The national character of Russian people. Hot blood of the cold steppes
It’s impossible to understand Russia with the mind, it’s impossible to measure the common arshin: it’s special to become — you can only trust in Russia. Fedor Tyutchev.
If the holy man shouts:
“Throw you Russia, live in paradise!”
I will say: “Do not have paradise,
Give my homeland. "
Sergey Yesenin.
Who are these strange Russians, and by what strange laws do they live?
What is the peculiarity of the Russian character, and why nowhere else in the world does even such a mentality exist?
Why is the behavior of a Russian person abroad so recognizable, and for what reason do they either adore or hate us, but never just remain indifferent?
All attempts by the government to build in our state, living strictly according to the laws and consciously observing them, failed with a deafening crash. Any imposed values \u200b\u200bof the Western sample are rejected by our people as a foreign body.
What is the reason? Indeed, all of Western Europe and America have stood and flourished for many years on these principles.
Along with this, Lenin's revolutionary ideas, which have no analogues anywhere in the world and are not supported by any other countries, were received with a bang, and over the course of some two decades they overturned the political system, creating a society fundamentally different in its mechanisms of existence.
What was it? A utopian idea that has taken root in an atypically minded society?
Mind Russia does not understand
Arshin common not to measure:
She’s special to become -
One can only believe in Russia.
Fedor Tyutchev.
Faith in the life of a Russian person has always occupied a special place, but at the same time, we have always been tolerant of non-believers. In Russia, many nationalities have always coexisted, and each had its own religion.
Russian character has always been a mystery to any foreigner. Absolutely illogical actions - this strange tendency to rampant recklessness, ostentatious, inexplicable generosity, reaching wastefulness, love for luxurious expensive things, even for one day, even pennilessly, as if it was his last day, and then take and give everything to someone, but at least to the first comer - no, it's impossible to understand.
Terrible, brutal crime, total corruption and thieves' laws, which are respected better than the criminal code - are these also features of a national character or an impasse that an entire country has reached?
Can our man abroad become so “his” to feel happy?
What determines the Russian character — heredity, climate, social structure or landscape conditions?
Exhaustive and most unexpected answers read more ...
National character. Hot blood of the cold steppes
The Russian character is a psychological portrait of the whole nation, the mentality of the state, and not even of Russia alone. Partly it is present in every Russian person, these are the features that unite us, make us similar, create the foundation on the basis of which we understand each other a little better than people with a different mentality.
The formation of a national character took place over many centuries, the foundation for this was the special geopolitics of one of the great leaders of the past - Genghis Khan.
A unique combination of endless steppes and impassable forests created the prerequisites for the emergence of the urethral-muscular mentality, which forms the basis of the Russian character.
The species role of the representative of the urethral vector is the leader, the head of the tribe, his task is to preserve the living matter of the pack, advance it into the future or develop new lands.
Unpredictable strategic thinking, the complete absence of fear and high endurance are those properties that ensure the implementation of its species role.
The highest rank, the first right to bite, given by nature, can not be challenged or questioned. Anyone who encroaches on his primacy will instantly know what urethral lion anger is. There can be only one leader in the pack, when the second appears, everything is decided by a deadly battle, the outcome of which is either the death of one of them or exile. The defeated at best leaves to look for his flock.
He himself does not obey anyone and does not recognize any restrictions, having an innate sense of mercy and justice. Ruthless to strangers and the most tolerant of his own, he forgives everything except crimes against the pack, for which he punishes right there - cruelly and mercilessly.
The interests of the pack are of the highest value for him, personal interests are always deeply secondary. His pleasure in bestowal, in the realization of his animal altruism. That is why the communist ideas of building an ideal society, where everyone works for the good of the country, receiving as much as is necessary for life, turned out to be so close to the hearts of Russian people.
