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Topic: Russian culture

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 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Vladimir Putin,  Grigory Rasputin
Politics:Nationalist
Religion(s):Christian - Eastern Orthodox
Favorite book(s):"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
Favorite great leader(s):Vladimir Lenin,  Joseph Stalin,  Georgi Dimitrov
Favorite royal(s):Tsar Nicholas I,  Peter the Great
Favorite composer(s):Rachmaninoff,  Tchaikovsky
Favorite movie(s):Doctor Zhivago
Favorite destination(s):Russia,  Asia,  Scandinavia
Favorite type of dance(s):Ballet
Favorite quote(s):"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death." - H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
 
 
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The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

The Russian Federation has also drafted its own national support programme with the aim of reviving and developing Finno-Ugrian cultures.
Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer

Russian language courses for foreigners at Center for Russian language and Culture in Moscow at University in Russia.
Both Communists and Russian Orthodox nationalists alike have teamed up to ensure that alien religious sects and cultures not be permitted to penetrate Russian territory.
It is unreasonable to expect Russia to become as open and liberal a society as the United States overnight, but the perception in America is that the Russians are not even trying to open up their society or to modernize their culture.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

The Russian Orthodox church condemned the Alutiiq and Aleut cultures as being shamanism and dubbed all of their spiritual leaders as shamans.
The clash of the two cultures is well documented in Russian literature, in archaeological evidence, and in Aleut oral tradition.
Whole generations of Russians grew up apart from the culture of their fatherland, and customs which had lasted for hundreds of years were nearly lost.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

Russians do not treat life or art casually, and this is certainly true of their bond with Ilya Repin who, more than any other painter, created images which they identify with the very soul of their culture.
Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent

Thanks to growing interest of Russians to Celtic culture Russian Celtic Society was established in 1996.
Growing interest of Russians to Celtic music and culture influences at increasing of quantity of the bands all over Russia, which decided to play such music.
Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

The Centre for Russian Language and Culture organized several excursions to some of the most popular tourist sights in Moscow and the surroundings.
Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

Russians are characterized as consumers and parasites, alcoholics with a propensity for theft, vandalism, and aggression, and an inability to appreciate, much less create, culture.
 
 
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