Ask Victor anything

[Salty Ears]

Victor, there's a good man on your new avatar. Previously, when I tried to write poetry, it turned out that I was imitating Brodsky.

[Victor]

Is this at 1:38:25 - 1:43:32 true? https://youtu.be/rC_GH7jg9Lw?OR6tvsQoe8GV7xEz&t=5905

Also, during Peter the "Great" rule he ordered mass demolition of banjas, Russian wet saunas which were presented in every household, used both by nobility and peasants. First he was radical in destroying them and eliminating as some kind of "oriental barbarianism", but then he monetized it, putting heavy taxation over banjas, so if before almost every household had them, later peasants had to own one banja for numerous households so they could afford the annual taxation.

After the death of this bastard banjas slowly recovered in % of households.

Washing yourself clean with hot streaming water was seen as "Turkic barbarianism" by insane Westernizator Peter and nobility was supposed to use perfumes and other bullshit which started to get imported in huge amounts from Western Europe during Peter's rule.

[Sorab12]

I guess your not into drinking but my question is Vodka or Rakija ?

[Victor]

I guess your not into drinking but my question is Vodka or Rakija ?

Rakija, for sure. My fav is Viljamovka and Jabukovaca, once we've made 65 litres of 46% rakija with my neighbor in Kamenica, from 500 kilos of Granny Smith apples. I drink vodka extremely rare (maybe 2 or 3 times in last 10 years) when I'm at someone's place and I can't choose, but people here normally drink more beer and wine in last few generations, for me serving vodka associates with something semi-Soviet.

I'm not a teetotaller, I drink enough of red dry wine through the year. I try to avoid beer (I drink it in summer hot days tho) because it makes me swollen after 4 beers and I can't drink 1 or 2 beers

[Mejgusu]

@Victor would you steal some kukuruza with me, grill them and drink some wodka or beer at your dacha with me?

(Btw I accidentally posted this in „Russia crosses Ukraine“ thread lol)

[Victor]

@Victor would you steal some kukuruza with me, grill them and drink some wodka or beer at your dacha with me?

(Btw I accidentally posted this in „Russia crosses Ukraine“ thread lol)

Yes after the war you're welcome to my ancestral house where my mom grow up, it is currently in Ukraine and confiscated by state (staying sealed up for a year or so as relatives told) as a property of Russian citizen (me). There's kukuruza, enough of cheap booze (like fruit moonshines) and warm sunny cilmate.

[Sorab12]

Rakija, for sure. My fav is Viljamovka and Jabukovaca, once we've made 65 litres of 46% rakija with my neighbor in Kamenica, from 500 kilos of Granny Smith apples. I drink vodka extremely rare (maybe 2 or 3 times in last 10 years) when I'm at someone's place and I can't choose, but people here normally drink more beer and wine in last few generations, for me serving vodka associates with something semi-Soviet.

I'm not a teetotaller, I drink enough of red dry wine through the year. I try to avoid beer (I drink it in summer hot days tho) because it makes me swollen after 4 beers and I can't drink 1 or 2 beers

I used to drink a lot of beer during several of my ill or fallen phases in life but nowadays only red wine on occasion .Or few wild pear small glasses of Rakija when i visit my relatives in Mountainous regions of SW Serbia .

[Victor]

I used to drink a lot of beer during several of my ill or fallen phases in life but nowadays only red wine on occasion .Or few wild pear small glasses of Rakija when i visit my relatives in Mountainous regions of SW Serbia .

Good choice! After a few months pause I've drank dark beer few days ago, 2 and 3 January in Moscow pub and I didn't like it after all.

[Mejgusu]

Yes after the war you're welcome to my ancestral house where my mom grow up, it is currently in Ukraine and confiscated by state as a property of Russian citizen (me). There's kukuruza, enough of cheap booze (like fruit moonshines) and warm sunny cilmate.

My Russlanddeutsche friends taught that word to me haha, although many of them are originally from Kazakhstan.

Indeed, I always felt fascinated by Russia. One of my first „complicated“ roman was about Russia, unfortunately I don’t remember the name of that book(I was maybe 10 or 11). My views towards Russia amd Russians were influenced by Peter Scholl Latour and Gabrielle Krone Schmalz, I always wanted to see St. Petersburg and wanted to see Russia through Trans-Russian railway. So yes, I really want to visit Russia one day.

[Scarface F]

In what way your mentality and views differ from average Russian?