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Russian Bear - How Britain Created A Perfect Symbol Of Russia

Russia is closely associated with brown bears in western culture. Russians are big, lazy and enjoy winter. They chose this symbol themselves, right? Not exactly. While slavs worshiped bears for thousands years, the image of russian bear was created only some 100-200 years ago. And it was created by british and french propaganda. Russian Bear is a meme known for the whole world. Russian bears drink vodka, play balalaika and roam the streets of Russia. Every russian probably has a pet bear! The truth is - bears were just a part of exotic russian life for western people, but russians never used them as a totem animal for Russia. Western people use bears as a symbol for Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the present-day Russian Federation. It is originated in British caricatures and later also used in the United States, and not always in a flattering context – on occasion it was used to imply that Russia is "big, brutal and clumsy". Russian Bear became an instrument of propaganda both in 19th century and during the Cold War. But now even russians themselves use the bear image. For example Bear Misha as the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games was evidently intended to counter the "big and brutal Russian Bear" image with a small, cuddly and smiling bear cub. Let's review the history of this widespread symbol and it's meaning for russians during the history. Hello my friends! I'm just a russian guy who wants to share some of our crazy news stories with you. Here you will find some funny stories, weird news articles and amazing videos from our everyday russian life. This channel provides you with some news and memes about Russia and russian people, Moscow and St. Petersburg, matreshkas, balalaikas, bears and even about Putin himself! Hope you will enjoy them as much as i did. If you'd like to support the channel: 💵 Patreon (early access to videos) -   / setarko   🪙 BTC - bc1qh8szz62crxu9ylg2jx9dz3t6vzzjdw2rheft2m 🪙 ETH - 0x19F11A86adf1ec4DDebEC0f27982805B1d1aba67 🪙 USDT (TRC20) - TYG76yndvrDD8WM9TtkBGauT7682esKZfu 🪙 Other crypto - https://nowpayments.io/donation/setarko Links: Discord -   / discord   Twitter -   / setarkoyt   Additional Footage by: JureKreft: https://www.videvo.net/video/moscow-t...