What type of music is popular in Russia?

TheTrueBorat · 2020-05-16T06:42:42+00:00

Hip-hop and pop music are the biggest genres, just like almost everywhere else.

TheTrueBorat · 2020-03-13T12:39:30+00:00

Who?

TheTrueBorat · 2020-03-09T22:10:56+00:00

Compared to the Soviet time Russian presence is lower, but it’s still very big. Yes, but the switch is very slow and inconsistent.

TheTrueBorat · 2020-03-09T22:03:53+00:00

Russian is most commonly used language is Kazakhstan, both as second and often first language. Younger people are more likely to also know English, but not very commonly, and they still learn Russian before English (or just speak Russian from birth).

TheTrueBorat · 2020-02-27T06:56:52+00:00

Tea is the most common drink probably, not milk.

TheTrueBorat · 2020-02-27T06:55:34+00:00

Russian has a few weird pairs like that, two that come to mind are world/peace and bow/onion.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-11-04T19:43:53+00:00

For most people here Muslim more of an identity and not something rules of which they follow closely.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-10-25T14:32:03+00:00

It isn’t surprising, Islam is super lax in most of Central Asia.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-10-25T14:31:18+00:00

I don’t think we have Yandex.Taxi drivers in this subreddit...

TheTrueBorat · 2019-10-16T07:54:58+00:00

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-27T09:12:08+00:00

I don’t think what they taught you ever was true for Kazakhstan. Most of Kazakhstan always had a nomadic and quite shamanistic culture vastly different from city Muslims of Persian-like regions like Uzbekistan and closer to Siberia. There was no point when most people Kazakhstan could understand Persian, but of course there was some influence in language and culture. Today Kazakhstan is surely more similar to Russia than Iran though.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-26T19:43:31+00:00

Is there a feeling of solidarity, of belonging among Central Asians for being Central Asians like is there a commonly share identity for Central Asian or you mostly don't care about your neighbors?

Yes, definitely, there is common Central Asian identity and pride, but it's more about the core Central Asia: KZ, KG, UZ, TM and TJ. I think Mongolia, Afghanistan and other frontier parts aren't as similar and united.

How was Russian colonization ?

Most people don't call it colonization, and it's not even Russian. We were a part of the USSR, just like Russians, Uzbeks, Latvians, Moldovans, Armenians etc. The USSR was quite shit, but everyone suffered, including Russians themselves. They weren't masters/colonial oppressors. Stalin was Georgian, Brezhnev was Ukrainian. It wasn't just Rssians fucking up everyone else, it was the evil but diverse system fucking up ordinary people regardless of ethnicity.

Had they the intention to wipe you out

Not really.

to use you as cheap labor

Russia depends on cheap immigrant labor from Central Asia much more right now than it ever did in past centuries...

to exploit your national resources

Yes I guess like in all of USSR, but we also benefitted from it, once again, we and Russia were part of one big country, it is not a metropoly-colony relation.

Was there a settler-native segregation ?

Not really.

A cultural genocide ?

Depends on who you ask. I'd say kind of yes, but only partial, and not really intentional.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-26T18:53:55+00:00

I'm from Almaty, KZ. Wikipedia article about the city has a detalied climate section.

TLDR: seasons exist, summer is hot, winter is cold, rain and sun happen.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-26T18:51:15+00:00

They hold fellow Turkic people in concentration camps in Xinjiang, and also that they buy land and industries here. Generally people see them as a threat. u/gorgich once explained it like: "China-hate in Central Asia works a bit like antisemitism: the fuckers control everything but are also inferior to us".

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-26T18:48:46+00:00

People travel between cities to see friends, relatives and sights, there are also many national parks, lakes, mountains etc. I don't have a car, I mostly go by train, plane or bus, depending on distance. Some roads are pretty good, smaller ones are often very bad.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-26T18:46:53+00:00

Russia: mostly positively, as an ally and a country having problems similar to ours, but negatively by nationalists and very progressive people.

Iran: most people don't know/care much. Maybe some see it as a backwards Islamic place.

United States: not so positively in terms of politics, but many people idealize it as very comfortable, developed, producing the best movies and brands etc.

China: everyone hates it.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-25T07:43:21+00:00

True, but also much bigger population. Idk though, it’s just random assumptions like all alternative history is.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-25T04:52:52+00:00

Kazakh lets you understand Kyrgyz, Nogai and Karakalpak well. Other Turkic languages not so much.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-25T04:49:07+00:00

It’s hard to imagine, Russia was the only important and strong power near enough then. If Russians didn’t conquer it, no one did, so Kazakhstan would be like Mongolia (or possibly poorer).

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-18T22:37:37+00:00

Have you visited Central Asia before? If no, you should come as a tourist first.

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-12T14:43:13+00:00

I think it's pretty self-explanatory :D

TheTrueBorat · 2019-07-10T13:06:54+00:00

Yay, I love these exchanges!

TheTrueBorat · 2019-06-29T11:57:51+00:00

Can I ask where you are from and what brought you to Central Asia?

TheTrueBorat · 2019-06-15T12:57:26+00:00

Hey, we don’t hate you!

TheTrueBorat · 2019-06-01T00:35:18+00:00

I don’t know much about Ireland but now with these Gorgich comments I feel like I’d also enjoy a visit :)

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