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| * '''Why Don't Russians Smile:''' ~149 pages. https://bit.ly/2YGSAYE (Draft 9)
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| Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
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| :''— Winston Churchill, October 1939.''
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| I have never met anyone who understood Russians.
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| :''—Grand Duke Aleksandr Mikhailovich Romanov (1866–1933)''<ref>{{r}}</ref>
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| == Acknowledgements ==
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| == Table of Contents == | |
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| == Introduction - “I have never met anyone who understood Russians.” - Collectivism versus Individualism. ==
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| = Chapter 1: Russian Coconuts & American Peaches - Why don’t Russians Smile?=
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| == Why are Americans like peaches and Russians are like Coconuts? == | |
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| == Beyond Fruit - Why don’t Russians smile? == | |
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| == Immigration ==
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| == Soviet Propaganda - Americans’ smile hides deceit == | |
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| == America is the most individualistic nation in the world, whereas Russia has no word for privacy == | |
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| == Your American smile may be misinterpreted as arrogance ==
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| == Russians interpret the question of “How are you?” and strangers asking personal questions very differently than Americans ==
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| {{Russians interpret the question of “How are you?” and strangers asking personal questions very differently than Americans}}
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| = Chapter 2: Russians and Americans =
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| == Westernizers and Slavophiles ==
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| {{Westernizers and Slavophiles}}
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| = Chapter 3: Russians’ Unique Culture and Character (Social Etiquette and Expectations) =
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| ''The Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists upon being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly and extremely difficult to handle. The host never knows which side of his nature is going to turn up next.'' — Rudyard Kipling, The Man Who Was. (1900)
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| == The Russian Soul ==
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| == Collective vs. Individualist ==
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| == Pessimism - A pessimist is an informed optimist ==
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| == Russians Lie ==
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| == Verification - Trust but Verify ==
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| == Cheating in Universities ==
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| == Friends - the key to getting anything done in Russia ==
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| == The Importance of Equality ==
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| == Caution and Conservatism ==
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| == Russians Extremes and Contradictions ==
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| == 13 Time Zones - The largest country on Earth ==
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| == Russians superiority complex (Messianism) ==
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| == Russians’ rebellious spirit (completely rewrite) ==
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| == Alcoholism - Russia’s Scourge ==
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| == Nagging Wives and Girlfriends ==
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| == Time and Patience ==
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| == Communication Differences ==
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| == Language - different shades of meaning ==
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| == Russians are long winded ==
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| == Intimate touch between friends ==
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| == Etc. ==
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| = Chapter 4 - Visiting a Russian’s home =
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| == The Toast ==
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| = Chapter 5 - SEX & dating =
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| = Chapter 6 - Marrying and Divorcing a Russian – Why do Russians cheat on their spouses so much? =
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| == Women—the Stronger Sex ==
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| = Chapter 7 - Living with a Russian – Russian Home life =
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| {{At Home}}
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| == American’s infatuation with mental health ==
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| = Chapter 8 - Russians in business =
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| = Chapter 9 - Muscovites vs. “Real” Russians - What makes Russians tick? =
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| == Soviet Mentality and Russian Leadership today ==
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| == The City ==
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| = Chapter 10: Further differences between Americans & Russians =
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| = Chapter 11 - Conclusion =
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| = Further Reading and Links =
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| = Index =
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| = Footnotes =
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| = Bibliography =
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| = About the Authors =
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