Russian women appreciate American men because they drink less than Russian men. The respect with which American men treat women is also mentioned. In other words, there is a reverse situation in which American men are looking for unliberated women and Russian women seek more liberated men. Russian men like American women because they do not treat them like children. They are friends as well as wives and are independent.
American women consider Russian men to be romantic and strong.
Visson found that mixed couples who live in Russia tend to have more successful and solid marriages than those in America. Americans who went to Russia did not do so because of the passport and so were more realistic about what they were getting involved in. They generally knew a good deal about Russia and were often fluent in the language. Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova, who became the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. Photo courtesy of John McAdams .