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Posted by: Khashyar

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to receive your thoughts and ideas about what articles that we should commission from writers in Russia for the Russian Meeting Place website...

We are going to use the donation funds that you have generously given to hire some writers in Russia to write articles and essays that would be helpful to our website visitors, friends, and guests... We appreciate the donations that were given because they allow us to bring more information and articles about Russia and Russian culture to others...

Please feel free to post your article and essay suggestions here...

Here are some of my thoughts about essay and article topics:

-Attitudes about Russian Women as shown in Russian Fairy Tales

-The History of Russian Women in Russia

-Russian Holiday Traditions

-Life in Russia Today

-Cultural Differences Between Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians

-An average Russian person's view of the West and life there...

-Why Russian Women Want to move to the West...

-A young woman's feeling about growing up in Russia

-Dating and Romance amongst Russian Teenagers

-How Russians See America

-The Importance of Vodka in Russian Culture and Society

-What is the "Russian Soul"?

-Tips and Suggestions about how a Western man should write to adn communicate with a Russian woman

-What Russian grandmothers think about the Russian-Western dating phenomenon

-The Importance and Role of the Russian Family in Russia

-Gift-Giving Customs in Russia

-Why Russian Women are Interested in Dating Western Men

-What Russian Men Think about Russian Women Dating Western Men

-Love (what does "love" mean in Russian Culture: Russian Cultural Beliefs about "Love")

-Taboos in Russian Culture (customs, and what you should and should not do)

-Beliefs about Russian Family (from the perspective of different members of a Russian family)

-History, Customs, and Importance of the Russian Banya (Steam Suana)

-The Russian Dacha (country house) and it's importance to family and Russian Culture

-What an average teenage Russian does for entertainment and fun on weekends

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Pelase feel free to add your thoughts and ideas about more articles and essays...

Khashyar

Posted by: zulu

I Think it's a great idea that you are building up the site with new articles. There is a glut of websites that keep repeating the same old stuff again and again.

I know that what I am suggesting here is not exactly a new idea, but I think that there is not enough information available on how couples have got on, once they got married and "she" came over.

I have seen a few posts on the website by members who have married and brought their brides over. I would be really interested in the opinions of these couples over a period of time to see how the women settled in and how the relationship fared.

Most of the articles I have seen cover only a short period, it would really be interesting to see how couples fared over a period of time, the kind of adjustments they have made (other than the usual adjustments they would have to make in a marriage).

Posted by: Jill

Building on Zulu's idea: maybe some more practical information/advice on moving to the US. Not just the cultural stuff, but more along the lines of job placement, employment options, qualifications, FSU education and how it transfers (or, more often than not, does NOT transfer) into US universities and equivalent degrees. HOw does a newly arrived immigrant find his/her first job and what should he/she expect? And how do they provide references to future employers when their previous employers are located inthe FSU and generally don't speak English? That's an article I would definitely read. Frankly, some of these other topics seem rather naive, if not simply clicheed.

Posted by: Khashyar

Thanks for the feedback,

As far as employment adjustment issues and topic of that kind, perhaps it would be good to interview a job placement counselor and post an interview/ article based on that interview.

As far as the list of the other article ideas that I posted in the top of the thread, I compiled a list of articles that I thought many people would be interested in and that would provide useful and wanted information.

My aim in providing more articles for others is to help them with information that they want and that would help them.

In my opinion, if some of the topic ideas are ones that have been written about before, providing a different perspective about those topics can be of use to others.

Khashyar

Posted by: Khashyar

Hi Everyone,

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day.

I would like to write our Mogilev Office Coordinator/ Manager (Masha) about which articles and essays that she should commission from Russian writers so that we can post them on the Russian Meeting Place website...

I have thought about a couple of interview surveys that could be interesting and hopefully useful to others:

1) A survey of women in Russia which asks them 5 questions or so, and then we could post and group all of their answers in 5 answer sections in an article.

2) I also thought about doing the same thing with Russian grandmothers

(asking them 5 intersting questions, and then posting their responses)

3) I would also like to send a survey to married Russian-Western couples who live in the U.S., and post their answers anonymously so that we could learn about life as a R-W married couple.

4) Fourthly, perhaps we could also interview and post anonymous answers of Russian women who have already lived in the West...

Khashyar