1. You had to share a room until you were 21.
2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.
3. You are standing next to the two largest suitcases at the airport.
4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party – and think it s normal.
5. All your children have nicknames, which sound nowhere close to their real names.
6. You know someone with 20 kids
7. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone’s house.
8. You can fit 10 people into a civic
9. Your parents never throw anything away and if you by some chance manage to get something to make it to the garbage can… it mysteriously appears back where it was again.
10. You have lace curtains.
11. You have lace tablecloths.
12. You have or had rugs on your walls.
13. Your mom tells you you’re too skinny even though your 30 pounds overweight.
14. Girls can t have boyfriends when they are 17 but they have to be married at 18.
15. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think but they won’t let you do certain things because of what other ‘brat’ya’ and ’sestri’ will think.
16. You or your relatives have at least five gold teeth in their mouth.
17. Either you or 40 of your relatives drive a civic, eclipse, camry, bmw or accord.
18. Your car windows are tinted twice the legal limit.
19. Going over 100 mph is routine.
20. You’re driving on 2 tickets and don’t remember what your license looks like.
21. You’ve been driving without a license for 2 years.
22. You say “lets meet at 9″, you actually mean “I’ll wake up at 9, take a shower, eat, watch tv and meet you at 12″.
23. You stand around in circles of friends for an hour deciding what to do.
24. After leaving a restaurant, it actually means you’re going outside to the parking lot to talk for another hour.
25. Your uncle/dad fixes cars from the auction.
26. You drive a car bought from an auction. (which u will later sell and make a hefty profit off of unsuspecting American buyers).
27. You know your a new Russian immigrant if you wear church shoes with jeans, shorts, or slacks… while playing volleyball.
28. You know you are a new Russian immigrant if you tuck your shirt in your shorts.
29. At least 5 of your relatives are named Volodia, Yura, Olya, Oksana, Nataliya or Tanya
30. All of your CDs are burned, or u bought them at a Bazar for 2 bucks a piece.
31. You can make Perogis in 18 different flavors.
32. You get kicked out of every go kart, theme park, and anything potentially dangerous.
33. When you work at construction site.
34. You have five leather jackets and matching gloves.
35. You keep your stash of cash under your mattress instead of a savings account.
36. Twelve of your friends get into a movie with only one ticket.
37. Your house is full of foreign medicine that is probably illegal here.
38. You sing at every party you go to.
39. Your mom recycles plastic cups and plastic plates, and sandwich bags by washing them.
40. You don t know how to use a dishwasher.
41. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
42. Your dad has butchered a pig or lamb.
43. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.
44. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils.
45. You eat bread with everything.

  • some of the things are kinda funny and true but the rest you just pulled out of your ass!!
  • you know you're russian when you eat caviar at least once a week. :P
  • OMG!! Can't stop laughing! I'm beginning to think some of these are inherited!
    My mom died young and I didn't realize they were Russian until recently.
    Over half of it fits me. I've been kicked off of more go cart tracks than I care to admit. Hey, if they don't want you to drive that fast then why make carts that will?
    It's also been predicted that I will be late for my own funeral.
    And damn! No wonder I'm cheap, I've got all that Russian mixed with my dad's Scottish side! I avoid one store because their orange bags clash with my colors and wastebaskets. I've never shared movie tickets but I'll sneak enough junk food in my purse to feed an army.
    Is cod live oil a Russian thing? Grandma forced me to drink it, saying I was too skinny and weak looking. LOL
  • alinamalina
    Roses are red

    russians are hot

    thats my race

    so don't put it down!!

