Russian immigration
Russian immigration comes in many waves, but there are two waves which are most important. ... Many Russian Jews were imigrating to the US, because they wished to escape the russian government, which was trying to stamp out various ethnic groups in Russia (Russian Imigration). The Jews didn’t have much trouble assimilating, since most of the imigrants lived in the same area of New York city(Russian Immigration). ... The Russians were fearful for their lives in Europe (Russian Imigration). However, this time around, the russians found little trouble assimilating into american culture (Russian Imigration). ... Russian foods include rye bread, bliny, piers, kasha. ... Russian customs are also very diverse. For example, the first thing that people eat in a russian meal is rye bread. ... The Russian langue. ... Russian also has a much larger volcabulary (Dabars, 68). The father of modern Russian, Alexander Pushkin, revolutionized the language through his literature (Torchinsky, 81). ... The describing a typical Russian lifestyle is a little tough. ... In Russian cities, on work days, hosehold chores are done whenever they can be. ... The way in which russian cittes are formated is very simular to the way american cities are formated (Torchinsky, 63). ... Another aspect of Russian culture simular to American is Family structure. ... A normal Russian family consists of four people. ... The Russian Tsars favored Buddhists for unknown reasons (Torchinsky, 75). ... Russian culture possesses a vast amount of belifs. ... In rural russia, the singing of ditties, called chastushkas, is a prominat feature of Russian country festivals, A chastuska is a verse of four lines, sung in a dance rhythm with a balalnika (a stringed instrumnet simular to a guitar ) or Russian accordion (Torchinsky, 111).