The most generous and disinterested, he will give the last shirt to the one who needs it. In this way he satisfies his needs for bestowal, takes pleasure. A fur coat from the gentleman's shoulder, expensive gifts and fabulous tips - all this is a manifestation of urethral generosity, a peculiar evidence of his highest rank, his status.
Hence the love of fame and luxury - the leader should have everything dearest, chic and unique, but at the same time he is absolutely not going to store, save or save it all. These are trifles, even royal ones, but in comparison with his goals and values, all these are nonsense that he can give to anyone he meets whenever he wants.
Risk is a noble cause!
This expression is characteristic only for Russians. The leader cannot have fear. He is always the first to rush into the fray, the first to attack, conquer new unknown horizons, commit acts that no one else is capable of. For this, he was born, the whole flock follows him, he has no and cannot have another way. Only for flags, only forward, contrary to common sense, logic or experience. Limitations, rules, laws are for others, it has a goal and nothing else matters. And this goal is to preserve the flock, even at the cost of one's own life, the goal is still more important.
Only a representative of the urethral vector is able to decide to go into a battering ram or rush into the embrasure, as the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War did, defending their homeland, their people, even at the cost of their own lives.
Russian man is a simple man
The impenetrable taiga and other forests of Russia are the most dear and close place for the representatives of the muscle vector: only they accurately navigate and feel quite comfortable among the dense forests.
The properties of the muscle vector are basic for all living things, so they simply dissolve in the desires of other vectors, strengthening them.
The perception of oneself that is characteristic of the muscle vector only as an inseparable particle of the common collective “we” and a wary attitude towards strangers is strikingly mixed with urethral generosity, tolerance and hospitality, turning into the so-called xenophobia on the contrary. This was manifested by our inexplicable love for foreigners, for whom we always laid a lush table, organized holidays, gave presents, gave our wives to the most beautiful girls.
It is thanks to this property that in our vast country the most diverse nationalities peacefully coexisted with their culture, traditions and religions.
A muscular man will never take more than he needs for life, he simply does not have such a need and such a desire, and in combination with urethral altruism he will sooner give his own than take the superfluous. , it was the muscular people who were ready to work for the good of the motherland almost for free all their lives.
We always lived like this - at the call of the soul
The obvious reasons why the sound idea of \u200b\u200bLenin and Trotsky, advanced by the urethral commissars and found a response in the inner world of every Russian person, in such a short time brought such significant results and radically changed the face of the country.
Values \u200b\u200bof the anal vector close to the urethral mentality such as honesty, decency, friendship, respect for elders, traditions of the past became widespread and generally accepted, especially in the anal phase of human development, which ended with the end of World War II.
With the transition to the more recently considered himself Soviet Russian people fell into a controversial situation.
On the one hand, the urethral mentality has existed and remains, but at the same time, the new values \u200b\u200bof modern society are sharply opposed to such a mentality.
The basis of all the properties of the skin vector are limitations that absolutely cannot be perceived in the urethral mentality. Any laws, rules, and regulations that are mandatory mechanisms for regulating the skin society are rejected by the Russian character, which is based on an unlimited urethral mentality.
The skin phase of the development of mankind, like any other, is inevitable for everyone, including Russians. To judge that she is bad or good would be wrong. It continues, and Russia also lives in a world of consumption, high technology and the law. Somewhere clumsy, somewhere in its own way, but we still learn to adapt the landscape in such strange conditions for us. This is development, movement forward, a kind of evolution, overcoming obstacles.
It is impossible to enclose the boundless steppe with a fence, it is simply impossible. Making the leader obey is even more impossible. He would rather die in a deadly battle, but would not bow his head, especially before some kind of skinner, who by nature has a rank much lower than the leader. This behavior is contrary to the entire urethral nature. He wanted to spit on some kind of skin laws. The law is his word! So it is given by nature, so he feels himself and simply can not live differently.
Its urethral laws are the most correct, since they are based on real mercy and justice without a shadow of personal gain, only for the good of the pack, for the same reason they completely contradict logical and rational skin values \u200b\u200band cannot be understood.
