Russian Culture Influence On American Culture

Culture is defined as the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people. Most cultures are cultivated by many things such as religion, economy, government, education, and conflict that help to shape the culture of a country. The Russian culture has been unswerving and strong through trying times, however when most Americans think of the Russian culture, they think of a government that is ruled by a tyrant President, the Cold War, people living in poverty, and even a bully to other smaller countries that border them taking what they want when they want too. Most Americans don’t think of the Russian culture of having a set of ethics that are rich in traditions and heritage. However, the Russian people value their communities,
Russia is a country with a voluminous number of different religions. The largest religion is the Russian Orthodox Church, which has traversed a hard and tragic road. The beginning years of the Soviet Union was the toughest for the Church. In 1918 the government separated religion from the state and school, as a result the church lost their right to own land. A special committee was accumulated to remove them from their lands. The troubles continued until the 1980s when great strides where made to repair the relationship between the church and the state. In 1988 alone, over 1600 religious communities were set up. In 1990 laws were passed allowing freedom of religion which negated most of the restrictions on the religious communities. Today in Russia there are many different religions. The top two religions in Russia today are Russian Orthodox, which has over one hundred and forty million people, and in second is Muslim which number at over ten million. The Russian Orthodox Church established the core beliefs and values that guide the majority of people in
Russia has a long tradition in high quality education for all citizens. The education system consist of two groups which are general education and ongoing higher education. The general education last nine years where graduates can do a three year secondary general education. Graduates of secondary general education can apply entry to higher education. Russia’s higher education system is very similar to the American degree plans. The biggest difference in the higher education between America and Russia is the cost of higher education. Russia’s higher education on average is only 2000-8000 dollars a year which is dramatically less than the cost of education in the United States. The education of a region helps forms the culture. As the education advances the culture also has a tendency to progress as