    My russian pride

    I will not hide

    My russian race

    I will not disgrace

    My russian blood

    flows hot & true

    My russian peeps

    I will stand by you

    thru thick & thin

    till the day we die

    Our russian flag

    Always stands high

    I yell this poem

    Louder than all the rest.

    cuz every 1 knows

    russian ARE THE BEST!!!

    russian Pride in my mind

    russian BLOOD is my kind

    So step aside and let me through

    Cuz its all about the russian crew

    Life sucks and then u die

    but if your russian

    You die with good a$$ pride!!!!
  • veronika
    i know how to use electronics,my dad has never killed an animal,i can spell but just dont want to , and finally i dont eat bread with everything.


    very funny
  • Merevesi
    Half of the items have NOTHING whatsoever to do with typical Russians. Wherever they may have come from eludes me.
  • Clay
    im like 1/6 russian, but a lot of this applies to me. i love fried potatoes, cant through anything away, and is it just a coincidence that i own 3 adidas jogging suits?
  • heidinuke
    russian are gay. go back too your own country! this is america bitch. suukaa;
  • cicero
    Wow, such an intellectual with such a strong sense of identity :)
  • Anuyta
    here are some more. You know you're Russian when:
    1 Showing up to someone's house without food is a criminal offence.
    2 When your room gets messy and your mom looks and she skaking her head and saying "ti devochka"
    3 when a shirt is low cut (barley even showing any cleavage, if evn that) and your mom screming her head off that your breasts are out for the whole world to see, and what would the pastor say.
    4 when two Russian ladies kiss each other in the custom way (onthe lips) an you don't evn blink cause that's prtty normal to you.
    5 when you know more than six people with hondas
    6 when at least one of your uncle's own a car shop.
    7 when all the teachers that had one of your brothers or sisters had see your name, go pale, and immedietly set you off to a cornor alone.
    8 when you have a cousin that you can call if you need someone "taken care of."
    9 when you walk into church and at least 3 of the ladies smell like toushina kapusta
    10 when your 15 year old sister can hold more alchohal than a normal sized man.
    11 when the principal knows your name, your mom's name, your dads nme, and maybe even you brother's or sister name by the end of the year.
    12 when you're a 12 year old girl and you've been in the vice principal's office for supposedly beating up a 14 year old guy for calling you a stupid Russian
  • Nastya
    The principals knew my parents' and my names by the end of the first MONTH!)))
  • Anuyta
    lol so much of these are creapily correct.... :D I had a yes for over30 of them.. not sure if that's a good thing.
  • Francisca
    This is stereotypical yet hilarious,
    I come from F.O.B. Russian parents who have been here for like 25 years...
    Yet, my mom got her first blackberry a year ago and both my parents cant use a laptop for their lives(unless it's my dad using it for Solitaire)
    My parents are so bad with electronics that we have a live-in nanny/housekeeper(who's Russian might I add and doesn't speak any English) that does all the work.
    Of course my parents are still paranoid like none other(i.e. I wanted to go out once to the Gay Parade in West Hollywood for Halloween and my dad and mom said that I would get raped by a gay man, most likely a lesbian because I'm a girl...)
    But, my parents are pretty white-washed due to the area we live in(Beverly Hills) for Russians,
    I'm thankful that my mom isn't one of those "Juicy Couture Velour Sweatsuit Russians" but a classy Chanel woman,
    and my dad?
    Quite the dapper fellow in his designer duds,
    Thank G-d for money
    (ya, I'm a well educated JEWISH Russian)
  • GRI33LY
    WOW, I agree with every fact.
    I would like to add a few.

