Why are Russian sailors shouting “Half!”

Why are Russian sailors shouting “Half!”

Among the Russian sailors, the cry “Polundra!” Has long been popular, but not everyone understands its meaning. Let's try to figure out where it came from, what it means and when it is applied ....
Intellectual development of Americans stopped

Intellectual development of Americans stopped

American Fox News host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, herself a parent, expressed concern about the intellectual development of school-age children in the United States....
Japanese after a trip to Russia: I like Russian men

Japanese after a trip to Russia: I like Russian men

Russia has always had a difficult relationship with Japan. But this does not mean that the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun have a negative attitude towards Russian people ....
Six reasons to love Russia

Six reasons to love Russia

Correspondent of the Finnish television and radio company correspondent Yle Cherstin Krunvall so tells his readers about six reasons to love Russia, as she did ....
How foreigners are prepared for a trip to Russia

How foreigners are prepared for a trip to Russia

The Brazilian media tried to prepare for their fellow citizens a kind of memo on how to behave in Russia, about which in modern Latin America they have a very vague idea ....
People will be controlled through social rating

People will be controlled through social rating

Back in 2010, the social rating system was first tested in China. Already in 2014 it began to be introduced in large quantities. In accordance with this system, depending on law obedience and ...
Serb openly told everything he thinks about Russians

Serb openly told everything he thinks about Russians

Serbian footballer Goran Lakovic played both for his homeland and in the teams of the German Bundesliga, and is currently a breeder of one of the Premier League clubs in Moscow. He shared his ...
Army anti-rating: who is the weakest in the world?

Army anti-rating: who is the weakest in the world?

The armed forces of world powers are customarily compared in terms of military power, budgets, and real-world capabilities. In the first place traditionally are the United States, whose dozen ...
Are Americans afraid to go to Russia?

Are Americans afraid to go to Russia?

The U.S. Department of State has developed a memo for Americans planning trips abroad. It describes what difficulties and dangers a traveler may encounter when visiting ...
How do Americans differ from Russians?

How do Americans differ from Russians?

The American mentality is very different from the mentality of the Russian people, and not for the better. This is recognized even by the Americans themselves ....
Ukrainians put up for sale

Ukrainians put up for sale

The “European” choice of Ukrainians in 2014 led them to a nightmarish prospect: they really can move to prosperous Europe, but only in parts, in the form of donor organs ....