Real Reason Russians Dont 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 enonsmile 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 workforit 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