from-russia-with-mixed-feelings

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

um, so! apologies for the long silence (that's about to become permanent)

im very sorry for the disappointment, but i don't think i will be returning to this blog :( im just not feeling it anymore

i AM feeling like drawing tho, and currently taking art requests on my new art blog (last reblogged post), so if that's something that might interest you - go ahead and pop into my inbox there!

sorry again and hope everyone is doing ok!

#reblogging for the other timezones

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

there was an anime prompt and i obviously couldn't resist

dedicated to @russia-vi's game release!!

#hetalia england #hetalia russia

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Me realising this blog and one of my favorite art blogs are the same person: •o•

Anon you flatterer >///////<

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Could u still keep this blog up for archives sake?

Yeah, of course!

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

um, so! apologies for the long silence (that's about to become permanent)

im very sorry for the disappointment, but i don't think i will be returning to this blog :( im just not feeling it anymore

i AM feeling like drawing tho, and currently taking art requests on my new art blog (last reblogged post), so if that's something that might interest you - go ahead and pop into my inbox there!

sorry again and hope everyone is doing ok!

#most of the requests ive gotten so far are for hetalia #im never escaping it am i

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

you have a feeling this meeting is not going to be productive

#aph china #this is my new art account

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Sorry for the radio silence, exams and the UEFA championship have eaten all my time! ; ^ ;

Speaking of the latter, here’s a quick epitaph to Russian participation in it in the form of some fresh translated anecdotes from RuNet:

“I say the Russian team lost because of the referee! Everything was going so great for us... Until that guy blew the whistle and started the match.”

“2060. As climate change accelerates, walking on grass has become a coveted recreational activity in Russia, earning itself the quaint old-fashioned name of ‘football’.”

“-Who are you going to support for the rest of the championship? -The teams that I think will lose, of course! -But why? -To practice supporting our team next time!”

#personally i'll be cheering for Ukraine Germany Italy and Croatia #NOT because of the reason stated in the last anecdote #i just really like how they played in the group stage #also it would be cool to get a rematch in finals for example Germany vs France #Hetalia Russia ambassador

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Russian placeholder names

Иванов Иван Иванович is the name you can come across filling in a form, because it is almost always used in the example. Иван is considered to be a typically Russian name, and Иванов (lit. Ivan’s son) is one of the most common last names. He is married to Иванова Мария Петровна and works at ООО “Пример” (Example Ltd)

Вася Пупкин sometimes takes Ivan Ivanovich’s place since 2000s. An early Internet meme about an average Russian guy

Имяре́к, господин N – so-and-so, Mr N (obsolete, common in classic literature)

Конь в пальто – the horse in an overcoat. Rhymes with кто (who), doesn’t make much sense, is used to reply sarсastically to a subject question: “А это кто?” – “Кто-кто, конь в пальто!”

Иванов, Петров, Сидоров – three common last names: “Ivanov has 3 apples, Petrov has three times as many. How many apples does Sidorov have if…etc.”

Марьиванна (a distorted variant of Марья Ивановна, a female name and patronymic) – a random female teacher, usually imagined old and grumpy: “It’s not a good idea to tell Marivanna everything you think about her at the last day of school if she is the one holding your exam”. Also (unsurprisingly) slang for marijuana

Вовочка is a joke character, a naughty kid often mentioned together with Марьиванна

Пушкин’s name (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, the great Russian poet) is sometimes sarcastically used in a fixed expression “А кто будет (мыть посуду/делать уроки/поливать цветы), Пушкин, что ли?” – “And who’s going to (do the dishes/do homework/water the flowers), maybe, Pushkin?”

Тьмутаракань (an ancient defunct town whose name sounds like “the town of cockroach darkness”), Урюпинск (a real town with a discordant name), and Мухосранск (an imagined town whose name sounds like “flyshit town”) stand for backwater towns: “Go back to your Muchosransk if you don’t like it here!”

“Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov never fills in any forms, he just steals the sample”

#ahhh i didn't have enough time to make an original post #but i had some stuff lying around in my drafts from a while ago #so... why not #drev i hope this is an acceptable post to write about your WIP fic in the tags #if not i'll keep trying ;) #Russian language #Russian names

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

@drev-the-ambassador​ I’m so glad you’re still around :D and still writing tags longer than posts they are for lol As for one of the things you mentioned -

Why yes, that’s actually 100% true! Well, it’s the double consonnants too, you seem to be hoarding those >:O All that makes it sound “slow” to our ear, I guess? Though I haven’t noticed much difference myself.

