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I'm Russian – ask me a question. Be it about Russia or a personal one.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 62103152:MV8yOTE5MjMyXzUzNTkxMzU2XzJBMDdBMkRB] [quote:Tamonten:MV8yOTE5MjMyXzUzNDkwOTY1X0U2NTQ5MUI1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 62103152:MV8yOTE5MjMyXzUzNDc2Nzk5X0Y4QkYwREU2] Have you ever driven across your country? Some people do that here in North america, one end of the continent to the other. Russia much much bigger though. [/quote] There are two factors actually. You are right, Russia is bigger: direct line between New York and San-Francisco is 4000 km or so, while the one between Anadyr and St. Petersburg is 6500 km. The real distance on earth is 9000 km or so. And the second factor is the quality of roads. It's almost impossible to go all this way on your everyday car. You'll need a real Jeep at the very least. And roads are in this sorry state mostly because of the climate. Note that even Moscow is a bit further to the north, that Hudson gulf's southern edge. Roads are destroyed by the weather alone here. But answering the first question... Well, the farthest I went from Moscow on a car in Russia is probably 300 km or so - Yaroslavl, Vladimir. But I've been in all even remotely historical places in this radius. Also, I've traveled to St. Petersburg and Saratov by train and to Voronezh by plane. That concludes my travels inside Russia for now. [/quote] Thanks for replying. =) Watched a few videos of roads in Eastern Russia, yes they do look a little rough. The road to Yakutsk looks so cold and alone! [/quote]
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I’m on GLP for more than a year and quite tired of a bunch of popular misconceptions and myths you people have about my country. That’s aside from clear propaganda and some trolls (or shills – whatever).
So, I’m willing to answer some questions regarding my country to have a page to where direct all the recurring rubbish I encounter here.
As a short summary – I studied history (mostly Japanese though) in university-level college. Before that I was interested in programming. So, I can answer quite a wide variety of questions. Don’t expect however me having a lot of “special” knowledge. There is some of that too, but quite outdated and not that interesting.
BTW, I’m not tolerant at all. I’ll block for excessive swearing and trolling without any hesitation. I’ll answer any questions I can - even if I don’t like them - as long as they are asked politely. Don’t expect to like all of the answers though.
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