Representatives of the urethral vector, who did not receive sufficient development of properties before the end of puberty, and often vice versa, who were beaten at home and driven into school frames, flee from the house in search of their pack, which they find on the street, among street children. Perceiving the world as hostile as it was all childhood, they learn to defend themselves from them and defend their flock, living according to their own laws and becoming a criminal authority.
The thieves' laws, with all their cruelty, are true, but they are true for primitive society, for the animal pack and are, in fact, a manifestation of the archetypal program of the urethral vector.
In which feelings of mercy, justice and responsibility for others are brought up, the whole society perceives with its flock and is capable of bringing socially useful benefits to it like no other.
Representatives of the Western skin mentality, being next to the Russians, subconsciously feel their lower rank due to our urethral mentality. It manifests itself in any case, even if we are talking about a person with a skin vector who, it would seem, has every chance to fit harmoniously into a developed consumer society. A Westerner gets enormous stress from the way Russians spend money, because for him, saving is a priority, rational logical thinking in everything that does not fit urethral habits. Many Western women are conquered by a passionate, generous Russian nature, but at the same time, inexplicable behavior and illogical life decisions are alarming, and men are humiliated by the position of a lower rank next to the leader, even if all these moments do not have a clear manifestation in behavior.
The misunderstanding of the behavior of Russians abroad is caused by features of a national character that simply cannot be understood in a skin society because of the considerable remoteness of the innate properties. Only the awareness of one’s own nature and qualities of another person enables harmonious communication with a representative of any vector or mentality, since there are no good or bad vectors, it all depends on the level of development and the degree to which the properties of each individual person are realized.
A society with a urethral mentality - it is from here that the next phase of the development of mankind will begin, based on spiritual altruism. What awaits us, read in the next article.
The article is based on the training " Systemic Vector Psychology»Russia is famous as a multinational state; more than 190 peoples live on the territory of the country. Most of them ended up in the Russian Federation peacefully, thanks to the accession of new territories. Each nation is distinguished by its history, culture and heritage. Let us examine in more detail the national composition of Russia, considering separately each ethnic group.
Large nationalities of Russia
Russians are the largest indigenous ethnic group living in Russia. The number of Russian people in the world is equal to 133 million people, however, some sources indicate a figure of up to 150 million. More than 110 (almost 79% of the country's total population) millions of Russians live in the Russian Federation, most of the Russians also live in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. If we consider the map of Russia, then the Russian people are distributed in large numbers throughout the state, living in each region of the country ...
Tatars, in comparison with Russians, make up only 3.7% of the total population of the country. The Tatar people have a population of 5.3 million. This ethnic group lives throughout the country, the most densely populated Tatars city is Tatarstan, more than 2 million people live there, and the most sparsely populated region is Ingushetia, where thousands of people from the Tatar people cannot even get in ...
Bashkirs are the indigenous people of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The number of Bashkirs is about 1.5 million people - this is 1.1% of the total number of all residents of the Russian Federation. Of the one and a half million people, the majority (approximately 1 million) live in Bashkortostan. The remaining Bashkirs live throughout Russia, as well as in the CIS countries ...
Chuvashs are the indigenous inhabitants of the Chuvash Republic. Their number is 1.4 million people, which is 1.01% of the total national composition of Russians. According to the census, about 880 thousand Chuvash people live in the republic, the rest live in all regions of Russia, as well as in Kazakhstan and Ukraine ...
Chechens are the people who settled in the North Caucasus, Chechnya is considered their homeland. In Russia, the number of Chechen people amounted to 1.3 million people, but according to statistics, since 2015 the number of Chechens in the Russian Federation has increased to 1.4 million. This people makes up 1.01% of the total population of Russia ...