    46. You snack on sunflower seeds in public places (movies)
    47. You take photos next to expensive cars placing your foot or hand on it to make it look like it's yours.
    48. You build the biggest and most expensive house in the neighborhood of mobile homes.
    49. You shop at Costco because of their flexible return policy.
    50. You return furniture to Costco two years later.
  • galochka
    What are you talking about people...? The gold teeth one is true, that is how it went down 25 years ago in Russia. Not so much on the 20 kids thing, I don't know anyone like that, but many only have 1 kid. Construction not so much. Reusing plastic utensils and such, only if you're a fresh off the boat Russian maybe. Americans reuse plastic bags for garbage too. Mmmmm bread and fried potatoes....
  • mishka858619
    Here is a new list
    15 years post immigration… You Know You Are Russian Immigrant in AMERICA When …last 5-10 years
    1. You waited 8 years to apply for your citizenship…saying why do I need it I have a green card
    2. You are ashamed / conflict within yourself to buy fake designer clothes / watches
    3. You have a friend / relative who was arrested for Medical Insurance Fraud
    4. You go on All-Inclusive vacations or cruises 3 times a year
    6. Your kids don’t speak English until they start first grade.
    7. A work, you just communicate with your friends via email and/or forward chain emails.
    8. Vodka of choice must be more than $25 (Grey Goose, Kettle One, etc). Absolute is now cheap shit, prosto inagda na picnike mozhna.
    9. Your weekday entertainment is watching Ruskie seriali.
    10. You play soccer when you’re 40, but still end up arguing like a retard more than playing.
    11. You were addicted to odnoklassniki.ru for at least a month.
    12. You sometimes buy organic food and pretend like you feel a difference.
    13. Doctor does not let you give water to your babies and you think stupid Amerikantsi.
    14. You end up moving out of the Russian neighborhood to Northern suburs
    15. Your grandparents / parents eventually move out of the Russian neighborhood and end up living in a luxury apartment (better than your condo/house) complex thru a low-income program
    16. You know at least 5 Russians who own some kind of a AC/HEATING/APPLIANCE maintenance business.
    17. Writing Russian in English letters becomes second nature, and words like “Accident” and “Poshopalis” are in everyday convesation
  • GRI33LY
    Dude, good observation. I would bet you've lived here more than 15 years))) F.O.Bs just wouldn't notice these things))
  • Vovah
    Haha. wow it is mostly true, except i dont know anyone with 20 kids.. my grandma had 18!!

    VIKA that is close enough!!!
  • Nastya
    Pfft, only 19 of these *aren't* true for me or my parents. I think we have more of our dishes in the refrigerator than the cabinet.
  • ProudRussian
    ok..this is all mostly true..exept the part about keeping a stash of cash under the mattress..thats soo not true..russians are much more modern than that..exept those really poor ones in Russia..
    shoes off in the house? thats common sence..why would you wanna clean your floors twice as much..?
    Americans dont understand it 'cause they dont care if ther house is dirty or not..but personally, i hate the feeling i get when my room is dirty...so i keep it clean!
    Russians are really unique..im Russian, & im really proud of it!! :)


    ..Russian Pride...You have to be one to understand.. :)
    ..Love being Russian..
  • My grandma was such a clean freak that people said you could eat food off her floors.
  • GRI33LY
    I would like to know what makes russians unique?
    Many Russians are obnoxious, rude, ignorant, stubborn, and most of all CHEAPSKATES. Is that what you're proud of?
  • well americans are fat asses! rip off's! lazy! and hipocritical! they think they know everything when they dont even know how to pop the trunk! they sue fast food restaurants for making them fat when they dont have to eat it! they like to piss off other countries, go to war, and then cry bout pearl harbor or 911! they are racist but act like their black! you americans are so screwed up so dont judge people by what you may hear or how someone may have treated you! not everyone is the same and just cuz russians no how to spend their money well and bargan that doesnt make them cheapskates idiot!!!!!!
  • cicero
    Are you speaking of Russians in Russia or those who immigrated to US? Reminds of of people saying exactly the same things about Indians (from India), mexicans, etc. This is called a racial slur and as such not even worth commenting on since the person is obviously clueless or arrogant, or both.
  • There aren't actually so many people in U.S. who are from Russia. Many came from Ukraine, Moldova, Zakorpat'e, etc. Because most Caucasians moved to U.S. are Christians and they moved here so they can practice their religion freely, and as far as I know there aren't so many Christian people in Russia, only Orthodox (православные) and many people didn't even talk about religion cause it was forbidden during the Communist times. Often times I hear that Americans stereotype Russians as bad, rude people. But there also some that say that Russians are very neat and nice people. It's just a matter of fact that they met different types of people, and race has nothing to do with it. Every race has good and bad. Just Russians are more smarter than Americans ;)
  • russianchika
    MANY russians.. not ALL russians..
    && you, are just jelous.
  • GRI33LY
    Jealous of what? bad spelling and grammar?
    ignorance and rudeness?
    I don't think so.
    I am Russian myself. A true Russian. The kind anyone would be proud to be.
  • russianchika
    well guess wut?
    i am a real proud russian..
    only a stupid person like you wouldnt stand up for russians, & that is not called a real russian..
    && wut r u talkin bout..bad spelling & grammer?
    u tryin 2 say i have bad spelling & grammer?
    i live here 4 da longest time, & i ddnt turn in2 a popcorn.. :D
    now THATS wut u wud call a real russian..

