Angela Robinson3 said:I’m well aware. I’ve heard that story before. They seem particularly drawn to cities like New York. My aunt, who lives in New York, actually joined a local Russian social club there recently, so she’s constantly hanging out with them. They are quite fascinating people.
I also understand they make wonderful wives and are, for the most part, exceptionally devoted mothers. My only question is: how accessible are they to Americans once we move over there? Where exactly should one look for women like that in a place like Moscow? 😁
Well, how should I know—I don't know where everyone else goes either! Anyone who moves there alone usually ends up getting married—or rather, as they say over there, they "register." Up north, all I know about this through the news; there was a woman featured on a show called "Time to Have Babies" when she was having her fourth daughter, and let me tell you, that guy of hers is one lucky man. He’s got everything he needs, but—let's be real—that woman is way out of his league. How he found her, or how she even realized she wanted to marry him... I truly cannot fathom it.
You just have to act fast and stay sharp; it isn't like here, where people date for a hundred years and then finally have a wedding once the bride gets pregnant. 🤦 I get the impression that, generally speaking, they enter into marriages quite easily—it's all very sudden. I don't know what the statistics say, but in reality, it's glaringly obvious that many young Russian women marry young and start families immediately; you see plenty of blended families and divorcees. Just from what I can see, there are far more single mothers there than here—perhaps Russian women are so resourceful and capable in every role and profession because they carry such a massive burden on their shoulders. For Russian men, it's relatively easy to drift away—maybe they get lured off by another woman, and alcohol serves them much the same way cigarettes serve us. So, what are the women to do but fight and stay tough? Of course, that's not a universal rule—far from it—but it's noticeable, just like how here in the States, you can't help but notice that a good number of newlyweds have a baby less than nine months after signing the papers.
But again, that's Moscow—so nothing is set in stone, especially since the city is absolutely packed with immigrants from all over, most of whom arrived during the last twenty years or so. I will agree that the whole population is fascinating, particularly when you have so many different groups mixed together in one place. You'll see Americans, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Jews, Tatars... near Gorky Park, it's like a little mini Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan, or whatever else—you see folks with those distinct features and Russian-sounding names like Kim or On. Then there's a bit of Belarusians, some from the Baltic regions with names ending in -ite or -e—people whose nations I frankly doubt anyone outside of Russia has ever heard of—and, naturally, plenty of Ukrainians and Georgians. Especially the Georgians; they are masters at making themselves at home. From what I gather, Ukraine was a struggling place even before the war—like, if you accidentally ended up in a hospital, you'd better bring your own gauze and cotton—so it doesn't surprise me that they flock to Russia. As for Belarus, I imagine it's a fairly wealthy country, though if you want to talk shop with a Belarusian, you really have to watch your phrasing. Even though people in Russia call it "the Belarus," to a Belarusian, that is an insult upon insults—as far as they are concerned, their country is called Belarus, period. 😁
