Comments on: Is The Russian Tradition «идти в гости» Dying? http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/ Language and Culture of the Russian-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lois Thorpe http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Lois Thorpe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:35:59 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/#comment-407 It would be a sad day if this tradition completely dies. When you идти в гости, you get to spend hours and hours just talking and learning about life, I think. I have learned more about people this way than any other way in the 6 years I have lived in Ukraine. While it's not Russia, traditions like that are similar here. And it's true that in Kyiv it is less likely to happen than in outlying areas of the country. It would be a sad day if this tradition completely dies. When you идти в гости, you get to spend hours and hours just talking and learning about life, I think. I have learned more about people this way than any other way in the 6 years I have lived in Ukraine. While it’s not Russia, traditions like that are similar here. And it’s true that in Kyiv it is less likely to happen than in outlying areas of the country.

]]> By: Kris http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Kris Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:41:52 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/#comment-406 After reading that article, I felt a pang of regret and nostalgia. I lived for a year in a town in Siberia, and in that place the tradition of "идти в гости" was alive and well. Some of my favourite experiences took place as a result of this tradition. Apart from the opportunity to glimpse real Russian life from the point of view of an outsider, this beautiful tradition summarises what I love about Russian culture - the willingness of people to allow others into their personal lives, their real personal lives. Apart from taking great pains to ensure that guests are treated to wonderful feasts, I found that the Russian people felt the need to put on astonishingly little pomp and ceremony, allowing others into their private and personal lives with what one could almost term a child-like innocence. To hear that the younger generation in Moscow and other urban centres no longer feel comfortable either to visit as a guest or to receive visitors as guests represents in my mind a tragic loss of a beautiful aspect of Russian culture. After reading that article, I felt a pang of regret and nostalgia. I lived for a year in a town in Siberia, and in that place the tradition of “идти в гости” was alive and well. Some of my favourite experiences took place as a result of this tradition. Apart from the opportunity to glimpse real Russian life from the point of view of an outsider, this beautiful tradition summarises what I love about Russian culture – the willingness of people to allow others into their personal lives, their real personal lives. Apart from taking great pains to ensure that guests are treated to wonderful feasts, I found that the Russian people felt the need to put on astonishingly little pomp and ceremony, allowing others into their private and personal lives with what one could almost term a child-like innocence.

To hear that the younger generation in Moscow and other urban centres no longer feel comfortable either to visit as a guest or to receive visitors as guests represents in my mind a tragic loss of a beautiful aspect of Russian culture.

]]> By: alexey http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-405 alexey Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:54:39 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/#comment-405 Let it die! If someone would kill Russian drinking tradition, now that would be a big deal. Let it die! If someone would kill Russian drinking tradition, now that would be a big deal.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Mike G Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:16 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/is-the-russian-tradition-%c2%ab%d0%b8%d0%b4%d1%82%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8%c2%bb-dying/#comment-404 I can only wish that I someday live in a place where people meet with each other for reasons other than money, sex or power (I live in the elite northeast US). I can only wish that I someday live in a place where people meet with each other for reasons other than money, sex or power (I live in the elite northeast US).

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