Here’s an example of a Russian joke about Finns:

Three Finns are driving in a car. One says:

- Did we just pass an elk?

15 minutes pass. A second guy says:

- Nah, pretty sure it was a deer.

Another 15 minutes pass. The third guy says:

- Ok, stop fighting, you hot-headed Finnish blokes.

I’d love to hear some jokes about Russians in return! ;D

#alright now i'm going to ramble in the tags too lol #this phrase - hot-headed Finnish blokes #(горячие Финские парни in Russian) #is actually pretty famous #it's mostly used whenever someone reacts calmer than you expected they would #it's also how the title of the show Dudesons got translated here #i havent's watched it yet; have you? #oh btw there are also a lot of jokes about Finnish racers #what with them being the opposite of slow #anyway #love to see you again <3 #the tags made me smile especially the op lol #agreed on the war-related celebrations they make me uncomfortable too #i hate how much this topic has been forced on us in the recent years #and the freakin war weapon parade #make it about the people if you must do it at all #and solemn not triumphant #i'm scared that we're growing a generation that thinks war is cool #ugh #oh yeah cool info about vappu and the hat #you know #that hat xD #(the spelling is too much for me sorry) #cape for historians sounds appropriate #hope you're having a good time! #alright i'll shut up now

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Hello! Have a happy Holiday cluster! It sounds rather fun! How would you be celebrating?

Oh, thank you! :D It was indeed nice to get such a long break (even tho it didn't apply to me lol).

As for celebrating, let me give you a tl;dr of the traditions associated with each of the 3 holidays. (I highlighted the symbols I used in the pic just in case)

Labour Day (1 May)

The holiday started in USA with the workers' strike and rally in 1886, and it still retained some echoes of that event when it got adopted by USSR in 1917.

People would gather in squares and march down the streets with signs and flags (usually red), shouting slogans. Instead of being a protest though, it was retooled into a strictly pro-state holiday celebrating the country's achievements and spring. My grandma said that as schoolkids they were required to prepare hand-made flower branches and participate.

Nowadays it's starting to become politicized again, with several parties and movements using it to bring publicity to their cause. People who aren't interested spend (and had spent) it going on picknics or gathering with friends and family.

Orthodox Easter (2 May)

Usually happening about half a month earlier, but always on Sunday. This holiday used to be banned in USSR since religion was generally looked down upon, but people celebrated it anyway.

Now people are free to observe Lent, go to churches to get their food sprayed with Holy Water, and join Cross Processions, but most just watch the midnight church service on TV, if even that. The biggest symbols of the holiday are the traditional foods: paskha (the quark pyramid in the middle), kulich (the cylindrical breads on the left), and of course the eggs.

The eggs don't come in chocolate variety here, instead real ones are (usually) hard boiled, painted or otherwise decorated, and then eaten. Sometimes between the painting and the eating comes the battle stage: every participant chooses an egg to fight with, and then tries to crack the opponent's egg with thei own.

Victory Day (9 May)

Adopted in 1945, this holiday is supposed to honour those that fought in WWII. Interestingly enough, it wasn't always a state holiday during USSR times, and its prominence, as well as some of its symbols - the Georgian ribbon, for example - are fairly new.

It's accompanied by reruns of war movies during the week it falls on, and on the day itself a big military parade is held in the morning and a big firework show is launched in the evening. People take time to remember their dead relatives and lay flowers (typically red carnations) on their and the Unknown Soldier's graves.

The black-and-orange Georgian ribbon, mentioned above, is actually based on the Order of Saint George from Imperial Russia times, and got revived recently to serve as a symbol for the holiday. Many people decorate themselves or their cars with it around this time.

That didn't turn out very tl;dr ^^; oh well.

Please note that all of these traditions can differ greatly depending on the place, time and people involved. And thank you for the question!

