The Russian Way, Second Edition: Aspects of

Fully updated to reflect the rapidly changing cultural climate in today's Russia,The Russian Wayis indispensable for understanding the Russian way of life and for communicating with the Russian people. It is not only fascinating but also invaluable to businesspeople, travelers, and students.Organized alphabetically, the book answers questions such as: How do Russians celebrate holidays? How do Russians think, do business, and act in their daily lives? What do Russians enjoy eating?

Zita Dabars, Ph.D., is an experienced academic, teacher, and author. She is president of The American Council of Teachers of Russian and has visited Russia more on more than thirty occasions.

Lilia Vokhmina has authored over sixty books and has taught for many years at the Pushkin Institute of Russian Language, Moscow.

Introduction

viii

Acknowledgments

xi

Abbreviations

1

(3)

Advertising

4

(1)

Approaching Strangers in Public to Ask for Information

5

(1)

At the Table

6

(1)

Attracting Someone's Attention

7

(1)

Babushka, Grandmother

7

(1)

Ballet and the Russian Theater

8

(2)

Banya, the Russian Sauna

10

(1)

Bribery and Blat, ``Pull''

11

(1)

The Calendar

12

(1)

Celebrations and Holidays

13

(3)

The Circus

16

(1)

Clothing

16

(2)

The Colors Blue and Brown

18

(1)

Compliments

18

(1)

Crafts

19

(1)

Dacha, Country House

19

(2)

Dating, Marriage, and Divorce

21

(2)

``Do You Not Know?''

23

(1)

Education and Upbringing, Obrazovanie and Vospitanie

23

(4)

Family

27

(1)

Fibbing, Vranyo

28

(1)

Flowers

29

(1)

Foreigners

29

(2)

Friend, Drug [``Droog''], and Ways to Denote Friendship

31

(1)

Gestures

32

(1)

Gifts

33

(1)

Greetings, Salutations, and Leavetakings

34

(1)

Gulag (Prison, Exile), the Secret Police, and the KGB

35

(3)

Health Care

38

(1)

Housing and Houses

39

(3)

Hygiene

42

(1)

Ice and the Purity of Russian Water

43

(1)

The Intelligentsia

43

(1)

Introductions

44

(1)

In the Kitchen

45

(1)

Letters, Greeting Cards, and Announcements

46

(3)

Meals and Mealtimes

49

(2)

Milestones

51

(3)

Monetary Units

54

(1)

Mushrooms

54

(1)

Nekulturno, Uncultured

55

(1)

Patronymics

55

(1)

Pensions

56

(1)

People's Names and Name Days

57

(1)

Physical Distance and Contact

58

(1)

Politics and Parties

59

(6)

Privacy

65

(1)

Punctuality

65

(1)

Religion

66

(2)

Restaurants

68

(4)

The Russian Language

72

(3)

Russian Nationality and Citizenship

75

(1)

The Russian Soul

76

(1)

The Seasons

77

(1)

Shopping

78

(4)

Shortages and Deficiencies

82

(1)

Slogans

82

(1)

Sports

83

(1)

Staring

84

(1)

Street Names and Addresses

85

(1)

The ``Strong Man'' Concept

86

(1)

Supersitions

86

(2)

Tea

88

(1)

Telephone (and Mail)

89

(3)

Television and Radio

92

(4)

Temperature

96

(1)

Time of Day

97

(1)

Toilets

98

(1)

Tourist Information

99

(9)

Transport, Traffic, Accidents, and How to Cope with a Militiaman (Policeman)

108

(1)

Tsereteli, Zurab Konstantinovich

109

(2)

Ty and Vy, ``You''---Familiar and Formal (TbI and BbI)

111

(1)

Vacations

112

(1)

Vodka and Drinking

113

(1)

Weights and Measures

114

(1)

Work and Professions

115

(4)

Select Bibliography and Additional Readings

119

(2)

Select Web Sites

121

(6)

Index

127

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The Russian Way, Second Edition: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Russians

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