Real Reason Russians Don’t Smile

Hi friends (comrades?), Welcome to my channel! I thought today will be a fun little informational video about something I noticed when I moved to Canada 10 years ago! People used to comment on me not smiling in photos all the time, until at some point my friends decided to try th enon-smile because they thought I was posing for cameras lol Looking at all my family photos, most of us are never smiling, but it did not cross my mind that it’s uncommon. Today, I delve together with you into the culture behind the work-for-it smiles not only in Russia, but quite a bit of Eastern Europe, from my own observations. 00:00 Intro 00:06 People start questioning me 00:53 Am I Russian? 01:10 Main reason 01:29 You’re an idiot 01:43 Stoicism is highly valued 02:30 Introversion is valued 03:16 When DO Russians smile? 03:25 What makes ME smile??