http://www.englishforums.com/English/CulturalAnecdotesSimilarities-Differences/Forum19.htmAll topics related to cultural interaction. Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304737Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:304737Ruslana0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304737http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-304737.xmlHow interesting... I'm glad to see so many Russians here, in this thread. Clee879 wrote: What do you think of southern california? I think California is full of Russian people. At least, this is what I heard of that state.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304545Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:304545Blue-eyed Smiler1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304545http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-304545.xmlHello Natasha! I also live in Siberia(Barnaul).Where do u live? I am VERY happy that there r people like u who are curious about what others think of Siberia.By the way, I also asked this question(Cultural Anecdotes, Similarities and Differences/page 2/What do you know about me?)So, take a look at it if u want to. How old r u?What r your interests?Do u like the place u live at?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304340Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:304340R-girl2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/5/bqmhl/Post.htm#304340http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-304340.xmlMaybe it`s because russians are very proud of their land?//) As for me, I will never leave my city, I think. I mean, to live somewhere else. I`ve heared that it`s difficult for russian people to live in distant lands and for other people to understand russianshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#304090Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:304090Clee8793http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#304090http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-304090.xmlHm... is it a land that is really cold and spacious? What do you think of southern california? (thats where i'm from.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#249029Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:249029Ruslana4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#249029http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-249029.xmllol... Terribly funny, Dr. Stylus!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248925Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248925Dr. Stylus5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248925http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-248925.xmlWell maybe i'll try to get to Kamchatka next year... but that will be a desperate step in my life! i think i'll die there due to its fekkin' weather!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248575Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248575Jhumjhum6http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248575http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-248575.xmlTerrible cold and full of snowhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248396Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248396Atitaya7http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248396http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-248396.xmlSawasdee Khun ATIF Nice to meet you too.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248058Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:248058ATIFirehawk8http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#248058http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-248058.xmlhi atitaya. I don't think i will meet thais in thais in this place until you post this comment. Nice to meet you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247940Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247940Atitaya9http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247940http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-247940.xmlATIF, I was behind the rock, maybe, next time imagine me there too I love to be there but only 5 seconds before I got freezed. I've been alone here from Thailand for very long time, imagine me with you too if you don't mind.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247545Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247545ATIFirehawk10http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247545http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-247545.xmlwhen i imagine about siberia i see snow plain. when i take look around i see tree,shrub and rock is covered by snow. snow fall as rain ,but i see no man in this place except me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247281Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:247281Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/4/bqmhl/Post.htm#247281http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-247281.xmlCold place, full of snow and forest. I remember there was a professor from Siberia visited my company few years back. After his presentation, he showed us his picture in Siberia with a background full of snow I hardly see anything else. And he was very PROUD of it. That's why I only see snow when you say Siberia There were a PC games called Syberia (1 & 2), about an old man travelling from his country in French to Syberia to find ancient mammoth, and he finally did. I love these games and they're soo touching in the end, that I cried after finishing them.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#234723Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234723Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#234723http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-234723.xmlHi I associate with Sibiria the exil of Wolga Germans or german methodists from the Ukraine who had to live there after World War II. I associate the Baikal lake and a lot of rivers like Ob, Irtysch, Lena and Amur with Sibiria. I associate the Transsibirian Rail with it. I associate the GULAGs with it. I associate many towns like Novosibirsk,Omsk,Tomsk,Wladiwostock,Jakutsk,Irkutsk and many more with it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#191234Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:191234Ville_maddengurl13http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#191234http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-191234.xmli m gonna think about siberia AGAINhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190142Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190142YoHf14http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190142http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-190142.xmlBut they would bite you to eat you Merve.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190130Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190130Ville_maddengurl15http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190130http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-190130.xmlhey they dont just bite me!they eat me!!!!!by the way i love Timber Wolveshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190119Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190119YoHf16http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#190119http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-190119.xmlPerhaps dogs wouldn't bite you, but now we are talkign about wolves! There's a little difference between them.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189740Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189740Ville_maddengurl17http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189740http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189740.xmlhey dogs dont bite me i dont know why but my snake doesnt even bite me i luv all the animals...!!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189672Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189672YoHf18http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189672http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189672.xmlAre they? What if they bit you Merve? Would you still like them?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189503Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189503Ville_maddengurl19http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189503http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189503.xmlcooooollllddd ice and beautiful siberian wolves(they are my favourites)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189329Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189329Chiquillo20http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/3/bqmhl/Post.htm#189329http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189329.xmlNatashaSUN wrote: I think, people here are like the rest of the Russians. In the far north there are some national minorities, whose lifestyle differs a lot, but it's rather an exception... you mean u have a similar culture of russians??and how about ur songs,traditional ceremonies..etc.? yeah,i know some cultures in far north,,and their traditions and cultures re so nice to see..these are the variety of asian cultures,i hope,it ll be not lost in global disaster.. and these links are so good,glorius.. http://www.hmao.wsnet.ru/english/powerE/common/chm/foto.