of Polish ancestry. I have lived with people of Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Slovak and Russian ancestry. I never knew we didn't get along until I started to read Slavic and church history. When will we ever learn.
It pretend to be Russian (see Kokoshnik on their head, though I cannot remember such style of decoration to being traditional for any region). ;)
The only time I seen such furious face (and very similar scene) is while being university student. ;) Ukrainian girl come back home to campus and found that their boyfriend (hot guy from Azerbaijan) almost completed to undress their roommate (looks like she was too quite enthusiastic about this). ;)
Fortunately, there was no sharp or heavy objects handy. ;) Little hair loss and roommates swap - all that happened. ;)
Well, I learn Polish in Germany at the moment and so far experienced different attutudes of my teachers to me as native Russian speaker. Normally they are friendly and helpful indeed, and I am very grateful to them! but for one, who was a real misery, which for the most part only ignored me...
Normally they are friendly and helpful indeed, and I am very grateful to them!
It's the older generation that has something against them, younger Poles don't have nothing against Russians, like i said I live in the States and got Russian friends, they're friendly people and will help you if you need something, just gotta give them a chance.
I think that's because the two peoples are very similar genetically and in culture, but the Poles always looked to the West and adopted a "Western" religion, while the Russians are more Eastern/Byzantian. And the Ukrainians are torn in the middle (read Taras Bulba and you will understand!) :)
So they are similar enough for the differences to jar/clash the most, if you know what I mean? They are not enemies, and not strangers (so they can't ignore and act in a civil manner), but they are like really annoying family members that always fight at family gatherings and hate each others guts?
Taras Bulba has one or Taras' sons joining the Poles because of a beautiful Polish maiden. Taras duly kills this son and Gogol thinks this filicide is justified because his sympathies were wholly on the side of Russia. Now that the Ukraine is no longer under Russian suzerainty it would be interesting to know how this novella is judged by the Ukrainians of today.
Not quite, the latest genetics tests proved that Russians and Czechs are closest to Polish people, more than even thought up to this point. "This was also true for us Poles. Genetically, as geographically, we are a North-Central-Eastern European group. Our closest kin are other Northern Slavs, such as Czechs and Russians, while our nearest non-Slavic relatives appear to be North Germans, Hungarians and Swedes. It's a pity the scientists largely ignored the Baltic states, because it's very likely that samples from these countries would also show close affinity to Poles. Novembre et al. managed to test one Latvian, who clustered just north east of the average Polish position." polishgenes.blogspot.com/2008/11/european-genes-mirror-geograph y-from.html