The Mordovian people have a population of about 800 thousand people (approximately 750 thousand), which is 0.54% of the total population. Most of the people live in Mordovia - about 350 thousand people, then there are areas: Samara, Penza, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk. Least of all this ethnos lives in the Ivanovo and Omsk region, and 5 thousand belonging to the Mordovian people will not gather there ...
The Udmurt people have a population of 550 thousand people - this is 0.40% of the total population of our vast Motherland. Most of the ethnic group lives in the Udmurt Republic, and the rest is dispersed in neighboring regions - Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk Region, Perm Territory, Kirov Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. A small part of the Udmurt people migrated to Kazakhstan and Ukraine ...
Yakuts represent the indigenous population of Yakutia. Their number is equal to 480 thousand people - this is about 0.35% of the total national composition in the Russian Federation. Yakuts make up the majority of the inhabitants of Yakutia and Siberia. They also live in other regions of Russia, the most densely populated by the Yakuts regions are the Irkutsk and Magadan regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Khabarovsk and Primorsky District ...
According to statistics available after the census, 460 thousand Buryats live in Russia. This amounts to 0.32% of the total number of Russians. Most (about 280 thousand people) of Buryat live in Buryatia, being the indigenous population of this republic. The rest of the people of Buryatia live in other regions of Russia. The most densely populated territory by the Buryats is the Irkutsk region (77 thousand) and the Trans-Baikal Territory (73 thousand), while the less populated territory is the Kamchatka Territory and the Kemerovo Region, and 2000 thousand are not found there ...
The number of the Komi people living in the Russian Federation is 230 thousand people. This figure is 0.16% of the total population in Russia. For living, this people has chosen not only the Komi Republic, which is their immediate Homeland, but also other regions of our vast country. The people of Komi meet in the Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and Omsk regions, as well as in the Nenets, Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts ...
The people of Kalmykia are indigenous to the Republic of Kalmykia. Their number is 190 thousand people, if compared as a percentage, then 0.13% of the total population living in Russia. Most of these people, not counting Kalmykia, live in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions - about 7 thousand people. And least of all Kalmyks live in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and the Stavropol Territory - less than a thousand people ...
Altai people are the indigenous people of Altai, therefore they live mainly in this republic. Although some of the population left the historical habitat, they now live in the Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions. The total number of Altai people is 79 thousand people, as a percentage - 0.06 of the total number of Russians ...
Chukchi belong to the small people from the north-eastern part of Asia. In Russia, the Chukchi people are small - about 16 thousand people, their people make up 0.01% of the total population of our multinational country. These people are scattered throughout Russia, but most of them settled in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Yakutia, the Kamchatka Territory and the Magadan Region ...
These are the most common peoples that you can meet in the vastness of Mother Russia. However, the list is far from complete, because in our country there are also foreigners. For example, Germans, Vietnamese, Arabs, Serbs, Romanians, Czechs, Americans, Kazakhs, Ukrainians, French, Italians, Slovaks, Croats, Tuvans, Uzbeks, Spaniards, British, Japanese, Pakistanis, etc. Most of the listed ethnic groups make up 0.01% of the total number, but there are peoples with more than 0.5%.
You can continue indefinitely, because the vast territory of the Russian Federation is able to accommodate many peoples, both indigenous and arriving from other countries and even continents, under one roof.
Who are the Russians?
Who are Russians - character and culture
The Russian national character is very ambiguous, and it is not easy to evaluate it. Surprisingly, Russian people combine positive and negative traits of character, as well as completely opposite to each other.
How was the Russian national character and culture formed? Here you can highlight such important factors as:
- geographical location of Russia;
- russian nature;
- everyday life of a Russian person;
- adoption of Christianity in the Byzantine version;
- mobilization type of state development.
Consider the influence of each factor in more detail.
Geographical position
The Russian state is vast and occupies a position between European and Asian states. This led to the combination of elements of eastern and western civilization in the national culture of Russia. This binary character of Russian character is described by V.O. 
