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MattH
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MattH asked in TravelEurope (Continental)Russia ยท 7 years ago

What are Russian Feelings towards Germany?

Just curious. The two nations have such a long and complicated history.. inevitably mutual feelings of some kind will arise from that relationship. Are there common stereotypes of Germans in Russia? Or since the war, has there been a general feeling of consolation? I'm not European but am very interested in European history and politics.

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  • Germans (and a bit of some other representatives of Germanic ethnic groups) have been immigrating to Rus'/Russian Empire/Russia for centuries. In millions. There were tons of them during the Catherinian Era (Catherine was a Prussian herself, she came from the same place my paternal ancestors came to what used to be MaloRossiya).

    Guess where they disappeared? - Assimilated. Ever read/heard of that? Uh, probably not, because there are some people, who are interested in emphasizing the imaginary differences between Europeans, rather than their oneness, which actually covers up their evil intentions to sow hatred and fuel wars. That's why you can find so many fables about the alleged "non-Europeanness" of Russians, esp coming from North American immigrants, lots of whom are non-Europeans themselves... Ironic, isn't it? It's especially noticeable among those, who have middle Eastern origin, nevermind what "attire" they wear: French, English, Polish or Dutch.

    All Europeans are inherently not xenophobic/hateful. At least not that much as Southern "hot-blooded" parvenus.

    Q: "Or since the war, has there been a general feeling of consolation?"

    A: yes. Lots (not all) of people have understood, that there was no point to shed so much blood in wars, schemed, orchestrated and financed by zio-fascist financial/banking "elite".

  • Oirdne
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    In general in Russia we are taught that children are not responsible for autocracies of parents. There are no negative feelings toward modern Germans. Before Germany joined sanctions against Russia few weeks ago, Germany was one of the most positively viewed European countries in Russia. There is a lot of mutual business activity between 2 countries, and Germany is the biggest Russian economic partner in EU.

    As for feelings of Germans toward Russians, ask German people. As I can see from German press, regular German people are not easily brainwashed in comparison with other European countries. As result, attitude toward Russian people is more positive than in countries to the west from Germany.

    Stereotypes about Germans: people who like order, hard-working, very smart, serious etc... Mostly positive ones.

    "Or since the war, has there been a general feeling of consolation? " - In general I have never heard any negative feelings toward modern Germans from WW2 veterans (each single person in Russia has/had parents/grandparents who fought that war). Due to good relations with Eastern Germany in times of USSR, we were taught to percept Germans as just people and not enemies.

    Here on Yahoo I see MUCH more negative remarks and racist stereotypes about modern citizens of Germany from those whose relatives did not suffer in concentration camps, were not bombed, did not suffer from famine, were not Nazi prisoners, were not occupied by Nazi forces etc..., than I have heard in my entire life in Russia, where people came through terrible experience of what you call "Eastern front".

    Source(s): Russian
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I thought you would be working on your grammar or reading a dictionary to impress people online. Do you agree grammar cop?

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