> the modern russian has traits of a soviet but is a different person Is this even a meaningful statement? If you took a Soviet professor of physics in a big M

> the modern russian has traits of a soviet but is a different person Is this even a meaningful statement? If you took a Soviet professor of physics in a big Moscow university and a Soviet grocery shop cashier in a small Russian town, would you find common traits among them that would at the same time set them apart from a professor of physics in a Finnish university or a Chinese shop assistant?