I visited Russia awhile back (I'm American but live in Thailand), and a friend who runs a local tea enthusiast group back in Moscow visited recently. This blog post is about tea culture in Russia, based on that and other input. Tea clubs and large groups there are unique, along with a connection to popular music, all interesting outcomes from awareness and preference being relatively more developed.
http://teaintheancientworld.blogspot.com/2019/08/russian-tea-culture.html
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I've been in the specialty coffee scene for a year or so now and would like to expand my horizons to tea as well, where should I start? I already have a kettle for now and was curious as to where to look for great quality teas and the like. Anything to get me started really.
Whether on a national or regional level. It seems like coffee has always been king, while nobody really gives a damn about tea.
Although to the uninformed, it may seem at the first glance that the ancient Inca Empire has nothing in common with ancient Russian and other Slavics, the truth is that they have very many cultural similarities, indicating that they were parts of the same civilization in the past.
The Russians, the Incas, and other peoples all have identical cultural elements which are from the original most ancient worldwide pagan civilization, the mother of all other civilization. The Native Americans, including the Incas, came to the Americas from Siberia through the land bridge roughly 10,000 years ago. The Incas were the first ones to come over the land bridge because they penetrated the farthest into the continent, and eventually wound up in the Andes, where they preserved the culture of this original pagan "Hyperborean" civilization. So we can say that the people of the Inca Empire have the most ancient culture. On the other side of the world, the Cossacks and Caucasians and other peoples of Russia preserved this ancient pagan culture in their art, rituals, dances, clothes.
So we know that these peoples were both in Siberia 10,000 years ago then they separated, those who left and went over the land bridge became the Incas, and those who stayed became the Russians. If we compare and extrapolate, we can reconstruct what was that ancient pagan civilization like, and what were the people like who came over the land bridge. Not savages, they were carriers of a very advanced and sophisticated traditional culture.
This ancient pagan civilization was based on shamanism, who could talk with the spirits of the forest, and their ancestors. The shamans used to dance as a spiritual ritual, and as a military practice. These dances have been preserved from the ancient many many hundreds of years by the peoples. This was the oldest civilization in the world, the mother of all other civilizations.
Don't believe me, see for yourself. The ancient Inca and ancient Slavic cultures have many many similarities.
https://pdfhost.io/v/~YpsBBE8E_Inca_Empire_and_Russian_traditional_pagan_cultures
The dances of the Incas and Russian Cossacks are absolutely identical!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yNdGpQo1I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qoWEmc6Yoc
This original ancient worldwide pagan civilizat
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Title is pretty much the whole question. Is there a tea equivalent to third wave coffee? Asked here because well Pakistan imports the most tea, and tea is life in Pakistan.
With the year 2022 on the horizon, it’s time for a special event here on /r/russian! Christmas is a bigger holiday than New Year in many parts of the world, but New Year is the wintertime holiday in Russia and other CIS countries. New Year celebrations in Russia are actually quite similar to Christmas celebrations in some other parts of the world, minus the religious aspects: Dinner parties featuring fir trees with gifts piled around them are an essential part of Russian New Year festivities, for example.
This year, we’ve gathered some Russian music, films, and poetry related to the holiday for everyone to enjoy, and there is a handwriting contest (with prizes!) open to all learners, which you can read more about below. During the event, you can also get help with your handwriting in the Handwriting Workshop! The event will run until January 10, 2022. Handwriting posts will not be allowed outside the Handwriting Workshop until that date.
Music 🎶
- «А снег идёт» — Майя Кристанлинская is known for her 1961 recording of this song for the film «Карьера Димы Горина», for which it was written. More recently, ВИА «Пролетарское танго» recorded their own very nice arrangement that’s also worth a listen.
- «Ёлочка-ёлка, лесной аромат» — Here’s a wonderfully jazzy rendition of what you might call Russia’s answer to “O Christmas Tree,” performed by ВИА «Пролетарское танго».
- «Зима-холода» — A quintessential wintertime pop hit from the late 90s.
- «Зима» — Эдуард Хиль, better known as “Mr. Trololo” outside his home country, performed this frosty tune in 1971 for the very first edition of «Песня года», an annual televised music festival.
- «Кабы не было зимы» — A holiday classic performed here by Кватро, a vocal quartet, with a full band behind them. Also check out the more traditional-sounding version by Валентина Толкунова.
