Jací jsou? - Rusové – group of authors (2019)

A new entertaining guide to the Russian character describes the contemporary Russian lifestyle in a light-hearted manner. You will learn not only what Russians are really like, why they love crowds, how they celebrate holidays, why they enjoy drinking, and what their sense of humor is like, but also details about family traditions, school, culture, and the functioning of public administration. This book will help you better understand the roots of Russian patriotism, community, and sentimentality, and will facilitate better connections. The character of every nation is full of contradictory traits, but Russia takes this to absolute extremes. Russians are fatalists; they believe that life is like a zebra: after a white stripe, a black one inevitably follows. Not only is everything bad good for something, but everything good must also contain something bad. So when everything is just fine, one can confidently say that things are likely to change for the worse. And vice versa. And everything is determined by fate. Perhaps the most characteristic Russian trait is the need for community. Russians rarely do anything that does not hide their rare love for their neighbors. This powerful force has always helped them survive long and undeniably harsh histories. Russians have the souls of romantics. The harder life is, the stronger the romantic in every Russian becomes. They are...