Ask Russians Thread

[PaleoEuropean]

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[KirillMazur]

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[Decius]

What does the average Russian think and know about Serbs?

[KirillMazur]

What does the average Russian think and know about Serbs?

Ordinary Russian (except extreme nationalists) considers the Serbs to be fraternal people, equally “opposing” Western “freedom and democracy” like us. A sort of Balkan version of the Russian people, with the same religion, with a more patriarchal culture that is a bit reminiscent of the North Caucasus and highly developed small-town nationalism.
Ordinary Russian does not have much knowledge of Serbs - many people know about Tesla, Gavrilo Princip, blame our government for helplessness during the time of Milosevic, those who are older, know about Yugoslavia and Tito. Not everyone considers Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Montenegrins different nations.

[Decius]

Ordinary Russian (except extreme nationalists) considers the Serbs to be fraternal people, equally “opposing” Western “freedom and democracy” like us. A sort of Balkan version of the Russian people, with the same religion, with a more patriarchal culture that is a bit reminiscent of the North Caucasus and highly developed small-town nationalism.
Ordinary Russian does not have much knowledge of Serbs - many people know about Tesla, Gavrilo Princip, blame our government for helplessness during the time of Milosevic, those who are older, know about Yugoslavia and Tito. Not everyone considers Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Montenegrins different nations.

What do the Extreme nationalists think?

[Terminator98]

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[KirillMazur]

What do the Extreme nationalists think?

They are too few to consider their opinion something significant. Basically, their anger is directed against the Kavkaz, Central Asian and Semitic nations (nation).
Often these people are Nordicists and may not even recognize the darker pigmented southern Russians (and Serbs) as fraternal people.

[Terminator98]

Is there large difference in phenotypes and pigmetation (and hair color) between South and North Russians ?

[KirillMazur]

Is there large difference in phenotypes and pigmetation (and hair color) between South and North Russians ?

The USSR practiced the resettlement and rotation of the Slavic population throughout the Union. For example, in my native Sevastopol (city of military families) many people from the Ural region live.
If we talk about native types, the closer to the Black Sea and the Caucasus, the darker the pigmentation on average for Slavs due to the Pontid, Alpinid and slightly Dinarid components.

[Terminator98]

The USSR practiced the resettlement and rotation of the Slavic population throughout the Union. For example, in my native Sevastopol (city of military families) many people from the Ural region live.
If we talk about native types, the closer to the Black Sea and the Caucasus, the darker the pigmentation on average for Slavs due to the Pontid, Alpinid and slightly Dinarid components.

Interesting, as someone who likes to watch Russian TV Shows Ive noticed most of actors look stereotypical Slavic, producers probably favorizing people from North.