General fatalism (re:apathetic and depressed) has been part of russia for probably centuries. I think it’s related to peasant population, your harvest is largely outside of your control, so whatever happens - happens. Because majorly peasant population is relatively recent, the remnants are still resonating through the people.
Fist fights - tales of mass fist fights on top of the frozen moskva-river in moscow go to at least Ivan the terrible, so. Bear handling is also close to the real stories from at least 1500s, because they’re smart as fuck, but useless, so people did it out of compassion to orphaned cubs. And also folk tales, bear is frequently the reasonable animal in them tbh.
machismo though, I think is the recent echo of the 90s, due to братки shenanigans.
General fatalism (re:apathetic and depressed) has been part of russia for probably centuries. I think it’s related to peasant population, your harvest is largely outside of your control, so whatever happens - happens. Because majorly peasant population is relatively recent, the remnants are still resonating through the people.
Fist fights - tales of mass fist fights on top of the frozen moskva-river in moscow go to at least Ivan the terrible, so. Bear handling is also close to the real stories from at least 1500s, because they’re smart as fuck, but useless, so people did it out of compassion to orphaned cubs. And also folk tales, bear is frequently the reasonable animal in them tbh.
machismo though, I think is the recent echo of the 90s, due to братки shenanigans.