About what is a Russian character, what are the defining features in it,the initial, written a lot of research - artistic and journalistic. The best minds of Russian and Western philosophy and literature have been arguing about the mysterious Russian soul for several centuries. The same Dostoevsky through the mouth of Dmitry Karamazov claimed that in the soul of every Russian man two ideals coexist - the Madonna and the Sodomite. Time has proved the full justice of his words and their relevance to the present day.
So, the Russian character - what is it? Let's try and identify some of its defining sides.
Qualitative characteristics
Afterword
You can talk about the Russian national charactera lot and a long time. Love for one's native land, for "fatherly coffins", respect for ancestors and the memory of them are Russians. But even the Ivans, who do not remember the kinship that betrayed their small homeland, are also Russian. Pravdoiskateli, ready to suffer for the idea, who have taken material values for the sake of spiritual - Russian. But Chichikov, and Sharikov and the like - the same Russian ...