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Do you have any insight into why adoption is so negatively viewed in Russian society?
Do you have any insight into why adoption is so negatively viewed in Russian society?
Because the blood bond between family members is seen as the only real structure in a culture where anyone and everyone else is seen with some level of suspicion? This is a culture where you don't even use your last name except on paperwork - in all other circumstances you are Alexandra Sergeyevna which is literally: "Alexandra, daughter of Sergey". Everyone is directly identified, every day of their life, every time they use their name, with their parents.
Orphans don't have those blood bonds to anyone, they therefore owe no loyalty to anyone and are very dangerous. Or at least that's the stigma.
Interesting thread.
What's the average Russian response to all the money the government is spending for the Sochi 2014 games and the 2018 World Cup? Are these events for which national pride trumps practical fiscal considerations? Do people even care?
That's the most reasonable explanation I've ever heard, including from our adoption agency. Thanks.
In what major cities can you drink the tap water without getting the trots? (if any)
To me, that's the ultimate sign of civilization.
Because the blood bond between family members is seen as the only real structure in a culture where anyone and everyone else is seen with some level of suspicion? This is a culture where you don't even use your last name except on paperwork - in all other circumstances you are Alexandra Sergeyevna which is literally: "Alexandra, daughter of Sergey". Everyone is directly identified, every day of their life, every time they use their name, with their parents.
Orphans don't have those blood bonds to anyone, they therefore owe no loyalty to anyone and are very dangerous. Or at least that's the stigma.
So Ovie's name means "Alex, kin of Ovech"?
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Central Asian like from Boratland?
Do Russians also identify themselves as European?
Have you ever been on any part of the Trans-Siberian Railway?