What is RUSSIAN CULTURE Like? - Books, Cartoons, Music, and People

8:50, i never heard any of them

Also no love for Slaughter to Prevail?! @AlexTerrible should be the next Tsar I reckon 😉

I like the Russian composers, art, traditional clothes and their folkmusic and dances. But I do also collecting Sovjet cameras. Also do I have in my roots some Russia/Ukraine. So....start to learn the languages.

How come you didn't mention beautiful sounding and hugely popular Любэ?!?

Russian culture is amazing. Russian culture has scientists, chess masters, and writers and so much more.

What about Molchat Doma? Are they Russian?

My six favorite cultures ever.
1) Russia 🇷🇺
2) Japan 🇯🇵
3) Germany 🇩🇪
4) Lebanon 🇱🇧
5) Chile 🇨🇱
6) Israel 🇮🇱

As you can see, Russia is my number one.

The most ironic thing about Russia complaint that Western nations are trying to cancel Russian culture ( and of course its their final scoundrel complaint that we are backing Ukraine and their democracy however imperfect in there defense against the aggression of an imperial Russia trying to regain their U.S.S.R boundaries). Is that the Russians themselves have destroyed tens and hundred of cultures and people general original expressions within their borders.

Has Russia had any global cultural impact in the last 32 years? Or is its culture currently entirely internalised? Imperial Russia had great, world-renowned ballet, composers and writers. Some even emerged to have wider global impact under the USSR. I can name numerous Russian dancers, composers and novelists from the past, but no contemporary ones. However, Russia seems to be a bit of a cultural desert at the moment. Am I wrong?

As a American I have to say It’s not communism that’s for sure

What about Russian painters?

Russia has no pop culture that the rest of the world follow/consume!

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2:39 i LOVEEEE russian cartoons and my fav is “котёнок по имени Гав”

Mendeleev is fine but you could have done much better than Gagarr

You could have done better with inventors and scientist

When I was studying in Russia, the cleaning lady at the school would recite Pushkin off the cuff, and that's when I realized that Russian culture is definitely more literary than American culture. I've heard this too about China, that people read a lot of Chinese classical literature in school and so people there tend to use lots of literary quotes in daily conversation, and knowing these quotes is really part of being a native Chinese speaker. In the US we have English class and read books but I feel like most students aren't taught to really take it seriously. I feel like all our shared cultural references are from TV :(

My grand parents came from Eastern Europe and they always had an extreme hatred of communists. I would be curious what the typical young Russia thinks of communism.

I am czech and I like Taras Bulba, and the phrase you mentioned was the first one that came to my mind :D I use it in czech sometimes.

hi there! thanks for introducing me to wladimir vysotsky.
personally i got hooked on russian music by stumbling across grashdanskaya oborona on youtube.
i would very much like to know if yegor letov is widely known in russia or more a corner phenomenon?
and i started reading zamyatin.. not really sure if i want to read sth as long as "war and peace". did it change your view on the world to read it?

Favorite modern Russian novel: Laurus

Поддерживаю! MiyaGi & Andy Panda

Vitas - The only Russian musician I know. Mostly as a meme, but I like it.

If you're interested in more traditional modern Russian music you should actually go check this guy (Igor Rasteryaev) and the programm (by Morgulis) in particular. Igor has some really pretty songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_mFsmSjG3w
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sunfish737

Also there're many R-rock bands I'd love to recomend, but they are too many in number.

Interesting overview. When I heard famous Russian scientists my initial reaction was Лев Ландау, but I guess he is not general knowledge

Hi. I am Romanian and there are many similarities between Russia and Romania, due to the Communist heritage but not only that. My parents learned Russian in school and my father, Now 77 is still able to write Russian cursive (handwritten). I love the Russian culture and the language, I have a translation company and I specialize in languages.

Masha and Medved

No Molochat Doma!?

I love Russia so much that I cried of sadness when I had to come back!

Oh, I like Kino too. I also like Basta, who is also rap & hip-hop.

I have a Russian reader. And I recently read a couple of short stories by Pushkin from it, in the original Russian.
Plus I've also seen the Soviet-era show Будильник. It had both animated and live-action segments. With celebrity guests too, kinda like Sesame Street. There was one where Eduard Khil appeared (a.k.a. Mister Tro-lo-lo).

The heart and essence of Russia, no matter how misguided the majority may be at any point in time, is what makes it possible to speak of “Holy Russia”, the Orthodox Church

Thanks you so my fedor your helping me learn so much about my heritage and language as a 3rd generation Russian living in New York City keep going much love мой братан

I like your new videos Fedor. Better than teaching French! 😜

So you mentioned three great classical Russian writers, but when it came to music you ignore the great Russian composers and talk about some bands that have been over-influenced by recent American music instead?

Thank you so much Fedor for all your videos! Love your passion!
But also, ain't it interesting how married men tend to put on a little weight...? 😅🤣

I really like Leningrad and animal jazz for music

People tell me that Tsoi is a legend, not just some foreigner

Great episode! Love th authentic view on Russia. Thank you so much from Germany

Bulgokov (Master and Margarita only) is popular in the San Francisco Bay Area. He often gets forgotten on these lists.