●Russia
■RussiayandCulture
◆TheRussianFamily
◇TheRussianfamilydependsuponallitsmembers。
◇Mostfamiliesresideinsmallapartmeh2eilittlespace。
◇Mostfamiliesaresmall,oftenwithonlyonechildbeenmustgoouttoworkbesidesbearingsoleresponsibilityforhouseholdandchachild。
◆RussianPride
◇Russiaprideiry。
◇Patriotidpoemsglorifythevirtuesoftheirhomeland。
&hattheirlivesarediffidtakeprideinthemselvesbeiosurviveinsthatothersot。
◇Theyareproudoftheirculturalheritageaherestofthereciateit。
◆entality
◇Feionsuntilthe1930’s,Russianliferevolvedarouuralvillageuhelandwasownedinonanddeakingwastheresponsibilityofaheheadsofhouseholds。
◇Thisaffinityfroupaivespiritstillexiststoday。Itbefoundineverydaylife,forexample,mostRussianswilljoiraherthahemselvesi。
◇Everybody’sbusinessisalsoeveryorangerswillstopandtellsomeoheyareagainsttherules。
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&ypicalgreetingisafirm,almostbhahdiretadgivingtheprforthetimeofday。
◇Thehaweenmenandwomenislessfirm。
◇Thewayfemalefrieheristokissoimes,startingwiththeleftaernating。
◇alefriendsmaygreetbypattiheronthebadembrace。
◆Namiions
Russiannamesaremadeupof:
◇Firstname,whichistheperson’sgivenname。
◇Middlename,atronymicoraversioher’sfirstisformedbyadding“-vich”or“-ovialeand“-avna”or“-ovna”forafemale。ThesonofIvanatronymiovichwhilethedaughter’spatronymicwouldbeIvanovna。
◇Lastname,whichisthefamilynameorsurname。
Informalsituations,allthreenamesareused。Friendsaancesmayaddresseachotherbytheirfirstronymic。Closefriendsandfamilymembersaddresseachotherbytheirfirstnameonly。
◆GiftGivie
◇Giftsaregiveweenfamilyandclosefriendsonbirthdays,NewYear,andOrthodoxChristmas。
◇IfyouareioaRussianhomeforameal,takeasmallgift。
◇Itisbetterfueststflowers。
◇Donotsendyellowflowers。