Make assumptions about Russian Americans (1 Viewer)

[kiki]

Well rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating are harder to find in the US, I've never seen a rhythmic gymnastics gym at all I don't think. Ballet is more common, my sister did do it for like a year as a kid, but the gymnastics gym we went to was super close to us, a 10 minute drive, and it was considered pretty decent, so thats probably the biggest reason why we ended up doing any form of sport like that.
Also the specialty store we go to for slavic food is pretty far, which is why we rarely go. It used to be near my sisters college but then she graduated and we dont go out in that area much at all anymore. If it was closer I think we would go there more often though. And there are Russian foods that we can make with the ingredients at a normal supermarket, like borscht and beef stroganoff. But it is true some ingredients, like tvorog, you cant find at normal supermarkets.
And my parents both speak Russian and growing up I learned Russian before English, so I can understand and speak Russian okay. At home I use a mixture of Russian and English with my parents, and with some relatives only Russian because they don't know English. Though there is one relative that makes me wish I didn't speak Russian because I don't like talking to her

ah yeah that explains it, here in estonia like 70% of girls have done atleast a year in rythmic gymnastics all of them are known for having the strictest russian teachers ever

im curious do u have stuff like buckwheat, black rye bread or the classical pelmeni in regular supermarkets? i used to live in the uk and it was so hard finding that stuff there so we had to go to get those at a special store. i personally wouldnt be able to live wo them lmao

 

[Ahsoka]

Gets me to my next point, you guys are strict on religion

Strict in what way?

 

[Ahsoka]

ah yeah that explains it, here in estonia like 70% of girls have done atleast a year in rythmic gymnastics all of them are known for having the strictest russian teachers ever

im curious do u have stuff like buckwheat, black rye bread or the classical pelmeni in regular supermarkets? i used to live in the uk and it was so hard finding that stuff there so we had to go to get those at a special store. i personally wouldnt be able to live wo them lmao

Buckwheat yes, we have that in the one I go to often at least. Black rye bread I'm not sure because I hate it so I don't look for it And no about the pelmeni, though we do have the ingredients to make them there since its pretty basic stuff. We even made some for New Years this year, we have the convenient mold for them at home too. I actually don't care much for store bough pelmeni though, like I'll eat them but I prefer store bought asian dumplings to store bough pelmeni. Homemade are delicious though

 

[Yerichu]

Strict in what way?

Well like having idols in your place like how some families have pictures of Jesus or something consisting of religion in their homes or so
Yet they say people (russians) don't have idols (religious statues or pictures)

But this is what I heard idk don't murder me

 

[kiki]

Buckwheat yes, we have that in the one I go to often at least. Black rye bread I'm not sure because I hate it so I don't look for it And no about the pelmeni, though we do have the ingredients to make them there since its pretty basic stuff. We even made some for New Years this year, we have the convenient mold for them at home too. I actually don't care much for store bough pelmeni though, like I'll eat them but I prefer store bought asian dumplings to store bough pelmeni. Homemade are delicious though

u dont like black rye bread

 

[Ahsoka]

Well like having idols in your place like how some families have pictures of Jesus or something consisting of religion in their homes or so
Yet they say people (russians) don't have idols (religious statues or pictures)

But this is what I heard idk don't murder me

Honestly I only know one religious Russian. She has idols, and she always gives them to us despite us being non believers. She also prays before each meal and whatnot. I don't know if its common among Russians or just her though

 

[Ahsoka]

u dont like black rye bread

I don't think I like any bread thats not white tbh

 

[Ahsoka]

You're probably Jewish especially if your family came in the late 80s/early 90s just after glasnost.

I was going back through old threads and realized I missed this
My moms side does have Jewish ancestry, some of them moved to Israel even. I’m definitely not religiously Jewish but would say I have Jewish blood ig. I know the whole are you Jewish thing is more complicated than someone in your family was Jewish though so I don’t put it as a part of my identity because I’m not sure other Jewish people would agree because I don’t know enough about that. My sister might be more though because her dad also has Jewish ancestry I think? But I don’t know how much. We didn’t actually move out of Russia right after glasnost though. We moved in 2000, so a little bit after.

 

[Selfmate]

they do cheerleading but unfortunately the rigorous activities resulted in burning off the alcohol faster than anticipated thus resulting in one losing 2CLs as a result of the lack of BAC

 

[dark_tranquility]

do you always drink vodka during gatherings.

 

[Ahsoka]

do you always drink vodka during gatherings.

No one in my immediate family (siblings and parents) drink vodka. One of my grandfathers does but that’s it

 

[Ahsoka]

they do cheerleading but unfortunately the rigorous activities resulted in burning off the alcohol faster than anticipated thus resulting in one losing 2CLs as a result of the lack of BAC

Funny enough I do know of one other kind of Russian American who did cheerleading (not exactly, her father is Russian and she was born in the US, though she’s also Korean on her mothers side. So more Russian Korean American but whatever) but I doubt she tore any CLs. I’m thinking of AleXa

 

[Selfmate]

No one in my immediate family (siblings and parents) drink vodka. One of my grandfathers does but that’s it

LIES!!!! lol they pretend the vodka is water so your family doesn't consider it vodka like the rest of us mortals...

Funny enough I do know of one other kind of Russian American who did cheerleading (not exactly, her father is Russian and she was born in the US, though she’s also Korean on her mothers side. So more Russian Korean American but whatever) but I doubt she tore any CLs. I’m thinking of AleXa

really? huh - interesting the more you know...