Klyuchevsky in the Brief History of Russia. He wrote that the formation of the character of the Russian people was significantly influenced by the geographical location of the country between the steppe and the forest. Being in a forest, near rivers, people strove for rapprochement, unification near a water source. So the spirit of cohesion was instilled in them, they learned to feel like a piece of society. And what has the steppe given to man? It symbolizes space, freedom, loneliness, wandering. Being on the endless plain encourages reflection, reflection. Under the influence of the steppe, people developed such qualities as modesty, emotional gentleness, a tendency to melancholy, "withdrawal into oneself," asceticism, and a separate life. Such seemingly incompatible qualities are successfully combined in Russian culture.
Nature
The influence of nature can also explain the fact that Russian people began to call nationality an adjective. This implies that a person does not belong to just a separate people, but to Russia, Russian land. That is, communication with the land, native places is extremely important for a person of a given nationality - and has always been important.
The adoption of Christianity in the Byzantine version entailed a certain isolation of Russia from the Western states. She had her own development path, which 
also related to culture. The church also instilled a spirit of unity in people, rallying people in difficult times.
Mobilization development of the state
The mobilization development of the state is the use of human resources to the maximum for solving various state tasks. At the same time, there is a mismatch between the volume of tasks and internal resources. This can explain the emergence of dislike of the Russian people for the government and at the same time the willingness to tolerate it and, if necessary, to defend their state.
All these factors determined the character of the Russian person. It combines the incongruous - industriousness and laziness, openness and inactivity, hospitality and a tendency to isolation, loneliness. And Russian culture is also characterized by such a duality.
Anthropology
Anthropological traits include external and genetic indicators. Russians 
in this aspect are similar to Europeans. Signs that distinguish them from Europeans:
- Light shades of skin and hair prevail, darker shades.
- Eyebrows, beard grow at a slower rate.
- The eyebrow is less pronounced, as is the inclination of the forehead.
- The nose is medium-high, the profile of the face is moderately wide, in the horizontal profile - medium prevails.
For Russian people, epicanthus is not characteristic - a fold near the eye, which is noticeable in the Mongoloids.
Ethnic history of the Russian people
How did the Russian people come about? It was formed from East Slavic tribes and immigrant peoples flocking from the Dnieper. Entered the Russian people and Finno 
ugric tribes. In the 12th century, as a result of the merger of tribes, the Old Russian nationality was formed. However, later it broke up into three separate peoples - Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians.
The Baptism of Rus, organized by Prince Vladimir in 988, had a strong influence on the Russian people. This event caused the appearance of their own calendar and church holidays of the Russians, original writing, certain types of national art - icon painting or architecture.
The invasion of the Mongol-Tatars had a tangible influence on the Russian people. Russia took upon itself the burden of yoke, which greatly threw it - about a century ago - in the development of culture and industry in comparison with Europe.
Russia over the territory is five times larger than India, but its population is seven times smaller. It is half the size of the United States, but half as large as the population. About 145 million people live in Russia. For comparison: in Germany - 82 million, in Japan - 126, in the USA - 278, and in China - about 1 billion 300 million people.
Instead of the foreword
"You are miserable, you are plentiful, you are powerful, you are powerless, mother Russia!" - exclaimed N. A. Nekrasov. The national character of any nation is full of contradictory and even mutually exclusive traits, but Russians in this respect are ahead of many. Middle Russian is a melancholy person who hopes for the best, while carefully preparing for the worst. Often there are good reasons for such a strategy. "That's the way it is with me always!" the Russian exclaims sadly when another failure befalls him. Muttering curses, he collects the scattered remains of his belongings and begins life from a new page.
The above may give the impression that the Russians are bad patriots. No, they are all right with patriotism, but their patriotism is of a special quality. For Russians, “mine” or “ours” is of a private, personal nature, associated with home and homeland, while government and leadership at any level are “they”, an eternal adversary who should beware of and who should be avoided in every possible way. Government cannot be good by definition. However, nobody expects to see him like that. As the saying goes: "In Russia, glory be to them, Lord, fools are kept a hundred years ahead." Such healthy pessimism often helps Russians avoid disaster.
