Our Russian family lives in our rental house their Russian friend around them are living with Russian nature.
Master carpenter of Russians living in the cross the street of the our rental housing is a big fan of football and wearing a T-shirt of the Seattle Seahawks, who is enjoying the American life but slow payments to people who are working under him. If this happen to me I will call the collection agency. but Russia people are still working for him.
One of the things that I was surprised living in Russia , I was amazed that it is something that people were often the free work.
Also ladies were wearing an overcoat of good-looking fur that mad me so surprised "they are rich!, but I hard those who had been the work of government, they were not paid that was paid by material.
Live in small village of Volgograd, the mother of my friend working at the nearby ranch who even three months have not gotten a salary, but she went to work every day. "Why! ??" the answer is that "because would pays me sometime," .
They are big mind whether they give up, or do not care.
It was beyond the limits of my thinking.
"In this ruble crash, how your mom living in the country?"
"Well she can not get Vitamin from Europe,this is in trouble for her also no made in Europe cheese"
"Anyway because there is experience that has been exceeded several times crisis. they are saying "even still Okay." seems they are not making noise.
"Dacha" (individual farms) culture It is strong. They prepared vegetables to pickles for winter , and also for the economic winter, . In addition people have their own home.
Heliage of the communist regime era, it is somehow ironic for under this crisis helping them a lots.
The old days of Russia there were a number of famous story of exile, now it had been forgotten .
What However, I was surprised to new exiles came.to visit our rental housing who lived Russian family.
This new coming Russian family are having 7-year-old 3-year-old 2-year-old yang children.
Our Russian friend are asking to community if people have provide them with a room, provide extra car
This friend who has been a living translation of the US and Russia, even though he is in crash of rubles.
"Are they have visa and money"
" travelers visa, a little money and no English"
"?????????"
They are story is this. His wife is Estonian so she is very painful to live in Russia . Russian husband could not find good job also they do not like the president.
They are explanation is not big enough to be a refuges?.
Anyway they made big decision with three yang childrens coming to US with small money.
We should call them as economic refuges?
America is kind enough for them to help for food and school to go.
World having economic trouble, from now on may be we are having this kind of refuges.
Collapse of weaker yen and ruble. People who are getting Louvre in the United States, will pale. Ordinary people who at any time of the world has been controlled by political and economic circumstances. We ordinary people only want to be live as a good citizens to protect family. we are not happy of political power and economic power controlling us. Anyway What Russians, silent patience?
Russianhusband,German wife with three yang children are living in theour rent house. Recently 70-years-old motherofRussiancamefromVolgogradtoSeattleto visit this family. Accurate old lady lives in the second big cityofVolgograd Oblast, anyway city of Russia it seems tobe samesomehow, similarstyleofbareconcreteapartment blockstown . why she came to visit in Seattle from far way from deep inside Russia becauseGermany wife went to visit her country .Old lady beendoingbabysitting. Because it isRussiathatmore than 80% of couple todivorce, thisold ladyis alsooneofpersonalpensionlifewho was divorced. she is a strongRussianlady. Coming to visit is good hopetomeether sonandwife and seengrandsons and daughter, going back home is for me it isendlesslyfar . Inlong-distancetrainsfromMoscow to her town. Volgariverfor usinthefamiliarin Russiafolk song, andthoughit seemslike a riverdriftingofromance, but for me there this citiesinthisneighborhoodis huge endless loneliness steppe.
Middle of nowhere.
Youngbrotherswho came toMoscowfromthistown, they weresaying toget boredwhen they were stayingthreedays ofhomecoming. I can imagine. Soongrandmother is returning tothe her town. thereMoscowalsoVolgogradnorhere, there are in themiddle of deep snow. Somethinglonelinessshe is going back far way her town.