    & da fact dat i spell wrong, jus means i abreiviate..thats not wrong..dats called being familiar 2 txting & chatting.. :)
    ..get things straight, k?
  • GRI33LY
    Hey, there's no need for name calling. I didn't call you stupid. I just pointed out the bad grammar.
    Anyways, I am a very proud Russian. I just don't stand up for the type that cause trouble and give us hardworking and honest russians a bad name.
  • first u totally crap on russians then you say your proud to be one? what is wrong with you? get your facts straight!
  • Russian
    @gri33ly
    How are you going to call Russians ignorant and tude?? DOesn't that make you a bit ignorant. Cheer the fuck up and stop taking it seriously.. Is this good enough spelling for you?
  • Kristina
    lol lol lol most of it true for me......................hehe.
    love being Russian! were so cool!
  • Zakhar Robertovich
    I say I will be somewhere at 9, and wake up, shower, eat, watch tv and get there by 12, yes, 90 to 100 is routine on the highway, mustn't forget mandatory toasts and drinks....a lot of this is bull however.
  • Natalie
    lol yup mostlyall true but they forgot that we love our sunflower seeds!!!!
  • peterfirst
    If you a russian, you will pay for a dinner, with your girl freand, you not going to sit at the table, and discuss, who pays what?
  • peterfirst
    IF you a ruusian, you will take your shoes off, in the house, and your carpet will be clean.
  • ivanahumpalot
    I Love it and it's so true. My mom does all that. We Russians are funny peeps ha ha ha
  • Kristina
    wow! i'm russian and a lot of that is really true! its so funny
  • Berry_Blue
    have never read such bullshit like this...
    i'm curious how people live with such an idea of other nations... stupid, that's it.
  • Russian
    "Golden teeth"... Sounds more like someone from Carribeans.
    I disagree with most of the items and I am Russian. Dude, you must have met some fake Russians, most of things you've listed aren't even close...
    Construction worker... not really indicative of Russians, I dont know where you got that piece of wisdom. Someone commented about the shoes.. true to a degree, but Southern Indians also would ask you to take the shoes off.
  • kathy
    my boyfreind is russain and most of those definitly apply to him and his household....wouldnt change him for the world.
  • Lebanese
    Im Lebanese, and almost all of what you said applies on all Lebanese people !! But we have a better tast in food..
  • Irina
    Funny, but about 20 years overdue. Oldies... maybe they apply to Jewish and Ukrainian immigrants in North America today. You may continue to believe it if you are not going anywhere near Moscow soon.
  • GALKA
    OMG THIS IS SO FUNNY CARS FROM ACTION IS SO TRUE I'M GONNA GET ONE FROM THERE SOON,..
  • Viktoriya
    ahahah, so true! Not true about the golden teeth, and i have never met anyone with 20 kids, but i have to admit, i have lacey curtains and tabelclothes. Yes the Construction one is very true, everyone in my family is a construction worker of some variety. Going 100 down the road is very routine.
  • ZHENYA
    Everything here is so true hahaha

    - the fried potatoes as well = )
  • Everything is true (I was living in Russia for many years). But rugs on the walls is just common sence when outside is -40 degrees. In Soviet Russia they usually had 1-3 children.
  • lesia
    this is sooooo true. Even the construction part. I use to live in NY and very one there is a car dealer, truck driver, or a dump truck driver. When I moved to NC, its totally the same here. The whole thing is true. My brother was born in America and its the same for him. The gold teeth part, well some of us that became American have out grown that one. lol
  • Ruskiy
    i know a family with around 20 kids
  • Sasha
    OMG...these are so true!!!