How do they see themselves
If you ask the Russians how they see themselves, they will respond depending on the momentary mood. And since they have a bad mood 23 hours a day, then most likely you will hear that they are the most unlucky and unlucky people in the world, that before, under the Communists, everything was much better, before the revolution it was even better than under the Communists , and even in the days of Kievan Rus, it’s absolutely wonderful. Having said this, they will fall on your chest and irrigate it with combustible tears.
If their mood is better, they will probably tell you that they are the most friendly, most hospitable and friendliest people in the world, and this will be much closer to the truth.
Likewise, today you can hear from them that Russia does not need anyone in the world, that it is the most stupid and most backward country, the backyards of the civilized world; and tomorrow the same people will tell you that without Russia, the world would have long gone to tartarars. "Our country - it is so unusual!" - Any Russian will tell you, and his voice will tremble at the same time. And it is true. Russia is an unusual country. Very unusual. So unusual that half of this unusualness would be more than enough.
How do they think others relate to them?
Well, of course, the whole world knows that Moscow is the “Third Rome”, that Russia is called upon to save the long-suffering humanity, in general, the Messiah. The heads of the double-headed eagle on the Russian coat of arms are turned one to the West, the other to the East, and this is absolutely true. For Russia is doomed to cooperate with both the one and the other, since it is neither a western nor an eastern country. Sitting on two chairs at once is the most convenient position for a judge. The fact that the West is the West, the East is the East, and neither one nor the other shows a great desire to obediently learn from Russia, does not bother the latter at all. Wait, her time will come!
And until this time has come, the Russians gloomily suspect that Westerners see them as long-bearded men in huge fur hats, who are driven by sleighs racing along the frozen Volga, harnessed by polar bears. In the sleigh lies an indispensable couple of missiles with nuclear warheads, as well as a bottle of vodka. (Strictly between us: there are at least two bottles there, but this is irrelevant.)
It is not easy for a foreigner to understand that the word "Russians" means only a part of the population of the Russian Federation. Abroad, they often speak of the entire population of Russia as “Russians,” which offends the dignity of numerous non-Russian nationalities — Tatars, Bashkirs, Kalmyks, Karelians — in a word, as many as hundreds of nationalities, many of which live in autonomous republics and have their own governments.
Meanwhile, it is absolutely necessary to distinguish ethnic Russians from Russians of other nationalities, for whom Russia is also a native home. On new Russian postage stamps not written in Latin letters Russia, but Rossija. If this difference is confirmed, it will be easier for foreigners: if you are ethnic Russian, they will call you that Russian, "Russian". And if you belong to one of dozens of national minorities, you will be called Rossijanin, "Russian." Well, then the life of representatives of certain nationalities will be much easier - they will not have to explain to foreigners every time that they are native Russians, but not ethnic Russians, although they live in Russia, etc. Although, perhaps, the introduction of different terms is most likely to confuse everyone.
How do they see others
The attitude of Russians towards other nationalities largely depends on what kind of nationalities they are. All their foreign neighbors, without exception, are insidious, vile, greedy and vicious, all of which owe their prosperity to the ruthless exploitation of the poor Russians, their brains and their resources. If not for the neighbors, these arrogant Americans would have long been envious of Russian welfare.
In Soviet times, America was considered enemy No. 1, which is why it is looked at today with black envy, admiration and suspicion. After all, everyone knows that the Americans are fabulously rich, that even the poor there have their begging from the windows of their Mercedes. Ah, if only it would be possible to work like Russians and live like Americans!
