Russian vs American

Check out this website on Russian culture in contrast to American culture. Some very interesting, and useful stuff written.

http://www.goehner.com/russinfo.htm

Some favorite excerpts:
The Russian soul has been described as: sensitive, revere, imaginative, an inclination to tears [but not publicly]"

For Kulygin and Olga-

"'Higher Level Thinking Skills' is an unknown term in Russian education. Students are told what the answer is, not why the answer is what it is."