SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH MENTALITIES
This article deals with the Russian and English mentalities, their degree of influence on native speakers, their national and psychological characteristics and the importance of mental differences studies. Nowadays, the degree of development of interaction between different cultures, nations and nationalities is steadily increasing. However, there is a problem of understanding the peculiarities of the national mentality. There is an opinion that the native language of any nation affects their mindset and social behavior. As a result, differences in social interaction can produce some misunderstandings between nations that negatively impact on the perception of cultures.