Long gone are the days when residents of other countries judged Russia by prevailing hostile stereotypes. Such concepts as the Cold War and the Iron Curtain formed them then. Western propaganda painted a very unsympathetic portrait of a Russian peasant. Forever drunk, with a cap with earflaps, with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on the tank. Russian women in this regard also got it. But any country is first of all judged by its people.
Now Russia is an open country. About three million foreign citizens visit it annually, and each takes home his impressions of Russia. From them, a general idea of the country as a whole is formed.
Conditionally, impressions from a visit by any foreigner to any country can be divided into three categories: positive, negative and surprise. The latter often accompanies the first two. Each person in this regard, of course, has his own subjective opinion. But, when the vast majority of people express the same opinion about certain phenomena in a foreign country, then it already becomes like the truth.
Russian positive through the eyes of a foreigner.
Foreigners really like Russian grandmothers. Communication with them is literally delight. Especially captivating foreign guests is their kindness and simplicity.
The openness of Russian people also does not leave foreigners indifferent. Having traveled for a day in one compartment of a train with a complete stranger, Russians can share with a completely complete stranger, and even a foreigner, the most sacred.
The good nature, hospitality and breadth of nature of the Russian people also delight foreigners.
They admire Leo Tolstoy. But they bow even before those courageous people who are able to read his huge novel "War and Peace."
Red Square in Moscow is the most revered place by foreigners in Russia.