Other Western nations are generally about the same. They live in luxury and look down at the world. True, there are slight differences. The British are so funny, with these ancient traditions of theirs and wacky humor that only they themselves understand. They are, in general, not bad - after all, they are relatives of the last royal family and, like the Russians, love to drive teas. They have only one writer - Shakespeare. The French are all lovers, there is not one who would be faithful to his wife. They have a writer - Dumas, well, the one who wrote The Three Musketeers. Russians represent Germans as serious, boring and hardworking pedants who read Schiller and quote Goethe. Russians still remember the last war with Germany with trembling, but there were other Germans, right? Italians live in palaces, eat pasta, drink chianti and sing Neapolitan songs. Very funny people. They don’t have any writers, but there’s a lot of artists, sculptors and singers. The best are Michelangelo and Pavarotti. The most mysterious are the Japanese. They are the eastern people, and, therefore, the quality of their life should be like that of the Indians or Chinese, or at least like the Russians. The fact that they have reached the level of European well-being is confusing and annoying. Well, how is this possible? There is clearly something wrong with the Japanese! There is some kind of mistake of nature.
There is still such a small problem with the settlers. More and more Russians are returning to Russia from countries that used to be parts of the Soviet Union. Since the birth rate in Russia is greatly reduced (if this continues, by the middle of XXI half the current number will remain), immigration to Russia is welcome, but local authorities are unpleasantly surprised that all new arrivals need a roof over their heads and earning money.
It's even worse when it comes to “real foreigners,” like the Chinese and Turks. The Chinese help develop trade, but at the same time they illegally populate the Russian Far East and thus change the national composition of large territories. Turks are hired as builders, as it turned out that they work better and faster than Russians. This observation is very outraged by the latter.
The people that the Russians chose as the “whipping boy” are the Chukchi. These are tiny ethnic groups, quiet and calm people living in the Far North of the country, close relatives of the American Eskimos. Why the Chukchi was chosen for this unenviable role is a mystery: there are so many national minorities in the country whose life the Russians have no idea! Very few Russians have ever seen a living Chukchi. But still, you must admit that the very name of the nationality sounds ridiculous: "chuk-cha." Enough reason to laugh at them, isn't it?
According to the Chinese, the Russian people do not have the traditions of democracy because of the long period of life in slavery, but there is a desire for extreme individualism. Moreover, the Russians are so controversial that, with their individualism, they differ at the same time and slavish submission. “Russians eternally vacillate between these two extremes. Having received freedom, they know no boundaries, they are ready to destroy everything. ”
- “... Russia's achievements have always been associated with foreigners. As soon as the Russians themselves got down to business, everything quickly fell apart. The reason was their inability to self-control, self-management. In Russia, they always bowed to the West ”- the Russian people cannot do anything without foreigners;
- Russians are patient people, they do not know how to protest, and if they protest, it is soft and small. An example is life under Yeltsin: “Under Yeltsin, the standard of living of ordinary people fell dramatically, they were robbed and deceived as soon as they could, but the people only slightly spoiled.
In 2002, about 80% of the population was below the poverty line. There are many dissatisfied, but there is no organized protest. The Russian people once again demonstrate tremendous patience and tolerance towards the authorities. This is the main tradition inherited from the slave past.
- Russian people constantly fought, so they had a tolerance for cruelty.
“They also consider themselves superior to other nations:“ Russians consider themselves superior to others. This is reflected in the theory of the superiority of the Slavic race. Russians look with contempt not only at the backward East and South, but also at the more developed West. They always want to be the first, to be leaders. The idea of \u200b\u200bseniority has penetrated deeply into the psychology of Russians. ” Russia's foreign policy is based on hegemony: "... Even now, when it cannot be considered even a second-rate country, it is difficult for it to hide its hegemonic psychology."
- Then we read: “No matter how hard the Russians try to Europeanize, they do not look like Europeans. In many ways, they are more similar to the Tatars. More precisely, on formal grounds it is a civilized society, but inside it is a purely Russian filling. Behind external decency the true rough nature is easily seen.
