Belarusians Put A Russian Man Who Was "stuck In The Past" In His Place

• 29.09.2026, 10:24

And they advised me to study geography.

Although more and more Russians are learning to refer to our country by its correct name, some still haven't managed to do so. A Muscovite yaroslav_belov on Threads referred to it as “Belorussia” and wrote that Minsk was “from the past.”

“Belorussia welcomed us with sunshine and great weather!” he wrote. “Minsk is so beautiful. It’s like something straight out of the past.”
Belarusians advised the author of the post to “get out of the past” himself as soon as possible and learn to respect other countries and peoples. The website Charter97.org quotes some of the comments:
— Don’t come back until you’ve learned the country’s name.

— What wind blew you here, you who’re stuck in the past yourself?

— This is my first time posting; maybe I’ll regret it. But when you visit another country, at the very least, learn its name. Straight out of the past? You haven’t traveled around Russian cities in a long time.

— But I like Leningrad. It’s not that far from the sea—no wonder they call it the “City of Salt.” All in all, there’s a lot to like there: it’s like something straight out of the past, but with a touch of modernity.

— To dive into the past—and much deeper at that—you don’t have to go all the way to Belarus. All you have to do is drive past the Moscow Ring Road.

— Study your geography, traveler from the past.

— All that’s left is to try paying with Russian rubles and parking your car like a jerk on the sidewalk or lawn.

— “Big Brother” the Great Russian has arrived—welcome him. “Something from the past,” lol.

— You’ve got something very much from the past. Knowledge of geography and history, for example.