Russian Way, Second Edition: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Russians

Name: Russian Way, Second Edition: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Russians
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ISBN: 9780658017964

ISBN-10: 0658017969

ISBN-13: 9780658017964

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Zita Dabars, Lilia Vokhmina

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What items do Russians consider appropriate? How do Russians celebrate holidays? This is a guide to understanding how people from every corner of Russia think, do business and act in their daily lives.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 1/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction


Acknowledgments



Abbreviations



Advertising



Approaching Strangers in Public to Ask for Information



At the Table



Attracting Someone's Attention



Babushka, Grandmother



Ballet and the Russian Theater



Banya, the Russian Sauna



Bribery and Blat, "Pull"



The Calendar



Celebrations and Holidays



The Circus



Clothing



The Colors Blue and Brown



Compliments



Crafts



Dacha, Country House



Dating, Marriage, and Divorce



"Do You Not Know?"



Education and Upbringing, Obrazovanie and Vospitanie



Family



Fibbing, Vranyo



Flowers



Foreigners



Friend, Drug ["Droog"] [actual symbol not reproducible], and Ways to Denote Friendship



Gestures



Gifts



Greetings, Salutations, and Leavetakings



Gulag (Prison, Exile), the Secret Police, and the KGB



Health Care



Housing and Houses



Hygiene



Ice and the Purity of Russian Water



The Intelligentsia



Introductions



In the Kitchen



Letters, Greeting Cards, and Announcements



Meals and Mealtimes



Milestones



Monetary Units



Mushrooms



Nekulturno, Uncultured



Patronymics



Pensions



People's Names and Name Days



Physical Distance and Contact



Politics and Parties



Privacy



Punctuality



Religion



Restaurants



The Russian Language



Russian Nationality and Citizenship



The Russian Soul



The Seasons



Shopping



Shortages and Deficiencies



Slogans



Sports



Staring



Street Names and Addresses



The "Strong Man" Concept



Superstitions



Tea



Telephone (and Mail)



Television and Radio



Temperature



Time of Day



Toilets



Tourist Information



Transport, Traffic, Accidents, and How to Cope with a Militiaman (Policeman)



Tsereteli, Zurab Konstantinovich



Ty and Vy, "You" - Familiar and Formal



Vacations



Vodka and Drinking



Weights and Measures



Work and Professions


Select Bibliography and Additional Readings


Select Web Sites


Index