Hello!
How do young Russians (up to 29 years) feel about the West and Western culture, music, movies, fashion, political rights and liberties etc? Im doing a project on this for university and would be grateful if people could take a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire below (also as an attachment) or post comments on how they feel about the West:

Young Russians and the West
Please answer the questions below and feel free to contact me with any
questions or comments to 0209632r@student.gla.ac.uk. Any additional
comments would also be very useful.

When you've finished filling this in please send it back to me at
0209632r@student.gla.ac.uk or post a reply on masterrussian.net. Thank you for taking the time to fill this out - very much
appreciated.


Age:

Gender: Male/Female

1) What countries do you consider as 'the West'?
2) Do you see a difference between Western Europe and America/USA?
3) Do you think of Russia as being a Western or Eastern country?
4) What languages do you speak? Which foreign languages are taught
in school and are they compulsory/ optional?
5) On a scale of one to five (one being most positive, five being
most negative), how do you feel about the West in general?
6) What are your favourite movies?
7) What are your favourite TV programmes?
What are your favourite bands/singers?
9) What do you think of Russian young people's style? Is it Western
fashion or distinctively Russian? Do you prefer the 'Western' or the
Russian look?
10) On a scale of one to five (one being most positive, five being
most negative), how do you feel about Western lifestyle?
11) Do you feel you have anything in common with Western young
people? If so, what?
12) Do you feel there are any differences between Russian and
Western young people? If so, what?
13) What do you like most about Western Europe?
14) What do you dislike most about the Western Europe?
15) What do you like most about America?
16) What do you dislike most about America?
17) Do you think that Russian young people have more or less freedom
(socially/ politically) than young people in the West?
1 For what reasons might young Russian people be proud of their
country?
19) What, if anything, would you like to change about your country?



Judith Richards,
MA Student in Central and Eastern European Studies,
University of Glasgow,
Scotland.