Artem Zezyulinskiy wrote:
>> Ah, it is a common joke (at least where I am), for men to go to websites 
>> where woman are looking for a marriage partner, with many of the websites 
>> featuring Russian woman wishing to move to the west, and seeing this as the 
>> 'best' way of doing so. It may also be applicable to Philipino or other 
>> nationalities. 
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>>     
> OK, understand :)
>
>   
Anyway, the 'Russian Brides' have a (rumoured) reputation of being 
drop-dead gorgeous. Saying a 'Russian Bride' implies a lot more than 
just being from Russia. In fact, I have met a 'Russian Bride' who is 
Czech. She is beautiful, and met her husband (Canadian) 'online', and 
they have made an apparently good marriage for themselves.

The concept of marrying someone to 'get out' of the home country can be 
described as becoming a Russian Bride, and indeed, I have heard that it 
is common from many countries to do the same thing (Philipino, Indian, 
Russian, and more).

A beautiful foreign girl using her beauty to meet and marry residents of 
'better' countries would be a 'Russian Bride'.

Apparently in France, French Kissing is called English Kissing, and I am 
sure that Russian Roulette is played in other places too, etc.

Basically, a Russian Bride is a term given to the concept, not the 
person, although it does appear to be that there are a lot of Russian 
Russian Brides ;-)

As an interesting generalization, my 'feel' is that 20years ago (iron 
curtain and such) Russian women were believed to be ugly, hairy, 
weight-lifting wrestlers in the army. The Russian Bride phenomenon has 
changed this generalization to be that Russian women are blonde, 
beautiful, intelligent, etc. Then again, that is just my perception....

Rolf
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