Petrograd Capital

this will be the most discussed topic before the release of the film

I confess that I expected it to be worse

On 2021-02-22 at 7:44 PM, anaconda said:

We are russians. God with us.

ok, it is joke.                

We are russians. God with us.

the doom slayer!

with it u can san anything and anyone 

i don't really like consoles in general however i had a PS4 prefix in my childhood. she seemed good to me.

let him do what he wants with the flower. the main thing is to be happy!

1 minute ago, Jeric said:

It’s going back to the wheel that many people preferred. 

me and some users are against this innovation but apparently it will have to be accepted. thanks for the answer. 

3 minutes ago, Jeric said:

You can still see it. It just takes an extra step. 

well, what's the point to reinvent the wheel?

45 minutes ago, Jeric said:

@anaconda I split your complaint regarding the change in tabs/drop downs from the Friend System and merged them here. Is there something specific in the Activity page that makes you prefer it first? 

it's practical. you can see absolutely all recent activity from the user: messages and other. much easier to search for any kind of message. for example, it is more important than ever to me as a person doing this. the page "about me" is confusing, especially for those who have been on the forum for a long time and in fact does not make sense. that is all. 

Return activity to the first page. Let's talk why and why.

I spoke with a lot of forum users. I will say this: many are perplexed by the innovation of "Friends System". By the way, the function is not bad. However this is at least not convenient for me as well as for other users. In order not to gossip, I decided to ask the opinion of users who can also express it in this thread. People, for the most part, go to the profile to view the activity, not its description. 

* What don’t you find comfortable about it? — It's simple. It is not comfortable.

can i ask a question? this system is due to the fact that now, when entering the profile, you can immediately see the "about us". it is not comfortable. 

undecided, will wait and see !

I see no reason to worry, really. However, I believe that this may be the second failure...the studio that gave us Pony Life is in a hurry to create G5 for us. 

So let is wait and watch.

so easy. it is gadzila.

sure because this is sherbie-kun 

I will add a few words

(background anthem) we have talked relatively enough about russia but i think that i should talk about our history, which, well, very few people know, not only outside russia, but also in russia itself. i will still be pleased to answer your questions about my motherland.

1991 year — " First of all, it should be recognized that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the largest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. For the Russian people, it has become a real drama. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and compatriots found themselves outside the Russian territory. The epidemic of disintegration also spread to Russia itself " - 2th president of russia - vladimir putin.

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. already the president of the ussr mikhail gorbachev signs a declaration on the termination of the existence of the ussr. at present, there is no single assessment and comprehensive analysis of the reasons that led to the collapse of the ussr. proclamation of sovereignty by the republics of the ussr: russia, ukraine, estonia, lithuania, latvia, azerbaijan, georgia, belarus, turkmenistan, armenia, tajikistan, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan.

1993 — this date is familiar to every russian historian. i decided to highlight it because the americans call it the year of the construction of democracy in russia. we have built a democracy with blood, with the blood of at least 157 people. september 21 - october 4, 1993, moscow, shelling of the white house.

" 

The day after the storming of the Supreme Soviet, the Constitutional Court issued a statement that it resigned from its function of checking the constitutionality of normative acts and international treaties of the Russian Federation.

After the end of the events, by decree of Boris Yeltsin, October 7 was declared the Day of Mourning.

The investigation of the events was not completed, the investigation team was disbanded after in February 1994 the State Duma adopted a decision on amnesty for those who participated in the events of September 21 - October 4, 1993, related to the issuance of Decree No. 1400, and opposed its implementation. regardless of the qualification of actions under the articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR [150]. As a result, society still does not have unambiguous answers to a number of key questions about the tragic events that took place - in particular, about the role of political leaders who spoke on both sides, about the identity of snipers who shot at civilians and police officers, the actions of provocateurs, about who is to blame for the tragic outcome. There are only versions of participants and eyewitnesses of the events, an investigator of a disbanded investigation group, publicists and a commission of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, headed by the communist Tatyana Astrakhankina, who came to Moscow from Rzhev at the end of September 1993 to protect the House of Soviets, which party comrades, in particular Alexey Podberezkin, called "Orthodox".