    maybe more of these apply to Russians living in America, the ones that moved there with their kids (not the ones who were born there, tahts different), because a lot of these were right on the money

    :D
  • Nataliya
    HAHAHA, so true on the most part (I only match about half of those :P
  • Alina
    Most of this is so true hehe
    Proud to be Russian.
  • I was laughing the whole time while reading this cuz most of it is true. no matter how long you've been in America, your still russian. :)
  • Vika
    Haha. wow it is mostly true, except i dont know anyone with 20 kids.. my grandma had 18!! but usually they have around 10.. lol
    And all the ones about rugs, golden teeth, lacey curtains that's FOB russians, that's what we used to have back in russia 10years ago. i still know many people who are like that tho..
    and construction workers.. SO TRUE. 80% of russians i know work in construction!
  • Adorabell
    Well, I'm not a new Russian immigrant and I don't do a lot of things on the list but I must say, I'm a minority.
    1) Taking your shoes off inside the house is common sence, keeping a house clean is hard work, no need to make it even more difficult.
    2) Leather Jackets look very nice.
    3) Fried potatoes are overrated, It's all in the salads, Olivye, selyodka pod shuboy, and in the cakes, there are no cakes better than Russian cakes, and if you don't agree then go have some Smetannik, trust me, you will ever look at vanilla or chocolate cake the same way again.
    4) To Alexander from Moscow, not to be rude but have you not had a grandparent or friend with a rug, persian or so, hanging on a wall? Or used as a sofa covering? Trust me, many of these apply, just a few years earlier, remember, the American Russians are stuck at the point of the Perestroika, they never moved on.
  • Aleksandra
    hahahahahaha!!!!!!! 1,3,4,7,13,22,36,40 and 45 is about me cause I`m a typical Russian!!!! but gold teeth?!!! Rubbish!!! And I don`t know anyone who has 20 kids that`s for sure!!!!!
  • Alexander
    Interesting view of Russians by americos. Most of it - 98% - does not apply to a modern mid-income Russian living in Russia - anywhere leave alone Moscow where I am from. Maybe it applies to Russian jewish immigrants to America in the last century and their kids. But again, there are many people in Russia who wouldn't understand this at all as they have none of the things described above (except fried potatos).
  • nastya
    finally someone who understands me
    this only applies to russian jews living in america, not actual russian people
  • Andrey
    Lets see, Im not a "new russian" so scratch those.
    Construction workers and golden teeth = southern parts of russia (Im from northern).
    I know how to use household electronics.
    I dont talk for an hour before leaving, only for 20-25 minutes.
    Other than that - ITS ALL TRUE! Oh and I also cant spell ;)

    PS: Fried sliced potato IS the greatest food and if you walk into the living room in dirty shoes, Im gona slap you silly, yell at you in russian and make YOU wash the floors.
  • Fried sliced potato is the BEST!!! :)
  • Anya
    Please leave your shoes at the door! or if the weather is nice, take them off befor entering the house!

    AND BY THE WAY, I LOVE FRIED POTATOS! YOUR WIFE IS A SMART ONE!
  • Anton
    I would not agree with many statements here. However I am Russian.
  • Alex
    Wow that is so true. And hey no shoes in house is just a common sense..... lol
  • Yana
    Soooo true.. the construction is questionable.. but still true for the most part
  • David
    My Russian wife:

    1. Still hasn't figured out how to use a clothes dryer, she made me put up clothes lines INSIDE the house.

    2. Hated everything I cooked for her (I was a sous chef) until I fryed up a sliced potato in anger. Upon presentation she stated: "Finally you cook something tasty!"

    3. Grew up without a telephone in her house yet somehow can't manage NOT to be on hers for more than five minutes.

    4. Screams: "No shoes in house!" to ALL of our guests.
  • yurimachuca
    No shoes in house, it is tipicall!!! lol...
  • kasyanyuk
    wow... how do you know these things? The ONLY untrue part is the construction worker one, but otherwise you know us all to well...
  • Veronica
    Oh my god this is my boyfriend! It is all so very true!
  • MMe Stinkypants
    just described my uncle's family in Toronto to a T.
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