by Brit Muscovite
We find it very important to know what do other people think about us. Do you agree? With this purpose I’d like to start today a new theme in this blog - attitude of russian people to different countries and nations. Before you go to Moscow, let you inform about.
Article from www.fom.ru
Czech Republic
What do Russians think about Czech Republic?
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC?
IS THE CZECH REPUBLIC FRIENDLY OR UNFRIENDLY TOWARDS RUSSA?
OPEN-ENDED QUESTION: WHAT FIRST COMES ON YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS "CZECH REPUBLIC"?
WHAT COMES INTO RUSSIANS MIND FIRST WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD "
"Czech goods": "Diesel locomotive, carriages"; "Skoda cars""; "motorcycles"; "Czech footwear used to be good – "Cebo""; "we get medicines from there"; "utensils"; "the Czech imitation jewelry, cut glass"; "the products of Czech brewers."
"Former socialist republic": "Socialist republic"; "a communist country"; "Czechoslovakia used to be Soviet."
"Historical associations": "Conflicts between the Czech Republic and Slovakia "; "it split into two parts"; "the war and conflict in Czechoslovakia"; "there was a conflict between Russia and Czechoslovakia in 1968, our troops were there"; "the Soviet Army brought them freedom from the fascists."
"Sports": "A strong team in eurhythmics"; "gold medals at the Olympic Games in Nagano"; "good hockey players – our number one competitor"; "our team won the game with them in the Olympic Games."
"Prague": "Golden Prague"; "the capital of the country is the very beautiful city of Prague – calm and quiet.""Personal associations": "I had a pen-friend, a girl from Czechoslovakia"; "my father was there during the war"; "I was there a long time ago on an excursion"; "my friend has just flown back from there"; "I work for the Czechs"; "my brother served in the army there."
"Tourism": "A touring country"; "a good place for a vacation"; "international resort in Karlovy Vary."
"Geographical position": "That is Europe"; "it is close to Russia"; "our frontiers are close"; "the mountains."
"Culture": "A little country with a high culture"; "castles, the gothic"; "beautiful architecture"; "Jaroslav Gashek – the writer"; "the singers – Karel Got, tours of Czech actors.""Rich and developed country": "The high level of the development of the former Czechoslovakia"; "it is a richer country than Russia"; "people live well there"; "economically developed country"; "stability."
"Worsening of relations with Russia": "They sold Russia short"; "the Czech Republic is guilty – they behave rigidly to us"; "they were always disaffected with Russia"; "our relations have reached their ebb"; "they harm us, for example in traveling– they introduced visas."
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