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RUSSIAN BELIEF SYSTEMS
Most Russians of adult age were raised under the Soviet educational
system. My wife has described much of it to me. When it comes to
daydreaming, talking in class, tardiness, and homework excuses, there
really were not many differences between Russia and America.
Russian students addressed the teacher in the Russian Patronymic,
rather than Mister and the last name. In Russia, your middle name is a
patronymic of your father’s name. If you are a boy, the patronymic
would be your father’s name with ‘ovich’ at the end.
If you are a girl, the patronymic would be your father’s name with ‘ovna’ at the end.
My wife’s name is Aksana. Her father’s name is Vadim. Her name is
therefore Aksana Vadimovna. My patronymic is John Donaldovich. Pretty
simple.
Essentially it identifies her as Vadim’s daughter, Aksana, and me as Donald’s son, John.
Russian Patronymic
The school tried to enroll children to join the Communist party. They
did a big sales job on them. They tried to portray it like they were
joining the 4H Club or Cub Scouts.
Not many people joined. Yeah, some of the members of the Communist
Party got ahead in life, but a lot more of them disappeared when they
somehow fell out of favor. It was better to keep a low profile if you
wanted to survive.
They gave out buttons with Lenin’s picture on them that you could wear
on your shirt or sweater when you did something good. Lenin was
portrayed as a warm, grandfatherly type guy – kind of a combination of
George Washington and Santa Claus.
Despite the indoctrination, only one per cent of the Russian people joined the Communist Party.
by John Kunkle
John has been married to a Russian women for over five years. He has travelled the path from finding her, to traveling to Russia, to bring his wife to America, and adjusting to married life. He will show you step by step how to do this yourself.
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