In accordance with the new Constitution, adopted by popular vote on December 12, 1993 and in force with some changes until January 15, 2020, the President of the Russian Federation received significantly broader powers than under the Constitution of 1978 in force at that time (with amendments 1989-1992) ... The post of vice-president of the Russian Federation was eliminated. "

1999 year — Putin's Russia. i see no reason to write something else here because many people know what happened at that time and how. however, few people know, but putin, before becoming president, was the director of the fsb (in america, this is the fbi).

11 minutes ago, PCutter said:

Look I may listen to a lot of the classic music composed there, but I still cannot believe or understand why both sides would be interested in learning from each other when they already hate each other so much, especially after everything that's happened the past month. And not just government hating government but also people hating people, not necessarily between Russia and US, even down to tourists who just want to visit or foreign businesspeople doing their business with no political agenda.

I honestly haven't any idea of what you're saying. For the record, I am neither American nor have I lived in the States. 

 

why should we not love americans? we are all humans. in my life, I have never seen bias towards tourists. I saw only interest and a warm welcome.

47 minutes ago, PCutter said:

Politics and Putin aside, may I please mention:

the homophobia?

the racism?

the xenophobic displays a local citizen will show towards even tourists?

And the US is no better even if it is trying to heal. You just can't trust either case, and you're not welcome wherever you go.

i will answer in order:

homophobia and racism. there is almost no racism in russia at all, only in relation to the inhabitants of north asia. there is homophobia. 70% of russians are homophobes.

on account of the bias towards tourists. in russia every third person knows english, almost all russians will be interested in learning about life in the West, many russians want to move there. so the welcome will be warm. 

волнения из-за того что ты с Америки очень спорные. я бы не волновался на этот счет. русским всегда интересно общаться с кем-то новым. такие уж мы люди. — *the excitement that you are from america is very controversial. I wouldn't worry about that. russians are always interested in communicating with someone new. that is how we are people.

23 minutes ago, PCutter said:

Practically nothing.

My mom insists that we go visit, but I'm still scared that we'll be treated like the enemy when we step off the plane simply because of how we look.

why do you think so? i met many americans who flew to russia for exchange. they were welcome.

5 hours ago, Envy said:

I can not think of any cultural circumstance that justifies finding same-sex marriage to be immoral/wrong.

however, in russia they are prohibited and punishable by criminal liability. i personally think that russia is missing a lot of things but in fact, not everything is so bad.

5 hours ago, Envy said:

My memory on this is a little foggy, but from what I remember, during the 20th century the political climate and leaders were really hostile toward composers, such as Shostakovich. Also, I remembered something earlier from my world music class (thankfully I have stuff still saved from that class, so I was able to get details outside of my memory): In 1648, Czar Alexis I of Russia straight-up banned the use of musical instruments. I'm not sure how long that lasted, but that's pretty horrible. Not that other nations didn't experience oppression toward music.

It's just... when I think of Russia and music history these are the things I think of, sadly.

i understood what you mean, i will explain right now. in soviet times, in addition to the usual revolution, there was also a cultural revolution the so-called personality "Cult of Stalin" and repression. the soviet union raised new people on the ideas of marxism and classical leninism. MOST imperial art was censored, much prohibited...especially related to religion. after the fall of the soviet regime, all censorship was removed and since then all temporary arts are supported by our government. the soviet union devoted itself to 10 years of recovery (two five-year plans) - working plans for the restoration of russia and the re-education of society. then it was not strange and only helped to strengthen the soviet union. the historical truth is that the soviet union was planning an attack on the german reich in 1942. operation "Thunderstorm". during the two wars (world war II and the cold war), it was far from art. our people were raised to die for ideas, not appreciating art in its full glory but this is different from the ideas of fascism and the japanese empire.

3 minutes ago, IronM17 said:

I know a lot of russian dishes because a friend of me is from russia. But I have a big problem to remember the names of them. I know pelmeni and there is a salad which is called Mimosa when I am not wrong. My favorite russian drink is btw. kvass. 

mimosa? wow. we are sitting with my friend from ukraine, talking, trying to understand what it is

that is what the indigenous people mean 

17 minutes ago, Envy said:

As having been raised in conservative Southern USA and how I was taught, I have certainly come under the impression that Russia is a very troubled nation and has been throughout all of modern history. TBH, I don't know much about Russia before then. But I have certainly been led to believe I'm glad I wasn't born there. Now the climate of it seems pretty neat and the architecture is really unique. Igor Stravinsky is also of Russian origin, and his music is awesome. But even the music of Russia has been squandered by the Russian government a number of times.

