Gents,
Many RVF'ers appreciate Brazilian and / or Russian women. What about Russian-Brazilian women? The following 4-minute-long video (in Portuguese), recorded in 1999, is on an Amish-like close-knit community of approximately 70 Russians and Russian-Brazilians in Montividiu, Goiás:
Even if you don't understand spoken Brazilian Portuguese, you can get the gist of it easily. Some facts:
Many RVF'ers appreciate Brazilian and / or Russian women. What about Russian-Brazilian women? The following 4-minute-long video (in Portuguese), recorded in 1999, is on an Amish-like close-knit community of approximately 70 Russians and Russian-Brazilians in Montividiu, Goiás:
Even if you don't understand spoken Brazilian Portuguese, you can get the gist of it easily. Some facts:
- Their ancestors came to Brazil in between 1917 (right after the Bolshevik Revolution) and the late 1950s. They are devout Orthodox Christians.
- The kids' first language is Russian. They also learn Greek at religious classes. They learn Brazilian Portuguese later. The kids are not allowed to watch TV since "there's too much freedom on TV".
- They try to marry other Orthodox Christians from other traditional Russian communities spread around the world, but many leave the community and marry non-Russian, non-Orthodox Brazilians.
"The great secret of happiness in love is to be glad that the other fellow married her." – H.L. Mencken