Content 18+ After seeing my colleagues write on this topic, I felt compelled to respond as well, though I too hold a different opinion. From my point of view, although far from being ideal, Europe emerges not merely as a continent, but as a venerable survivor, her roots entwining through millennia, unlike any other. The United States, in contrast, presents itself as a vibrant yet tumultuous teenager—eager, energetic, yet … Read the rest
Tag: Culture
Why Multiculturalism actually Matters. Borderless.
Content advisory 12+ We were driving in our Japanese car down the road, xenon headlights breaking the darkness. Suspension, invented by a Scotland-origin man was preventing us from jumping on the bumps. We were driving through the forest to the border through the protected zone.
Back then, in the age of tribes, being banned from your settlement was sometimes worse than a death sentence. Wild beasts, hungry … Read the rest
Demoralizator, or Hello, monkey!
Content advisory 18+ I decided to start writing my posts in English as well as in Russian. Why so? Well, I’m here for the future, and English is an international language. I honestly think that limiting yourself just to one language is a demonstration of laziness…or stagnation, or stubbornness.
Many nations consider themselves as indisputably ‘great’, forgetting the darker sides of their history, ignoring the fact, amid the shifting … Read the rest
Putting Stalin To Rest
Контент 18+ No doubt social media have discussed and dissected all aspects of the latest government act of censorship, in this case, the satirical film "The Death of Stalin." So there is no sense in my following redundancy with more redundancy. I will limit myself therefore to what I hope will be a few more or less original thoughts.
First, I guess it is good that in Russia people still … Read the rest
Expedition
Контент 14+
One summer day I packed my backpack and headed out on an ethnographic expedition. I had just passed my exams and finished my first year as a student of the Moscow Academy of Music. This annual tour involves different students every go around because only several professors are engaged yet all students must participate at least once.
Our ethnographic laboratory had been studying the Bryansk region on the … Read the rest
