Ask Russians Thread

**Salty Ears** · 07-27-2020, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by StonyArabia

I heard Tatarstan is Russia’s most developed region ? Is this true ?

Tatarstan is very overrated by many. And by many parameters there are a lot of more developed regions.

**Roy** · 07-27-2020, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Rumata

Laughter without a (good) cause is a sign of stupidity (Russian saying).

We have a saying 'Śmiać się jak głupi do sera' 'To laugh / smile like a fool to the cheese' - to smile thoughtlessly.

Do you have a counterpart?

We are slightly different as in being more generous with smiles but quite close to Russians in this regard.

**Sheva** · 07-27-2020, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Rumata

Laughter without a (good) cause is a sign of stupidity (Russian saying).

I've actually heard that one before, but good to get it verified. I was rather taken aback by the person saying it, thinking damn that's a cynical way of looking at it.
If anything I would suspect someone of being up to tricks if any bad intention is to be attached to a smile.

But, what harm can a smile do. It's free to give and harms no one.

**Rumata** · 07-27-2020, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Roy

We have a saying 'Śmiać się jak głupi do sera' 'To laugh / smile like a fool to the cheese' - to smile thoughtlessly.

Do you have a counterpart?

I don't remember one. But I remember one that is phonetically close to yours

it's not exactly beautiful

so it's under the spoiler. In Russian:

Spoiler!

We are slightly different as in being more generous with smiles but quite close to Russians in this regard.

I think we'd have more smiles too if we just didn't have another saying:
"Some countries have mafias and only here a mafia has a country"

**~~Ymyyakhtakh~~** · 07-27-2020, 08:21 PM

Here Kazan Federal University is the fourth highest-ranking university of Russia (https://www.4icu.org/ru/):

1	National Research University Higher School of Economics	Moscow
2	Moscow State University	Moscow
3	St. Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg
4	Kazan Federal University	Kazan
5	Ural Federal University	Yekaterinburg
6	Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration	Moscow
7	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Tomsk
8	Siberian Federal University	Krasnoyarsk
9	Tomsk State University	Tomsk
10	Novosibirsk State University	Novosibirsk

Based on regional PISA scores in math and science, Anatoly Karlin calculated the IQ of Tatarstan as 99.5 and the IQ of Chuvashia as 100.2 (https://www.unz.com/akarlin/map-russia-iq-2/). It might make Chuvashia the world's highest-IQ predominantly Turkic region and Tatarstan the world's highest-IQ predominantly Muslim region.

**Rumata** · 07-27-2020, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Draug

I've actually heard that one before, but good to get it verified. I was rather taken aback by the person saying it, thinking damn that's a cynical way of looking at it.
If anything I would suspect someone of being up to tricks if any bad intention is to be attached to a smile.

Sure, I would too.

But, what harm can a smile do. It's free to give and harms no one.

I thinks a smile here can be viewed as exessive openness and even softness. Unless your position is obviously different. I know it sounds weird. Well, it's true for strangers. With buddies, even very new ones, it's different.

Ülev · 07-27-2020, 08:31 PM

any opinion there?
Україна запросила Польщу до платформи з деокупації Криму
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...B%26%231091%3B

**Salty Ears** · 07-27-2020, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Ymyyakhtakh

It might make Chuvashia the world's highest-IQ predominantly Turkic region and Tatarstan the world's highest-IQ predominantly Muslim region.

Interesting that Chuvash are leaders by inter-ethnic marriages with Russians among other groups, they are ahead of Erzya even and Tatarstan is the leader in pork producing in Middle Volga area.