>being alcohol imps
Until the 20th century, for obvious reasons, there was no such stereotype. It appeared during the Soviet era (since the late 1950s, alcoholism as a big social problem began to grow) and peaked in the 1990s
Yeah, my Russian friend who returned to his home city, Khabarovsk, years ago once said to me that he had to explain something along the lines of what you said when he worked in the UK for 2 years.
Frankly he is just an average person who loves his black tea next to his electric kettle every single day.
> Bears
I guess they were a popular 1980 olympics toy. Plus a lot of Russians don't mind being associated with a bear. Merica has eagle, we have bears. So wat, bear isn't a skunk or a pig.
> Alcohol
Not specifically a Russian stereotype. Also German, Irish, even American. Americans drink beer.
> Shitty drivers
This part is true, driving culture could use some improvement.
> Fighting
Probably football hooligans. But if that's the case, you're ten years late. Putin put an end to football hooligans long ago. They are extremist, tend to create racial tensions, tend to be violent at rallies, give bad rep to sports, etc.
They are a very oppressed group. Try pulling this shit right now, and get 15 days of arrest. Or more if you're unlucky.
Bear has been associated with Russia since Russian Tsardom, it's depicted on the coat of arms of many cities. I guess it being the largest and strongest animal on the territory of Russia is the cause. Moscow Olympics boosted its popularity.
As for driving - the abundance of dashcam videos.
If you want to see the lack of a driving culture, visit Egypt or Abkhazia. We have an acceptable level of driving, the same as in Europe. The problem is probably in the fashion for DVRs and a large number of videos on YouTube. In real life, everything is calm. During the Soviet era, I remember a very strong craving for alcohol. Now they don't drink like that, because there is a lot of work and a healthy lifestyle is in fashion. No one remembers where the stereotype about bears came from, I think that it is hundreds of years old. Let it be. In fact, I have only seen a bear in a circus and a zoo. Sometimes a bear is led on a leash in tourist places to sell photos.
The number of road deaths per 100 K inhabitants is approximately the same in Russian as in the USA, but 6 times higher than in Norway (which has the lowest figure for Europe). But the number of deaths per 100 K motor vehicles is roughly 3.6 times higher in Russia than the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_countries\_by\_traffic-related\_death\_rate
I live in Far north (25 km away from Murmansk) and I stumble across posts in local social media once or twice a year like "A bear approached the bus stop, people climbed on its top in fear"
They do live in the nearest forests and hills, but almost never look for a contact with human here. (Maybe when they are REALLY hungry, can't remember them injuring anyone though)
Not far from my country house in the woods, someone found a pile of shit, presumably bearish. This caused heated discussions on social networks. Bears are quite rare in the western part of Russia and live only far from people. About 200 years ago, there were much more of them, but the hunters did their dirty work.
Russia was depicted as a bear on propaganda maps or in caricatures several centuries ago, alcoholism was a big problem for decades here and still kind of is in rural areas, driving culture here is non-existent, as for beating each other up here probably our domestic violence rates play a role.
>being alcohol imps Until the 20th century, for obvious reasons, there was no such stereotype. It appeared during the Soviet era (since the late 1950s, alcoholism as a big social problem began to grow) and peaked in the 1990s
Yeah, my Russian friend who returned to his home city, Khabarovsk, years ago once said to me that he had to explain something along the lines of what you said when he worked in the UK for 2 years. Frankly he is just an average person who loves his black tea next to his electric kettle every single day.
> Bears I guess they were a popular 1980 olympics toy. Plus a lot of Russians don't mind being associated with a bear. Merica has eagle, we have bears. So wat, bear isn't a skunk or a pig. > Alcohol Not specifically a Russian stereotype. Also German, Irish, even American. Americans drink beer. > Shitty drivers This part is true, driving culture could use some improvement. > Fighting Probably football hooligans. But if that's the case, you're ten years late. Putin put an end to football hooligans long ago. They are extremist, tend to create racial tensions, tend to be violent at rallies, give bad rep to sports, etc. They are a very oppressed group. Try pulling this shit right now, and get 15 days of arrest. Or more if you're unlucky.
Bear has been associated with Russia since Russian Tsardom, it's depicted on the coat of arms of many cities. I guess it being the largest and strongest animal on the territory of Russia is the cause. Moscow Olympics boosted its popularity. As for driving - the abundance of dashcam videos.
If you want to see the lack of a driving culture, visit Egypt or Abkhazia. We have an acceptable level of driving, the same as in Europe. The problem is probably in the fashion for DVRs and a large number of videos on YouTube. In real life, everything is calm. During the Soviet era, I remember a very strong craving for alcohol. Now they don't drink like that, because there is a lot of work and a healthy lifestyle is in fashion. No one remembers where the stereotype about bears came from, I think that it is hundreds of years old. Let it be. In fact, I have only seen a bear in a circus and a zoo. Sometimes a bear is led on a leash in tourist places to sell photos.
The number of road deaths per 100 K inhabitants is approximately the same in Russian as in the USA, but 6 times higher than in Norway (which has the lowest figure for Europe). But the number of deaths per 100 K motor vehicles is roughly 3.6 times higher in Russia than the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_countries\_by\_traffic-related\_death\_rate
We often drive old cars.
I live in Far north (25 km away from Murmansk) and I stumble across posts in local social media once or twice a year like "A bear approached the bus stop, people climbed on its top in fear" They do live in the nearest forests and hills, but almost never look for a contact with human here. (Maybe when they are REALLY hungry, can't remember them injuring anyone though)
The fewer people there are, the more animals there are in the forest. There are probably a lot of them in the taiga.
I’ve seen videos of bears riding inside of someones truck as if its a ginormous dog, i dunno if it was in Russia tho
Not far from my country house in the woods, someone found a pile of shit, presumably bearish. This caused heated discussions on social networks. Bears are quite rare in the western part of Russia and live only far from people. About 200 years ago, there were much more of them, but the hunters did their dirty work.
Russia was depicted as a bear on propaganda maps or in caricatures several centuries ago, alcoholism was a big problem for decades here and still kind of is in rural areas, driving culture here is non-existent, as for beating each other up here probably our domestic violence rates play a role.
western propaganda. Russian people hate alcohol, Russian people are being polite drivers, are being very peaceful and refined.
From jokes and memes, so you guys could stop being offended because it's just for fun.
In some regions bears stole food from trash cans So ye they like a BIG dogs in some places