- The morality of the Russians is upside down: “Russian is inherent in neglecting traditional morality. Inconsistency has become a feature of the Russian nation: on the one hand, eastern humility and servility, on the other hand, licentiousness and unbridledness; on the one hand, fear of authority, on the other, contempt for traditions, rejection of generally accepted principles of morality. This leads to the fact that they take rudeness for valor, slackness and chaos - for democracy, servility - for virtue. "
- Russians do not know how to value their history, as if they deny the historical memory itself: “... Their attitude to history is also extremely radical. For example, they believe that everything old should be rejected, no continuity is needed. All traces of the past should be washed away, erased in one night. And not only in form, but also in essence. Perhaps the funniest thing is their desire to change the names of cities, streets and squares, to demolish monuments, as if in their history there were no events worthy of memory. ”
- Terrible bureaucracy is flourishing in Russia, huge queues for officials. “It doesn’t matter how many people will wait in line, - 10 or 100 - employees will work in the previous mode: without rushing, distracted by conversations and not forgetting to drink tea. Nothing will force them to change their regulations, no cataclysms. ”+ Since the Russians only did what they fought, they had no time to perfect their native language:“ ... the famous expression of the English poet Johnson “Patriotism is the last refuge of a villain” in translation into Russian looks like this: “Not everything was lost even among the most lost person, rejected by friends and society, if in his soul the feeling of the Motherland is preserved, in it is his last hope and salvation.”
- The Russians had no time to improve their language - they fought and fought more. Even culturally educated people can argue endlessly about writing a simple word or sentence. And even many Russians could not pass the exam to obtain Russian citizenship. ”
- In Russia there is no love, but there is a cult of sex that replaces love. Of course, Russian schoolgirls consider prostitution to be the most attractive profession; society condones this. Newspapers openly advertise girls for sex work. Russian society generally does not understand what is good and what is bad.
As for politicians, they “are not only not afraid to tarnish their reputation on this basis, but, on the contrary, use sex as a tool to achieve their goals. Many of them, including members of parliament and governors, openly contain several mistresses, the Zhirinovsky party suggests opening brothels. ”
All this is a historical fact. Pushkin, the Chinese write, loved to show off his sexual abilities, and Catherine II didn’t need to show off.
- We go further. Russian people can not help but drink. “You can not eat, but you can not help but drink - this is another striking feature of the Russian people. The Russians will tolerate a lack of bread, but will rebel in the absence of vodka. Vodka has become an important part of the culture of Russian society. Alcohol is something that Russians cannot and do not want to do without. If in other countries they say: “He who gets up early earns a living”, then about Russians one can say: “He who gets up early will have something to drink”. The Chinese recall that Yeltsin was an alcoholic.
- Russian people have no shame. “The most amazing thing is that they never feel shame, no matter what they do. On the contrary, they always find excuses for everything. " In Russia, deception flourishes at all levels.
- Russians live in constant fear. Everything around them is an enemy. An atmosphere of general suspicion reigns in Russia. The role of the FSB is still great. “Almost all telephone conversations are tapped, and if desired, intelligence agencies can always provide incriminating evidence to you.”
In another article, “Comparison of China and Russia,” the Chinese conducted a direct comparative analysis of the two countries. If the wise China, according to the authors, followed Japan and South Korea, adopted the Western model, then Russia has moved along the African path, in the best case, the Latin American one.
According to the author, the Russian nation is entirely thieves, cowards, robbers; the main features of their character are anger, greed and admiration for violence. The authors summarize: “The greatness” of the Russian nation consists of 30% of theft and 70% of banditry ”.
The material was prepared by a leading researcher at the Institute of History, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Boris Tkachenko who fell into the hands of the brochure "Piercing the eyes of Russia",
published in a circulation of only 135 copies. It collected translations of excerpts
from Chinese books and newspaper publications. The author of the brochure set out to understand the Russians.
