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Originally posted by metalgearsolid Are Russians ever in a good mood? I was just curious because Canada seems to be a nice country, but you prefer the news that it is run by the government like in Russia? Right because they never select information that they want to be known by the people and not to be known by the people. Seems to me like you hate western lifestlye, but don't most Russians want to be more like the west. I don't know I have never been to Russia, but it seems to me like you are another Arbiter. Anyways I am into history it is one of the several reasons as to why I want to go to Russia so badly. One thing I love most about Russia is ballot it is so beautiful and amazing to know that a Russian could have actually created something like that. Well you know most countries never had a favorable opinion of Russia and Russians. Something about them not being western maybe you could clear that up for me. But I don't think you are going to reply for a while if ever. That is ok I am used to being ignored.

You mean other than the Russian women??
I know the ones that come to Toronto are absoultely CRAZY HOT

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r You mean other than the Russian women?? I know the ones that come to Toronto are absoultely CRAZY HOT

How come the ones that don't come here are hot or at least the ones I have seen.

Well, I have a very detailed knowledge about Russia. I have studied my motherland all my life, and Russia if filled with great history. I know that governments in Russia have been through the ages notorious for sensoring information. I read most of my news on the internet. And I dont BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT I READ. I compare different sources. I am not stupid, you know, even though I am 21 years old, I have went through many things and learned a lot. I have been to many places and met a lot of people. But thats a long story ... anyhow,

I miss Russia also because of its beauty. I lived large portion of my childhood in Sochi, better known as the Russian Riviera for its magnificence and beauty. I've seen so many kinds of trees, fruits, insects and animals that there are no names in english dictionary I could find for and which I didnt see in North American stores or television. Sochi is similar to Miami - beaches, palm trees, warm climate. Very clean, prosperous, beautiful. In addition to that, beautiful Caucasus mountains flank the city from north. Beautiful view, warm all year around. 20-26C in summer and about 4-8C in winter (degrees celcius). I miss the beautiful scenery. I have also been in several countries of the former Soviet Union and other places, but thats a different story.

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Here are some images of Sochi, Russia that I am fortunate to have (hard to FIND any pics of Sochi online) - I have a book that I can scan, these are some other ones:







More on next post >>>>

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View of the mountains from the city:



Other notable pictures:




Sochi has many kinds of beautiful flowers...


Below is what the north-western suburbs of Sochi look like:

City centre at night:

Market near city centre:

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid How come the ones that don't come here are hot or at least the ones I have seen.

Yea....but who moves to....Illinois?

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Those pictures look so beautiful. Post some more. So there is a lot of open space by Sochi, so like it is islolated from the rest of the world.

First of all, its not an isolated city at all. A major highway and a rail line connect the city to the rest of the county. In a suburb town of Adler there is an INTERNATIONAL airport. In Soviet times 300,000 FOREIGNERS visited the city every year. Right now its only 100,000 foreigners, plus another 2 million Russians vacation here every year. The city has strong infrastructure - in fact, Russia plans to bid for 2014 Winter Olympics for Sochi and its mountain suburb of Krasnaya Polyana. They finished builing a several kilometres long tunnel through the mountain to that suburb recently to bolster that bid to make driving there much faster.

Russian president Putin vacations here every year. He also meets some world leaders here too.

Sochi is a big city - you'll find it on a medium-sized map: population of 350,000. The city stretches for a mind-blowing 150 kilometres.

I'll put up some more pictures a bit later, right now I got a baseball game to attend to Cheers!

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Originally posted by Magnetonium I like the moral values there much better. A lot of kids my age here in Canada are very immature and under-educated, a big chunk of them are involved in "bad" activities, such as drugs, alcohol, gangs and other things. Additionally, Canadian youth tends to like: TV/reality show (example: survivor, american idol), mainstream music, (violent) video games, drugs, alcohol, etc.

Are you kidding?

Russia is one of the most corrupt places on the planet, with among the worst alcohol and sex, wanting-to-be-Western industries in existence.

I recommend you read this book:

_Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall_
by Andrew Meier.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...=glance&s=books

Moving back there might relieve you of your naviety, tho...

One of the greatest ironies of Communism and its aftermath is that it breeds individualistic, capitalist greed = massive corruption. It also fosters the environment necessary for monumental exploitation of those below one's station.

So much for the people's utopia.

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Last edited by TheNobleEu on Aug-29-2005 at 20:03

Yeah I have to agree with what noble said but I didn't want to say anything earlier. Due to the fact that I thought he already knew that. I mean you do know that Russia in the year 2003 had 10000 gun crimes or twice as higher than the year before. Also one thing I always here from Russians is that they want to be more like the west or like america. Also the average Russian drinks 11liters of vodka a year. That is seven more litlers of liquer than the second place; Poland. Btw what is wrong with violent video games you feel that they have no story? How about Metal Gear Solid that was pretty violent same with Resident Evil. Did they not have any story lines or was it all just violence? But you know maybe it is just urban russia where they are worst at and in the rural the Russians have values and have not been corrupted by western ideas.

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Originally posted by Magnetonium It's interesting that you asked me question. I am really curious as to what made you ask it, because I didnt say anything about that in my prev. posts. I have been thinking about moving back to Russia, actually. Several main reasons, actually. Why? Well ... here are some of the reasons: I like the moral values there much better. A lot of kids my age here in Canada are very immature and under-educated, a big chunk of them are involved in "bad" activities, such as drugs, alcohol, gangs and other things. Additionally, Canadian youth tends to like: TV/reality show (example: survivor, american idol), mainstream music, (violent) video games, drugs, alcohol, etc

Fuckin 'ell! Canada must have gone down hill BIG TIME if you wanna go back to Russia to escape drugs and gangs!!!

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Originally posted by George Smiley Fuckin 'ell! Canada must have gone down hill BIG TIME if you wanna go back to Russia to escape drugs and gangs!!!

lmao

Well, he did say the youth were undereducated...

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