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#189118Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:189118Anonymous21http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#189118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-189118.xmlhy Natasha! I'm Ioana from Romania, 24, for now I'm living in USA, but I am now and I always was curious about Siberia. I read some things about Siberia, but I have to go there to understand better. I don't belive that the economie is much diferent from Romania, but I'm very curious about the nature and people. I hear something strange...that at the enterance of every town is a police ofice and you have to show your paper and Id before get in. This sounds strange but the rest...sounds great..and I want very much to go there. I'm sure that you have nice stories about your country, I'll like to read some...my mail adress is <removed mod>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175320Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:175320YoHf22http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175320http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-175320.xmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175239Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:175239Dj Bueno23http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175239http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-175239.xmlAs you like it..http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175191Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:175191YoHf24http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175191http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-175191.xmlDj Bueno wrote: n.boy.. lol.. I prefer Mr. CoolGuy...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175182Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:175182Dj Bueno25http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175182http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-175182.xmlHere we hear some sounds effects from the n.boy.. lol..http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175181Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:175181YoHf26http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#175181http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-175181.xmlBrrr...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#173305Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:173305Dj Bueno27http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#173305http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-173305.xmlNatashaSUN wrote: As I'm a girl who lives in Siberia, I would really like to know what people from other countries think about Siberia. I've traveled quite a lot, been to Europe and America, and was extremely surprised to know how people usually imagine Siberia! Somebody was sure we have bears walking in the streets, or live in huts made of snow....Others believed that all the territory is covered with snow all the year round....So what do YOU think about Siberia? Just curious! Only know its freezing weather..http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#173205Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:173205NatashaSUN28http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#173205http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-173205.xmlI've never seen permafrost around here... I guess, it's common to far north, I mean, the northern part of Siberia, closer to the Polar Circle..http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#171018Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:171018YoHf29http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/2/bqmhl/Post.htm#171018http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-171018.xmlWhat about "cold"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#170765Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:170765Squeaky30http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#170765http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-170765.xmlWe know Siberia has the reputation for cold weather. But what about permafrost ? Where the ground is frozen. In summer how much of Siberia has permafrost ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#170523Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:170523NatashaSUN31http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#170523http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-170523.xmlWell, of course Siberia is a cold place, but it covers a huge territory from north to south, and from west to east, so the temperatures vary greatly as well. In the far north it's extremely cold, I guess, I've never been there though... I live in the south-east of Siberia and we have snow only in winter, also in November and March. But summers here are always hot and sunny - about +25+30'C and the temperature can rise even higher sometimes. I think, people here are like the rest of the Russians. In the far north there are some national minorities, whose lifestyle differs a lot, but it's rather an exception... Talking about food...well, maybe it's hard to believe but we eat and drink the same stuff as you Americans and Europeans do...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#167334Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:167334Mitakunai8332http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#167334http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-167334.xmlI though Siberia was all year cover of snow ....can u describe Siberia, and the people? things about the culture, food...way of live.....http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#167319Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:167319Akio33http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#167319http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-167319.xmlThank you for the pictures, Glorius. The buildings are large and modern. It's a beautiful city but I see few people in the photos. That convey a bit strange image of unfamilliar sight to me. To the eye of a Japanese who is used to being in crams, it looks like a ghost town. (Sorry, it's your hometown?)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#166885Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:166885Glorius34http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#166885http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-166885.xmlSome photos of small Siberian towns: Khanty-Mansiysk Surguthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#166522Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:166522Akio35http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#166522http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-166522.xmlblizzard coniferous forests Siberian labour camp Trans-Siberian Railwayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#165990Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:165990Anonymous36http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#165990http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-165990.xmlhmm...i don't know so much about sibir, i imagine a very cold place, oil, trial who move from one place to otherhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#165787Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:165787Lusia37http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htm#165787http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-165787.xmlHi Natasha, I associate Siberia with the exile of Poles and Russians throughout the centuries, working camps (lagrs?), suffering of many people, etc. I think it gets veeery cold in winter (like -50 - -60C degrees). It's huge and sparsely inhabited. And it's tundra there. Although every single Pole knows where it is, I'm afraid we don't know how it is like nowadays. I'd be glad to learn more. Greetings. And by the way, they think we have polar bears in Poland, too...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 11:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:165727NatashaSUN38http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouImagineSiberia/bqmhl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments19-165727.xmlAs I'm a girl who lives in Siberia, I would really like to know what people from other countries think about Siberia. I've traveled quite a lot, been to Europe and America, and was extremely surprised to know how people usually imagine Siberia! Somebody was sure we have bears walking in the streets, or live in huts made of snow....Others believed that all the territory is covered with snow all the year round....So what do YOU think about Siberia? Just curious!