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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Books on Books on FSU women and culture Author Post salsarhythms Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 5:29:18 AM   Are there any good books out there that can explain the mindset of the typical Russian women. This forum is great for learning bits and pieces about them I wonder if there is a book a source for more substantial and in depth look at them. I am hoping to get ahead of the curve before I meet my girl. Annika77 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 6:53:34 AM   Are there any good books out there that can explain the mindset of the typical American man :):) nasfan6 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 7:26:02 AM   Sal That book does not exist. I have knowledge of only one Ukrainian woman. That's all I need to know. So if you think you are going to get ahead of the curve on these women, well all I can say, you'll be bringing a knife to a gunfight. Larissa is one of the most intelligent humans I have had the pleasure to meet. Learn their culture, language and history. If you think you are going to get ahead of the curve you will sadly be two moves behind them. Yes Annika there is a book, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest" by Ken Kesey. Later Randall Patrick McMurphy Annika77 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 9:15:54 AM   Actually I dont agree..reading this message board gives better idea of american men than books! Maybe to understand wumen people must read message boards where wumen write?? Only this is in russian (Iv done that too by the way)! GLTALLTOAD Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 1:11:15 PM   Annika, don't let the miopic and individual views of a few (myself included) lead you to beleive you will know how a nation of almost 300 million people think. There are, at most, a few dozen american men here posting. Like I said in another post, painting people of one country with a broad brush is wrong, lazy, innacurate and misleading. I understand you don't NEED to make the effort to know more about american men. But keep in mind, most american men here, as well as the other western ones, think quite differently than the vast majority of our countrymen who choose to marry and settle for western women. toad toad GLTALLTOAD Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 1:12:41 PM   Salsa, Focus, mate...how many FSU women do you want, anyway? Get to know one that matches your value scale as best as possible and take it from there. toad wtrav02 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 3:39:30 PM   Why people prefer to learn from books than real experiences? nasfan6 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 4:35:25 PM   It easier Wtrav02, then there is no price to pay. I prefer the real experience anytime. What doesn't kill you makes you smarter and stronger nasfan6 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 4:36:54 PM   Annika I can read Russian thank you! But I only need to understand one woman and she is all I care to understand. jmoluv Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 4:55:03 PM   Mike, Are you getting my e-mail`s ? jmo nasfan6 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 7:28:31 PM   Jeff, Yes I have just read yours and will reply, I was out of town for the weekend just got back Monday afternoon. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 10:40:29 PM   I have a number of books on intercultural marriages, particularily between western men and women of the FSU. One that seems especially good, os fairly short and to-the-point and that both women I have been seriously involved with have really liked as well is "Russian Wife; Your Greatest Blessing or Your Biggest Mistake". As I mentioned - I purchased copies for both of the Russian women I was involved with seriously and i keep one for myself. Its written from a decisively Christian standpoint - which may or may not appeal to you - but even if you ignore the Christian aspects the book is still quite good. And I find the women quoting from it - not neccessarily to get an upper hand or anything like that (fear not). (I can't find my copy of the book right now so I can't tell you wrote it.) Other great books that seem worthy of mention onclude the one that got me started on this whole thing. After dating my first Russian lady in the US I still needed something to convince me to go on a Roamnce Tour to Ukraine. I found it in the form of the book "To Russia For Love" by Frank R. Coleman (I can find that one.) who actually went to St. Petersburg and not Odessa but used the same tour company I did. I recommend it highly. BVooks on marriage include "How To Happily Survive Marriage To A Russian Woman" by Billy Conn and "Intercultural Marriage, Promises and Pitfalls" by Dugan Romano. And last, "My Email Order Bride; a trip to Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine" by Robert Herbst. Hosnestly, I've only skimmed the last three but they seem quite good. Just haven't had the intitiative to read them yet. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 10:44:43 PM   I have a BVookcase to hold all these bvooks. I wish we could get an edit so people like me can correct the stupid typos after they have noticed them but before it is too late to change them jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2005 11:02:50 PM   Of course you cannot use a book as a substitute for experience. What fun would that be/ A book, if used appropriately, is like having a converstion with someone who's done this before. True you can't ask specific questions. But if the book is well written you can find the answer to whatever question you would likely have asked the writer. If you're a book person, take my suggestions. If not, I promise my feeling won't be hurt. PhillipD Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2005 10:30:20 PM   You may read Alexander Pushkin. His Tatiana in "Onegin" is the best example of the mindset of the typical Russian woman. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 12:39:01 AM   They regard Pushkin Very highly. Leo Tolstoy as well. Have to admit I have not made it through "War and Peace " (the book) yet but I have watched several version of the movie - the Russians did a version in the nid 60's that runs over 6 hours long and is available on DVD. I've watched those. There is an American version available as well made in the late 50's starring Henry Fonda and Audrey Hepburn - which is very similar. and shorter than the Russian version. I have Fyodar Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" and "The Idiot" but I have yet to read them. (The summaries look good.) Annika77 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 4:29:51 AM   Where do you get your ideas boys :):):) nasfan6 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 6:16:14 AM   Where do I get my ideas? From my neighbors dog Sam. Nadya Moderator send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 8:15:15 AM   these books are masterpieces worth reading, but they were written two centures ago. Tatiyana in "Evegniy Onegin" hardly can represent typical mindset of present-day russian woman. things changed a lot since those times. there were a revolution, World War I and II, 70 years of cummunism. these books will give you only very general idea of russian ladies' way of thinking and almost nothing related to up-to-day times jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/1/2005 10:26:38 AM   They aren't instruction manuals of course. But the culture of ANY country is partly made up of the literature. And familiarity helps. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Books on Books on FSU women and culture
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