Films 🎬
- «Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!» — This made-for-TV movie premiered in the Soviet Union on January 1, 1976. The film has since become a perennial favorite, and watching it on New
(English/Английский) Russia is not communist anymore, they had all of America, but USA still portrayed them as Villains, not only in movies or series anymore, but in videogames too, specially portaying Spetsnaz as Bad. Why they still look them as the bad guys? Why don't do that with China or Mexico? Even Russia saved world's ass avoiding World War III, twice, with Vasily Arkhipov in 1962 and Stanislav Petrov in 1983. Without them, we won't have Reddit, Twitter or Facebook
(Russian/Русский) Россия больше не коммунистическая, у них была вся Америка, но США по-прежнему изображали их Злодеями не только в фильмах или сериалах, но и в видеоиграх, особенно изображая Спецназ как Плохих. Почему они до сих пор смотрят на них как на плохих парней? Почему бы не сделать этого с Китаем или Мексикой? Даже Россия спасла мир, дважды избежав Третьей мировой войны, с Василием Архиповым в 1962 году и Станиславом Петровым в 1983 году. Без них у нас не было бы Reddit, Twitter или Facebook.
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I've been listening to a couple of podcasts that have mentioned some in/famous Russian characters. Rasputin being the latest one. It had made me more interested in seeking out books on Russia in general but it seems so daunting to even not know where to start.
I know a lot of history focuses on Wars - but I really dont have an interest in specific wars or much politics. I do prefer specific peoples stories of how they lived and survived within them though, to get a feel of the life that way - easiest example could be Anne Frank's Diary - as it doesnt detail WW2 in detail but it's how some of the Jewish people would have lived and survived through the time.
TLDR; I dont like reading textbook style and want to learn about russian history via stories and real life experiences?
I recognize that all people are people and that Russian representation in American fiction is not great! So I wanted to know some pointers for a character of mine!
For reference the character is a she, from Saint Petersburg - mid 20s, she was formerly a conscript tank crewman (T-90AM [I don't know if Russia conscripts women but for the sake of the very science fantasy story I am going to go with it]) fighting a psuedo-supernatural and sci-fi enemy. Story is generally supernatural (like Chainsaw Man) with some spy and espionage elements (think Metal Gear Solid).
In general it'd be helpful to know...
- What's it like to grow up in Saint Petersburg
- Unique cultural experiences she would have
- Pretty sounding and looking Russian female names
- Information on Russian supernatural culture, folklore, and mythologies
- Information on cultural hallmarks of Russian Ground Forces
- Mannerisms of Russians (I've heard Russians smile less than Americans do for example)
- Swear words!
- Russian tattoo culture information
- Fun Russian phrases and quotes Russians like
- Russian pop culture atmosphere and literature
- Tropes you are tired of seeing regarding Russians
Hope this isn't rude or too much! Thank you/Спасибо in advance!
Edit: Feel more confident with the soldiering aspect thanks to some of the users in the thread giving me lots of information on Soviet female tankers and soldiers! TIL 10% of Russian forces is female.
Or is my husband just weird? I don’t understand it and don’t enjoy fish heads myself. I can’t figure out if this specifically Russian or if he’s just eccentric.
A few years ago I took some Russian language and culture classes and so many pieces were put together for me but sadly, we did not cover fish heads.
Hello Russian people or people who apreciate Russian culture, I am a young man who loves Russian culture and I will like to learn more. How should I start? Reading history? (Wich kind of books?) How do write the alphabet? (Do you have Exercises to practice that challigraphy?) How do I read the alphabet? Every symbol is like a letter on english alphabet? It looks complicated but I'm good at learning.
I only know that Priviet (Привет) is Hello, ya (я) is I, Nushda (нужда) is need, yeda (еда) is food, boda (вода) is water, vannaya (ванная) is Toilet and the 2 most important words of any language; Cyk* Blt (сук* бль) is an insult, and Spasibo (Спасибо) is thank you.
Now, I am an english teacher in Mexico and, I teach using something called Input Method. As an example of this method I watch this cartoon called Metal Family (Russian animation) in Spanish, then in english and then in Russian (Original language) But this chapter that is new (Chapter 1 Season 2), doesn't have a good translation yet.
Can you all help me at translating this chapter (Or some parts of it) to english and understand it with your point of view as a Native?
I visited Russia awhile back (I'm American but live in Thailand), and a friend who runs a local tea enthusiast group back in Moscow visited recently. This blog post is about tea culture in Russia, based on that and other input. Tea clubs and large groups there are unique, along with a connection to popular music, all interesting outcomes from awareness and preference being relatively developed.
http://teaintheancientworld.blogspot.com/2019/08/russian-tea-culture.html
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