#Hetalia ambassador #Hetalia Russia ambassador #i had thought about adding more symbols to the pic #like the flower branches or a kulich #but i got too lazy lol #Russian holidays

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Russia has a lot of May holidays close together. Labour Day on 1st, Victory Day on 9th, and this year Orthodox Easter fell on May 2nd too! So our government has made an... interesting decision to make this entire week + a bit extra a holiday.

So, Happy Russian Holiday Mega-Cluster, everyone!

#not me tho i had to work lol #and also fell sick #so Russia here is being my mood #Hetalia ambassador #Hetalia Russia ambassador #HWS Russia

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Happy space day, everyone! Have some photos of the Moscow Space Conquerors Monument, built in 1964. Note the titanium plating and the characteristic thiccness of everyone depicted :3

Bonus!

#hetalia ambassador #hetalia ambassador Russia #whew made it before midnight #the photos are from a few weeks ago #thankfully it's warmer now #Soviet architecture #Space Day

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Wow! I’ve been going through your blog and it’s amazing!!!

If you already answered this my apologies,

But I read somewhere that Russian people often have a self deprecating form of humor? How accurate is that? Or would other types of humor be more accurate? What might Russia find funny that other nations in Hetalia might not?

Thank you so much for your kind words!! ; 0 ; and no, I haven’t answered this yet, but Russian humour IS one of my favourite things to rant about!

I would say that, yes, in general it’s prety self-deprecating. From politics...

(Yesterday was so cold that I saw a government official with his hands in his OWN pockets!)

to football...

(Russian footballers have managed to once again bring joy to the fans! This time around the fans were Belgian.)

to cars...

(The release of Lada Kalina (Russian car) has struck a powerful blow against German car industry: Volkswagen’s CEO has died of laughter.)

...there’s plenty to go around!

Within nationality-focused jokes of the “X, Y and Z walk into a bar” variety the Russian character is usually the butt of the joke, too (with an important exception, more below). Our self-stereotype traits include: cocky, prone to drinking, slow on the uptake, unnecessarily antagonistic, lazy, uneducated, prone to crime... I’m probably forgetting something, but that’s ok, I plan to make a few of those jokes into comics soon.

As for things only we’d find funny: jokes about former Soviet Republics and Satellite States! They’ve all got some stereotype attached and are the only ones who get made fun of in Russian jokes almost as much as Russians, which... yeah. >__> Interestingly, Poles, aka the only notable intersection with international humour, are characterized differently: their most notable stereotypical traits in Russian jokes are pride, greediness, and hatred of Russians.

Soviet-era humour has another distinguishing characteristic that might make it difficult to comprehend for outsiders: most jokes with socio/political commentary are Aesopian, told through woodland creatures, cartoon characters etc.

Some jokes are also told in the form of a poem?.. And that’s their main point?

There’s some wordplay and cultural references that require specific knowledge to be funny ofc, but that’s the same everywhere.

That’s about all I can think of rn, hope this was an acceptable answer!!

#Hetalia ambassador #Hetalia Russia ambassador #answer #Russian humour #god how do i even tag this #i'm so our of practice OTL #queer-changeling-child

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

#hey that thing is back and guess i am too?? #haha it's april 1 so who knows if im kidding or not #(im probably not) #anyways #Hetalia Russia #Hetalia season 7

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

I hope you are ok

Thank you for your concern! ^^ I’m alive and mostly well now, so don’t worry!

#mikhailsbluecarnation

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Hey man, is u alive

I is, but can't say the same for this blog. I'll... try to answer the ask backlog during the holidays? Life's been hectic recently, sorry

[from-russia-with-mixed-feelings]

Sorry to bother you but... how does one become an ambassador? -from someone who has absolutely not been thinking about becoming one for 3 months

Ahh, becoming an ambassador is going to be simple and difficult at the same time.

Simple because all you need to do is send your username, country of preference and reasons for wanting to become an ambassador to @hetaliafandomdirectory​ (taken from their how-to-apply page)

Difficult because... well, their blog hasn’t been active since April, so there might not be anyone there to answer.

In any case, I wish you luck! And in absence of other options you can always become a self-proclaimed ambassador: use relevant tags (APH ambassador,APH [your country] ambassador, etc.), reach out to other ambassador and APH blogs to spread word about yourself, participate in ask exhange events... That’s about all there is to being an ambassador anyway! :P

#Anonymous