Question about Russian customs/traditions

[Alina Israeli]

Here, here. I once compared notes with my Palestinian born colleague and 
was surprise to find lots of similarities between Russian cultural 
traditions and Arabic cultural traditions.

Krylov was anecdotally famous for not following this rule:

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(http://az.lib.ru/k/krylow_i_a/text_0100.shtml)



Olga Meerson wrote:
>> Could anyone tell me if the following is a Russian custom:
>>     
>
> When you are a host/guest in a Russian's home, it is considered polite
> - when the guest refuses food or drink at least once/twice while being offered 
> - when the host offers food/drink to the guest at least 3 times, after
> refusals, before giving up 
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dustin 
>
> Dear Dustin,
> All three of my American-born and raised children, at least, claim that I keep doing that with (to??) their friends without even thinking about that. The lack of thinking, I presume, is the litmus-test of something typical of a culture  :)
> o.m.
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