The Russian Soul (Why I Made This Channel)

Do Russians have souls? Mainstream American culture says "no." According to Hollywood movies, Russians are villains. According to the news, Russians are hackers and interlopers. We believe that Americans fixate on Russian politics and overlook the true heart and soul of Russia: its culture.

We didn't want to wait around for US-Russia relations to improve on their own, so we created this channel to promote Russian culture. We believe that understanding can turn strangers into friends...and friends are less likely to turn into enemies when conflict inevitably arises.

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Attributions
- "Once Again" by Benjamin Tissot (Bensound)

CC-BY-SA image courtesy of Eugene Zelenko @ Wikimedia Commons

- "Matryoshka Dolls"
CC-BY-SA image courtesy of Stephen Edmonds on Wikimedia Commons

- "Hollywood stereotypes: Why are Russians the bad guys?"
By Tom Brook, published by BBC Culture on 5 November 2014

CC-BY-SA image courtesy of FutureTrillionaire and Seryo93 on Wikimedia Commons

CC-BY image courtesy of tomislavmedak on Flickr (via Wikimedia Commons)

CC-BY-SA image courtesy of Hank Gillette on Wikimedia Commons

CC-BY image courtesy of Valters Krontals on Flickr (via Wikimedia Commons)

- "Kvas"
CC-BY-SA image courtesy of monsieuricon via Flickr

All other works believed to be under the Fair Use Doctrine or in the public domain.

[azucardiez]

Just became your 51st (or 50th??) subscriber and hoped that you would upload soon...😂 You're so funny and cute!! <3

[JonathanFiloteo]

You are right that’s why I found your channel and I want to know more about the Russian culture ❤️

[diegodelperu]

Good video and good intention 😊
People culture is maybe different but all love and want to be beloved 🌷
We must separate politics goverment from people.
Russian is a fonetical language, i mean the way you write is same the way you pronounce. For this reason russian names are very easy and good for us the hispanic people :)
Let's do the prove: write in google translate "Marina and Víctor" en russian, and translate to spanish. Listen both and surprise 😊

For example also compare the words: and, I (me), you, sea, soldier, etc, etc.

[Enafa]

Hopes and dreams and unpronounceable names😂
Sorry to my Russian brothers and sisters with unpronounceable names😂😂😂😂😂