Setting that all aside, I know one thing for sure: As a lesbian and a strong advocate for LGBT rights and acceptance, Russia as it is is a no-no for me.

life in the cis countries is very different from your sweet life in the usa. people do not live with us, they survive. for gay marriage, this is the most immoral and wrong. i personally have nothing against lgbt because i am a libertarian. 

" But even the music of Russia has been squandered by the Russian government a number of times. " — can be more? classical music in russia (opera) has always been and will be the main gold standard of music. i am one of those who love her. you listen to billie eilish, we have a morgenstern — everyone has it. music was never choked by our government, but only supported.

i am also a southerner, but from russia. 

" now the climate here seems to be quite clean and the architecture is really unique. " — the architecture is unique, the climate is far from it. in the center of st. petersburg knee-deep snow...

8 minutes ago, Nori984 said:

I think Russia is pretty cool. Cyrillic alphabet looks dope.  I do like they have more cultural autonomy. You can afford such things if you have a lot of nukes.

I hope they stepped up the car making game since the old Lada 1200-1500 and Lada Samaras. Those weren't a marvel of engineering.

lada has always been and will be disgusting cars — the fact. i will not argue about cultural autonomy. 

6 minutes ago, Partialgeek514 said:

I think @Lucid_Nightlight answered your question pretty well. Probably better than I could, since although I'm living in the US for school right now, I'm actually from Canada. The diet there isn't too much different than the US though. Just a few different foods available there, like all dressed and ketchup chips.  Are there any unique Russian snack foods?

ketchup chips? first time i hear about such. never met.

there is no diet in the whole world! i don't remember all our unique dishes except borscht 

although while writing this message i remembered something else: russian dumplings (pelmeni), pancakes, a huge variety of salads (olivier salad, vinaigrette, pickled cucumbers in jars, jam in jars, RUSSIAN marshmallow, headcheese and my favorite — kvass) - the traditional russian eat.

i really love canada due to its nature and kinds...second largest country and the climate is like in russia 

12 hours ago, Kyoshi said:

A place of homophobia and suppression, though also an unfair punching bag by the US (The US has countless problems and thus has no room to talk). Russia is such a mixed bag in my view. They have such a rich culture in their history, like many places in Europe and Asia and the absolute behemoth size of the country is fascinating as well, but I also cannot overlook their methods of suppression of their own people. It is indeed a clusterbuck of clusterbuckness. 

One thing I can say for sure is that Russia, of course the USSR at the time, does not get enough credit for their part in World War 2. The US will stroke its ego for eternity on the subject and while every place made sacrifices, none lost more than Russia. They lost at least 22 million people, this includes soldiers and civilians. That is a low estimate by the way. They lost all this life while their homeland was directly assaulted and assaulted hard. For contrast, the US lost 500,000 soldiers and almost no civilian lives whatsoever and was never attacked at its mainland, with the exception of Pearl Harbor but that was by the Japanese and primarily against ships. Many places, the US especially, like to use how much they lost as a measuring stick of their performance in a war. Well, Russia lost more than anyone else by far in WW2 and they still fought on to victory. I simply must respect that. 

didn't see ur message right away. let's talk. the struggle for international influence between russia and the united states has been going on since the days of the cold war even after the collapse. alexey navalny is a true russian clown but actions towards him are funny to tears. the russian people really understand very well that their opinion, especially in the elections, is far from being taken into account. potential opposition is recognized as traitors by the state and goes to jail. russia is indisputably an authoritarian state that is not yet ready for democracy. we russians ask ourselves the question when going to the polls - who if not putin? alexey navalny?; vladimir zhirinovsky striving to unleash a war with nato & usa? — no, thanks. 

the losses of russians in the second world can never be replenished. russia, like many other powers, paid the price for this war.