Talk:Stereotypes of Russians

Additional sources

For a topic as sensitive as national stereotypes, it's best to stick to the highest quality of sources. While the article currently cites peer-reviewed studies, these are used to support secondary claims related to the context of the stereotypes, but do not examine the stereotypes themselves. I've quickly found some sources that would make for a better basis to the article:

• Stephan, Walter G.; Ageyev, Vladimir; Stephan, Cookie White; Abalakina, Marina; Stefanenko, Tatyana; Coates-Shrider, Lisa (1993). "Measuring Stereotypes: A Comparison of Methods Using Russian and American Samples". Social Psychology Quarterly. 56 (1): 54–64. doi:10.2307/2786645. ISSN 0190-2725.
• Ovsiannikov, A.; Rakhmanin, V. (1993). "National Stereotypes of Russians among Students and Instructors in Higher Education". Russian Education and Society. 35 (5): 52–104. ISSN 1060-9393.
• Realo, Anu, et al. "Mechanisms of the national character stereotype: How people in six neighbouring countries of Russia describe themselves and the typical Russian." European Journal of Personality 23.3 (2009): 229-249.
• Petrenko, V. F.; Kravtsova, A. R.; Mitina, O. V.; Osipova, V. S. (2002-11-01). "Ethnic Stereotypes of Russian Citizens". Journal of Russian & East European Psychology. 40 (6): 28–40. doi:10.2753/RPO1061-0405400628. ISSN 1061-0405.
• Fedorov, Alexander (2015-06-30). "Western Audiovisual Stereotypes of Russian Image: The Ideological Confrontation Epoch (1946-1991)". Rochester, NY. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Maydell, Elena (2017-10-02). "'We need engineers, not Russian brides': Cultural stereotypes in New Zealand print media and what the engineers have to say". Communication Research and Practice. 3 (4): 335–357. doi:10.1080/22041451.2016.1228995. ISSN 2204-1451.

_signed, Rosguill ^talk 02:52, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Cold a stereotype?

How is the cold weather of russia a stereotype? It is just a fact 145.224.101.25 (talk) 06:31, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

A very meager article

Can we take a minute to talk about the sheer blandness of this article? I mean, it's basically just "yeah, stereotypes about russians exist, here's an example, now bye". This article offers absolutely no additional value to the already existing one on Anti-Russian sentiment. Mondtaler (talk) 18:33, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Rename to "Stereotypes of Russians"

I know that this article is a stub for now, but I can see some potential in the future. I think the "about" should be changed to "of", in order to fit the other nation's stereotype articles. Gigman (talk) 07:02, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Requested move 7 December 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 04:24, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

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Stereotypes about Russians → Stereotypes of Russians – unification of titles --Altenmann >talk 09:28, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Never voted for on this things before, should I just type my answer here?

Then I vote for the name change to Stereotypes of Russians. Gigman (talk) 12:02, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

@Glebushko0703: See WP:!VOTE and Wikipedia:Glossary#!vote. --Altenmann >talk 12:27, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nom. This is the only page that starts with "Stereotypes about". Kelob2678 (talk) 23:10, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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@Glebushko0703: In English wikipedia we do not write articles out of our heads. Added text must always be supplied with references to reliable sources, see our policies WP:CITE, WP:RS. Unreferenced disputed text may be deleted at any time. Therefore I deleted some of your addition. --Altenmann >talk 12:40, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

I know how English Wikipedia works, I rarely use others.

As I stated before, I was looking for correct citation sources but got distracted. Gigman (talk) 12:49, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

DO NOT restore contested pieces without references. This is against Wikipedia policies. --Altenmann >talk 12:53, 7 December 2025 (UTC)