Here, in Kazakhstan there is such phenomenon, as “agashki” and “bratishki”.
“Agashka” is not an “elder brother” or an “uncle” from the word “aga”. “Agashka” is a patron, protector.
“Bratishka” is not a “younger brother”. It is a protégé, guarded.
I have nothing against such relationship. They exist …
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Eight-year-old son is keen on drawing watercolors. There are multicolored tubes with paints and a palette in front of him. A father is reading a newspaper next to him.
– Dad, – the son suddenly asks, – is Uncle Akhmet a good man?
– Well … I …
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In one dark forest, there lived a wolf. His fur was gray, that is why he was nicknamed the Gray Wolf. The Gray Wolf had a family: a wolf-wife and four cubs. They all loved each other and lived together: the wolf produced food, the she-wolf fed the cubs with the milk, and the cubs frolicked around the …
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– So, that is it? Are you leaving?
– Yes. Now I am definitely leaving.
– So what? Do you think it will be better there?
– It will be hard. But it is better than here.
– What do not you like here? For example, for me everything is …
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For many years the mission of the Prime Minister of the country on the creation of the Food Belt around Astana passes from the protocol to the protocol. Moreover, for many years the Ministry of Agriculture and the akimats of the capital and neighboring regions have been diligently doing it.
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In the streets of Milan, perhaps, of any large European city you can meet peaceful processions, rallies and demonstrations. Moreover, no matter what they preach or demand: the resignation of government or world peace. The main thing is that they have the right to do this. In addition, they consider this right as natural. They do not ask for …
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The last time when I’ve been in Milan, I noticed that more graffiti appeared on the walls and thus, the city seemed dirtier and more unsatisfactory. I asked one taxi driver what was wrong. He, like all taxi drivers knew the answers to all the questions and thus, has willingly told me that it …
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It is often said that life is unfair, because someone is working hard all his life to earn money, and someone is born a millionaire.
This is unfair, I must agree.
But this is fair if we talk about the fathers of the heirs. They are the people who earned their …
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It turns out that people have already come up with a special term: RCS (reverse cultural shock). This is the feeling when you return from somewhere to your homeland and just fall out of the sediment with unaccustomed, or rather, from the “habit”.
Recently, I experienced this kind of RCS …
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When I have been to Italy last time, I talked with a Russian emigrant.
Her name is Irina. She moved to Italy from Moscow about 10 years ago. She married an Italian, but then divorced. She lives with her son. And she has excellent friendly relations with the ex-husband.
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