Russian friendships

[Rinat Bulgakov]

Hunter, Robert wrote:
>
>         To add to what Prof. Billings wrote about Russians spending 5 years
> taking the same courses and thereby developing close friendships --- since so
> many people in cities lived in planned neighborhoods, kids began developing
> friendships in yasli and continued being together through shkoly.  Then many
> friendships continued at work or at a VUZ.
>         It will be interesting to see what happens to druzhba as mobility
> increases, more and more children attend special schools, and increasing
> numbers of young people are able to take advantage of student exchange and
> other education/travel programs.
>     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  * * *
Nothing will happen - druzhba est' druzhba. What you mean here by
<druzhba> is simply <znakomstvo> or <priyatel'skie otnosheniya> -
American equivalents of "friendship".Druzhba is much more than those
relations you call friendship.

Best,
Rinat A. Bulgakov, M.A., M.Ed,
Professional Translator, Toledo, OH
(419) 698-5496
E-mail: dbulgak at POP3.utoledo.edu