As a child who has former Russian USSR parents, growing up you hear a lot of interesting things. Here are 20 signs only Russian-Americans will understand if you grew up in a Russian home.
The whitefish salad at Costco is essentially over a third of Costco’s business. Definitely comes from us Russians. Your dad refuses to eat much else for any meal.
Piano, swimming, ballet, gymnastics, and tennis lessons were apart of the agenda.
Smetana in soup with boiled potatoes and mayonnaise in everything. You never realized American families didn’t cook this way until you went over to your friends’ houses.
You grew up watching sovetskii multiki like doctor aybolut, chipolino, and bremenskiya muzikanti
A koala bear? We don’t know but he/she is adorable!
You don’t know what it is, but just their way of walking and even laughing is so distinctive.
You never thought you were superstitious until you went to college and someone whistled indoors and your heart stopped.
Durak will forever be your favorite card game.
As a child you had more tea than water.
You don’t have wine glasses at your house, but massive crystal chalices from the old country.
Every time a friend comes over, dinner conversation inevitably turns into life in the Soviet Union.
Every morning!
They were obviously your favorite holidays!
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