Excellent well written article. I appreciate you sharing. I spent 4 months in Ukraine in 2018. I'm aware that culturally the countries are very similar. Heck Ukraine used to be soviet and from Kiev east most people speak Russian! Many in the west don't even know this. So even though I have never been to Russia I have a fairly good understanding of the culture. Especially when I spent two months in Odessa and dated a girl from Donesk...She told me how her parents were born in the soviet union, then they changed the borders and one day the whole family woke up and they were Ukranian! The girl I dated, she identified more with Ukrainian nationalism, but her parents always identified more with Russia. This situation is far more complex than people realize.
I'm glad your article is not about current events and more about people and culture....as I can see it's extremely similar to what I experienced in Ukraine whith out even having to cross over into Russia.
Is Borsch as popular in Russia as it is in Ukraine? I seriously got addicted to that stuff.
Further more. I'm a 100% American from New York State, buy my ancestry is a mix of Moscow, odessa, kiev, vilnious Lithuania, and Vienna Austria. So I guess I'm having a bit of an internal conflict myself these days! haha
Stay strong @blogika and keep on keep'n on!
Wow, interesting story! Yes, everyone really loves borscht, and I make it almost every week. Would you like me to share my recipe in my next post? ahah. I understand you, I also consist of different genetic people. The blood of Chukchi, Tatar, Mari, and primordially Russian people flows in me. Therefore, I simply perceive myself as a person of the world of everything. I am part of our civilization, just as much a part as you, like any other. In vain people identify themselves by place of residence and skin color.
By the way. @world-travel-pro is a great guy who travelled the world. You should follow him for sure. I know him already for years as many of people here. We are all like a big family here and you are @blogika now a part of it. ☺
Thank you for the kind words @clixmoney!
Yes, I would love to see @blogika's recipe for borscht! I actually used to be a personal chef for a family in New York for a short wile, until I said to myself this is not for me. But I do love to cook, if I can find the ingredients I may have to give it a try.
"I am part of our civilization, just as much a part as you, like any other. In vain people identify themselves by place of residence and skin color."
I feel very much the exact same way. These days there is so much anti-Russia rhetoric going on all over the world it has me a bit concerned for the innocent civilians of Russia like yourself. I hope those being inundated with anti Russia news/propaganda are able to see that 95% all people, regardless of where they are from, are just people like you and I! They are not their representative governments.
Thanks again for taking the time and hope you are having a excellent day!